Minesweeper free online
Minesweeper is the classic logic puzzle that shipped with Windows and quietly ate decades of office hours. Every square is either safe or a mine. Reveal a safe square and it shows a number — how many mines touch it. Use those numbers to deduce where the mines are, flag them, and clear everything else.
Play free in your browser — no download, no install, works on phone and desktop. You get three free boards a day on every difficulty. Hit a mine on a great run? That's what continues are for: insert a quarter and pick up where you left off, just like the arcade.
Come back daily for Today's Odds — a fixed board that's identical for every player in the world that day, with a leaderboard and a shareable result grid.
Difficulty modes
Beginner (9×9, 10 mines)
The classic starter board: nine by nine with ten mines. Beginner boards are perfect for learning how the numbers work — each number tells you exactly how many mines touch that square, including diagonals. Most beginner boards can be solved in under a minute once you learn to chord and flag efficiently.
Intermediate (16×16, 40 mines)
Sixteen by sixteen with forty mines — the board where minesweeper becomes a real game. You'll start running into 1-2-1 and 1-2-2-1 patterns, and your first true 50/50 guesses. A solid intermediate time is under three minutes; a good one is under 100 seconds.
Expert (30×16, 99 mines)
The full expert board: thirty wide, sixteen tall, ninety-nine mines. At this density nearly every game forces pattern recognition and probability decisions. Expert is where the world-record chase lives — top players clear it in under 40 seconds. Spend a quarter on a guaranteed safe first click if you hate opening-move luck.
Frequently asked questions
Is this minesweeper free to play?
Yes. Every difficulty gives you three free boards a day, and the daily challenge is always free. Quarters (paid tokens) are only for extras like continues after hitting a mine, additional boards beyond your free plays, and a guaranteed safe first click on expert.
What do the numbers in minesweeper mean?
Each number tells you how many mines are in the eight squares touching it, including diagonals. A 1 next to a single unrevealed square means that square is definitely a mine.
Is minesweeper luck or skill?
Mostly skill. Nearly every board is solvable by pure logic, but expert boards occasionally force a probability guess. Strong players minimize guesses by choosing lines of play that generate the most information.
How do I flag mines on a phone?
Long-press a square to place or remove a flag. Tap to reveal. You can also toggle flag mode with the flag button under the board.
What is a good minesweeper time?
Rough benchmarks: under 10 seconds on beginner, under 60 on intermediate, and under 150 on expert puts you well above average. World-class expert times are under 40 seconds.
What happens when I hit a mine?
The run ends — unless you continue. A continue costs 2 quarters and restores the board with the mine you hit safely defused, exactly like dropping a coin in an arcade cabinet.
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