Minesweeper Online: Play Free, No Download

Play Minesweeper free online, in the three classic sizes: Beginner 9 × 9 with 10 mines, Intermediate 16 × 16 with 40 and Expert 30 × 16 with 99.

How to play Minesweeper

1. Click any cell. The first click is always safe and opens an area.
2. A number shows how many mines touch that cell, in the 8 cells around it.
3. Mark a cell you know is a mine with a flag.
4. Open every cell that is not a mine to win. Open a mine and the game is over.

Controls on a computer and a phone

• Computer: left click opens a cell, right click plants or lifts a flag.
• Phone: tap to open. To flag, press and hold a cell, or switch the board to Flag below it.
• Chording: click a number once all its mines are flagged, and every other cell around it opens at once. It is how fast players clear the board.

Patterns that solve themselves

A 1 in a corner of an open area often has only one closed cell next to it: that cell is the mine. Flag it, and every other cell touching that 1 is safe.

Along a straight edge, the pattern 1-2-1 means the mines sit under both 1s and the cell under the 2 is safe. The pattern 1-1 starting at a wall means the third cell along is safe. Learn these two and most of Beginner plays itself.

Is Minesweeper luck or logic?

Mostly logic. Some boards still leave two closed cells that the numbers cannot tell apart, and then only a guess is left. When you have to guess, guess early, and pick a cell that would open the most if it is safe.

Board sizes and mine density

Expert is harder for two reasons: the board is bigger, and a larger share of it is mines.

Frequently asked questions