MINESWEEPER

🎯 Objective

Minesweeper is a classic logic puzzle game where your goal is to uncover all safe cells on the minefield without detonating any hidden mines. Use logic, deduction, and strategy to clear the board.

🖥️ Interface Displays

• Left Red Number (e.g. 010) — Shows how many mines are left to find. It goes down as you place flags.
• Right Red Number (Time) — Shows how many seconds have passed since your first click.
• Smiley Face — Shows game status. Click it to instantly restart the game anytime.

🖱️ Controls

• Left Click — Reveal a cell
• Right Click — Place or remove a flag
• Click on Number — Chord (auto-reveal neighbors when correct flags placed)
• Touch — Tap to reveal, long press to flag

🔢 Grid Symbols

• Numbers (1-8) — When you reveal a cell, a number tells you exactly how many mines are hidden in the 8 immediately surrounding adjacent cells (up, down, left, right, and diagonals).
• Blank Cells — A completely blank revealed cell means there are 0 mines adjacent to it. Because it is completely safe, the game automatically reveals all surrounding cells for you to save time!

💡 Tips

• Use flags to mark cells you believe contain mines
• Your first click is always safe
• Use the chord mechanic to quickly clear areas once you have placed the right number of flags around a number
• Start with corners and edges for easier deduction

⭐ Scoring

• Faster completions earn higher scores and more stars
• Three difficulty levels: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert
• High scores are tracked per difficulty

🎮 About This Game

This browser-based minesweeper puzzle game features the classic Windows look and feel from the early 1990s. Three difficulty levels, a built-in timer, mine counter, and full statistics tracking. A timeless logic puzzle, strategy game, and brain teaser for puzzle enthusiasts everywhere.

Minesweeper is a faithful tribute to the iconic classic puzzle game that shipped with Microsoft Windows 3.1 in 1990, created by Robert Donner and Curt Johnson. It became one of the most-played logic games in computing history through Windows 95 and beyond.

💻 Features

• Authentic Windows 3.1/95 visual style
• Three difficulty levels — Beginner (9×9), Intermediate (16×16), Expert (30×16)
• First-click safety guarantee
• Classic red LED timer and mine counter
• Smiley face status indicator
• High score leaderboard per difficulty
• Game statistics tracking
• Sound effects and background music
• Fullscreen mode
• Responsive — desktop, tablet, and mobile
• Touch controls with long-press flagging

🎮 Game Genre

Minesweeper is a single-player puzzle game, strategy game, and logic game. It belongs to the family of classic board games and grid-based brain teasers. Whether you are a casual player looking for a quick puzzle or a dedicated strategist chasing best times, Minesweeper delivers endless replay value and nostalgic charm.