Mines - The Rules

The game is also known as Minesweeper: the grid hides a number of bombs that the player has to locate. Clicking a cell shows how many bombs are in the 8 cells around it; a cell in a corner or along the edge of the grid has fewer than 8 neighbouring cells.

To reveal a cell, left-click it, or tap it on a phone or tablet: it then shows the number of bombs in the surrounding cells.

To flag a cell as containing a bomb, switch on the Flag button above the grid and click or tap the cell; doing it again removes the flag. On a touch screen you can also touch and hold the cell. With a mouse, you can right-click the cell instead.

The game is won when every cell except the bombs has been revealed. The game is lost if you left-click a bomb.