How to Play Minesweeper

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How to play Minesweeper

PT-BUS presents Minesweeper with a practical playbook rather than a download screen. Open all 71 safe cells. Opening a mine ends the round. Flags help you mark suspected mines but do not replace opening safe cells. Read the first-round orientation note before you begin.

First-round orientation

Before playing, identify the objective and the input controls. Use your first round to learn what changes after a valid action.

Your goal

Open all 71 safe cells. Opening a mine ends the round. Flags help you mark suspected mines but do not replace opening safe cells.

Step by step

1. Open a covered square to reveal it.
2. A number counts mines in the surrounding eight positions.
3. Right-click to flag on a computer, or enable Flag mode on a phone.
4. Use safe deductions to open the remaining cells.

Controls

Click/tap to open. Right-click to flag, or use the Flag mode toggle for touch devices.

A useful example

A revealed 1 with only one covered neighbour means that neighbour contains a mine.

Watch out for this

A flag is your own note, not a confirmation from the game. Remove a mistaken flag before opening that square.

Common questions