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- Minesweeper
Game rules
How to play Minesweeper
Minesweeper is a puzzle in which you uncover squares on a board while avoiding the mines. The number on an uncovered square tells you how many mines touch it, and from those numbers you work out where the mines are. You win when you uncover every square without a mine.
What do the numbers in Minesweeper mean?
A number counts the mines in the eight squares around it: left, right, above, below and diagonally. A 1 means one mine next to it, a 2 means two. An empty uncovered square has no mines around it, so the game uncovers all its neighbours at once and a bigger piece of the board opens up.
What is the flag for?
A flag marks a square that you know hides a mine. A flag does not uncover the square and protects it from an accidental click. The mine counter in the bar subtracts your flags, so you can see how many mines are left. On a phone you press and hold a square, on a computer you use the right mouse button, and on a touchpad you tap with two fingers.
What is chording and how does it speed up the game?
When a number already has as many flags around it as it shows, the other covered squares around it are certainly safe. A chord uncovers them all in one move: tap the number, or click it with the left, the right or both mouse buttons at once. Just make sure your flags are right, because a wrong flag turns a chord into an explosion.
Which number patterns are worth knowing?
A few patterns come back on every board and are always solved the same way:
- 1-2-1 along a straight edge: the mines lie under both 1s, and the square under the 2 is safe.
- 1-2-2-1 along an edge: the mines lie under both 2s, and the squares under the 1s are safe.
- A 1 in the corner of an open area that touches one covered square: the mine is there.
- A number whose mines are all flagged already: the rest of its neighbours are safe.
Do you have to guess in Minesweeper?
Usually not. Most of a board can be solved with logic from the numbers alone. Sometimes, most often near the end, two squares are left that the numbers say nothing about, and then you have to choose. In Minesweeper on klyo the first square is never a mine and always opens part of the board, so no game ends on the first click.
What levels does Minesweeper on klyo have?
Easy is 9 by 9 squares with 10 mines, Medium 16 by 16 with 40 mines, and Hard 30 by 16 with 99 mines, turned to 16 by 30 on a phone held upright. There is also a daily board, the same for every player, with the start already open. The game keeps your best time on every level and shows a short tutorial the first time you play.
Play Minesweeper for free
You know the rules, now play. Minesweeper runs free in your browser, on a phone and a computer, with nothing to install and no account.