How to Play
How to Play Minesweeper
Minesweeper is a puzzle game where you open every safe square while avoiding hidden mines. Each number tells you how many mines touch that square among its 8 neighbours — use them to work out where the mines are.
How to play Flow
1
Tap any square to open it. Your first tap is always safe and opens up an area around it.
2
A number shows how many of the 8 surrounding squares hide a mine. A “1” means exactly one mine nearby.
3
Put a flag on any square you know is a mine. Each flag lowers the mine counter by one.
4
Open every square without a mine to win. Open a mine and the game is over.
Controls Controls
- Open a square
- Click or tap. In Flag mode, a tap places a flag instead.
- Place a flag
- Right-click on PC or long-press on a phone — or switch to Flag mode above and tap.
- Open around a number
- When a number has as many flags around it as its value, tap the number to open all its other neighbours at once.
- Levels
- Easy 9×9 (10 mines), Medium 16×16 (40), Hard 30×16 (99). On phones the Hard board turns portrait.
Tips Tips
- If a “1” has only one closed square left beside it, that square is the mine. Start flagging from the certain spots.
- In a “1-2-1” row along an edge, the mines sit next to the two 1s — a classic pattern.
- Once a number’s flags are all placed, tap the number to open the rest and speed things up.
- If you really have to guess, squares away from the corners are often the safer bet.
Keyboard shortcuts (PC) Keys
N starts a new game and F switches between Dig and Flag mode.