A free game like Minesweeper with no guessing
Sweep in the Letternerd Arcade is a free game like Minesweeper: open safe cells, flag the mines and use the numbers to work out the rest. Every board is checked before it is dealt, so you can always clear it by logic, never a lucky guess. Clear one and a bigger board follows. Play in any browser and compare your score with friends.
What is Minesweeper?
Minesweeper is a logic puzzle best known as the game that came with Microsoft Windows from the early 1990s. A grid hides a number of mines. Opening a cell shows how many mines touch it, and you use those numbers to flag the mines and open every safe cell. Open a mine and the game is over. On some boards the numbers run out and you are left to guess.
Why people look for games like Minesweeper
- You are tired of losing a good game to a coin-flip guess at the end.
- You want to play on a phone browser without installing anything.
- You want a score you can compare with friends.
Letternerd vs Minesweeper
| Feature | Minesweeper | Letternerd |
|---|---|---|
| Guessing | Some boards end in a guess | Every board can be solved without guessing |
| Starting | Your first click opens the board | Every board opens with a cleared patch to start from |
| Board size | Pick a difficulty | Starts at 9x9 with 10 mines; each board cleared brings a bigger one, up to 12x12 |
| Length | However long the board takes | A run of about two and a half minutes |
| Scoring | Your time to clear the board | Points for every safe cell you open, and a bonus for each board cleared with time left |
| Comparing | Your own best times | A daily board everyone shares, with a friends view |
Which should you pick?
Pick Minesweeper if
- You like choosing your difficulty and racing your own best time on one big board.
- You want to play on a computer with no clock pushing you.
Pick Letternerd if
Pick Letternerd if- You want every loss to be your own mistake, never bad luck.
- You want quick runs and a board to compare with friends.
- You want it free in the browser on any phone.
How to play Sweep
- Open Sweep. The board starts with a patch already opened.
- Each number tells you how many mines touch that cell. Open the cells you know are safe and flag the ones you know are mines.
- On a number whose flags are all placed, open around it to clear every other neighbour at once.
- Clear the board and a slightly bigger one follows. Opening a mine ends the run, but you keep your score so far.
Other logic puzzles to try
Every Arcade puzzle is built so it can be solved. Trace has you join pairs of dots without crossing, and Unjam has you slide blocks to free the red one.
Play games like Minesweeper
Free in your browser on any phone or computer. Play alone, or share the room code and everyone joins as a guest.
- SweepArcade · 1 player · daily boardClear a minefield you can always solve without guessing.
- TraceArcade · 1 player · daily boardDraw paths to join each matching pair without crossing a line.
- UnjamArcade · 1 player · daily boardSlide the blocks out of the way to free the red one, in as few moves as you can.
Frequently asked questions
Can you play Minesweeper online for free?
[Sweep](/arcade/sweep) is a free game like Minesweeper that runs in any browser. There is nothing to download, and you can play as a guest.
Is there a Minesweeper with no guessing?
Yes. Every Sweep board is checked by a solver that only uses what you can see, so it can always be cleared by logic alone.
Does Sweep work on a phone?
Yes. It runs in the browser on phones, tablets and computers.
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