Microsoft Minesweeper
About Microsoft Minesweeper
Minesweeper shipped with Windows for more than twenty years, and Microsoft Minesweeper is the official, refreshed version of that classic. The rules have not changed: a grid hides a number of mines, and you have to uncover every safe square without setting one off. What is new is the cleaner graphics, updated sound and support for touchscreens as well as a mouse.
How to play
Click any square to reveal it. A number tells you how many mines touch that square, including diagonals. A blank square means none of its neighbours are mines, and the game opens that whole area for you automatically. Use the numbers to work out where the mines must be, and flag them so you do not click them by accident. Uncover every safe square to win. Start on Easy to learn the patterns, then move up through the larger boards to Expert, where one careless click ends a long game.
Controls
- Reveal a square: left click or tap
- Place or remove a flag: right click, or press and hold on a touchscreen
Tips
- Look for a 1 next to exactly one hidden square. That square is a mine, every time.
- Once a number has all its mines flagged, every other square around it is safe to open.
- Guess only when logic runs out, and when you must, guess in a corner of an untouched area.
