Multiplayer Minesweeper

Classic minesweeper is a quiet duel between you and the board. MineOnline puts other people on that board with you. Up to eight players see the same tiles, dig at the same time, and race to claim as much of the minefield as they can before the timer runs out. You can see everyone's cursor moving, every cascade spilling out in someone's colour, and every explosion.

How a Rush round works

1. One shared board. Everyone gets the same minefield. The numbers mean exactly what they mean in normal minesweeper.
2. Your tiles are your territory. Every tile you open is painted in your colour. Opening a zero floods a whole area for you in one click, so a lucky start can be huge.
3. Mines don't end your game. Hit one and you're stunned for a moment and lose a couple of points, then you keep digging. Nobody gets knocked out and left watching.
4. Most territory wins. When the clock hits zero, territory turns into points. First to the target score wins the match, usually in a few rounds.

Sabotage, if you want it

Before each round every player drafts a card. Some help you (a sonar sweep, a flare that lights up the board, a drill), most hurt someone else: smoke that hides their view, a glitch that scrambles their numbers, a freeze, a tripwire on a tile next to their territory, or a mirrored mouse for a few seconds. Private lobbies can turn cards off for a pure race.

Never wait for a match

Quickplay starts in seconds. If there aren't enough people online, bots fill the empty seats. They're clearly labelled, they play like people (they misread numbers, panic when the clock runs low and trash-talk a little), and their strength is tuned to the players at the table, so a first-timer and a veteran both get a fair fight.

Other ways to play

• Rig & Run: everyone secretly plants mines and traps, then races through the result to the exit.
• Ranked: 1v1 duels with an Elo rating, for registered players.
• The Drill Yard: classic solo minesweeper (Beginner, Intermediate, Expert), timed to the hundredth, with leaderboards.
• The Daily Shift: one board a day, the same for everyone, one try.
• Private lobbies: your rules, an invite code, bots optional.

Free, in the browser, no account

Click play and you're in, as a guest. If you like it, save your account with a name and a password to keep your progress, play ranked and add friends. There's an in-game economy with pixel-art cosmetics, crates and a company town to spend your pay in. It's all play money: nothing to buy, nothing to cash out.