Minesweeper for Android

About Minesweeper

Minesweeper is a classic logic puzzle. A field of hidden squares conceals a number of mines, and each number you uncover tells you how many mines touch that square. Use those clues to work out where the mines are and open every safe square.

The GameHub version is built for touch screens. Your first tap is always safe, empty areas open up automatically, and a flag mode makes marking mines easy. Choose from three board sizes, race the clock for a best time and resume a game in progress.

How to play

1. Pick a difficulty: Easy is 8x8 with 10 mines, Medium is 9x12 with 18 mines, and Hard is 10x16 with 35 mines.

2. Tap any square to start. Your first tap and the squares around it are always mine free.

3. Read the numbers. A number shows how many of the eight squares around it hold a mine.

4. Long-press a square to place or remove a flag on a suspected mine, or switch to Flag mode and simply tap.

5. Tap an opened number whose flags already match its count to open all its other neighbours at once. This is called chording.

6. Open every safe square to win. Opening a mine ends the game.

Pro tips

• Start with the numbers in corners and along edges, since they have fewer neighbours and are easier to solve.
• If a number equals the count of hidden squares around it, all of those squares are mines. Flag them.
• If a number already has all its mines flagged, the other neighbours are safe. Chord to open them fast.
• Look at pairs of neighbouring numbers. Comparing what they share often reveals a mine or a safe square.
• Only flag when you are sure. A wrong flag leads to wrong chording, which can set off a mine.