What's new

Changes

1. 0.1.102026-10-20
   • ChangedWhere the app would show an ad, the game now shows the Play Minesweeper page on Google Play instead. The one for hints gives you the hint after 3 seconds, as in the app
   • ChangedThe ad space on the difficulty, daily and tournament pages now holds a Google Play link to the Play Minesweeper app
   • ChangedThe Google Play button is now Google's official badge, in the page's language
2. 0.1.92026-10-20
   • AddedThe game on the home page is now the same game as the Play Minesweeper app for Android. Boards you were playing and shared links still open on the difficulty pages (/beginner …)
3. 0.1.82026-10-19
   • ChangedThe privacy policy now covers the Play Minesweeper app for Android: Google AdMob ads, the Remove ads purchase and usage statistics. The web game here has no app ads and works as before
4. 0.1.72026-09-24
   • AddedBeginner, intermediate and expert each have their own address now. Arriving there opens a board of that size, with its median 3BV and the share of random boards that would need a guess measured underneath
   • AddedNew page: No-Guessing Minesweeper. It lays out the four steps a board goes through and measures 300 boards per size — a checked expert board takes as many clicks as a random one (170 against 173)
   • AddedNew page on 3BV and 3BV/s. A board picture outlines exactly the squares 3BV counts, and a table gives the 3BV range of the boards here (beginner 9–20, expert 144–191)
   • AddedNew page on 50/50s: three shapes that force a guess and one that only looks like it, with each square's odds counted from every arrangement that fits the numbers
   • ChangedDrawn at random, 95% of expert boards need a guess somewhere. The expert page gives that number and why the boards here never do
   • AddedSix more languages: Italian, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Vietnamese and Traditional Chinese (Taiwan). Fifteen in all
   • ChangedThe font is now Onest, the same as on the sudoku site. Board numbers no longer change shape from one device to the next
   • AddedEach difficulty page now answers the common questions: how many mines, how much the first click opens (66% on beginner, 30% on intermediate, 11% on expert) and playing expert on a phone
   • AddedThree more languages: Brazilian Portuguese, Indonesian and Thai, eighteen in all. The contact form and the Contact link were showing in English on the Dutch and Traditional Chinese pages; they are translated now
   • AddedArabic is here, nineteen languages in all. The text runs right to left, but the board is not mirrored, so arrow keys and shared boards work the same in every language
   • AddedFinishing a board now shows your IOE — the board's 3BV divided by every click you made, flags and misses included — next to time and 3BV/s. The 3BV itself is still in the line under the board
   • AddedThe daily and tournament pages now say when they change: at midnight on your own clock. A daily board finished after midnight no longer counts for that day
5. 0.1.62026-09-13
   • ChangedThe patterns are now inside How to play. Learning is two doors — rules and how to play — and both are in the top bar
6. 0.1.52026-09-12
   • AddedThere is a contact page now. The link at the bottom of every page opens it, and leaving an address gets you an answer
   • ChangedThe about page no longer says a contact address will go up later. It is up
7. 0.1.42026-09-11
   • FixedThe board drawn on the link preview was one that no arrangement of mines could produce. It is a real board now, where a 1-2 settles two squares
   • FixedThe tab icon was blank in Safari and could not appear in Google results — Google does not accept SVG icons
8. 0.1.32026-09-10
   • AddedThe home page now says how a board is chosen: one that logic cannot finish is thrown away and another is drawn
   • AddedThere is an explanation of why a hint is called a 1-2 or a 1-1, and why 1-2-1 is two of those moves in a row
   • AddedFive questions are answered below the board: the safe first click, 50/50s, flags, installing, and the daily board
   • AddedWays through to the rules, how to play, patterns and the daily board sit at the foot of the home page
9. 0.1.22026-09-09
   • ChangedRemoved the "Where the record lives" section from the awards page. It said the same thing as "There is no leaderboard" on the monthly page
   • ChangedDropped the line about where the record is stored from the days-in-a-row explanation
   • AddedYou can add this to your home screen now
   • AddedRefresh or close the tab and your board comes back — the squares you opened, the flags you placed, and the time you had spent
   • AddedA link you share now shows your time as a picture. It does not draw where the mines were — the person you sent it to has that board to play
   • ChangedOn a phone the first board is Beginner 9×9. Intermediate squeezed squares down to 24px, where one mis-tap ends the game
   • FixedThe board now uses the width it has. Squares were stuck at 28px even on a 1280px screen; they reach 40px now
   • AddedOpen a link a friend sent and their time comes with it. When you clear the board, the two times sit side by side
   • AddedA link you share now unfurls in chat with the level and your time on it. Opening it drops the other person straight onto that board
   • AddedWhen a board ends, a window now shows your time and lets you share a win right there. It used to be one line under the board
   • AddedPaste a link to this site into a chat or a post and it now shows a picture of a board. It used to be text only
   • ChangedThe first screen paints sooner. Pages that are not in Korean were pulling down 282 pieces of a Korean webfont before anything could be drawn; now only the Korean pages do
   • FixedThe site name sits at the far left again. On narrow screens the menu button had been pushing it out of place
   • FixedThe menu button has a bigger area to hit. The icon looks the same, but the target went from 22px to 44px, so it is harder to miss with a thumb
10. 0.1.12026-09-07
    • AddedAdded the daily board, the monthly tournament and the awards page. Everyone who plays on a given day gets the same board.
    • AddedHold the pointer over a square and press space to plant a flag. For trackpads with no right button.
    • AddedVisit statistics are now collected. Only which pages were read; nothing about the board you are playing or how long it took.
    • AddedCopy a link to the board you are on. Whoever opens it gets the same board down to where the mines are.
    • AddedThe daily page now has a calendar. It shows which days you solved, and you can pick an earlier day to play that board.
    • AddedThe tournament page now keeps past months. Months you sat out stay on the list — dropping them would make it look steadier than it was.
    • AddedThe awards page counts tournaments swept: months where you finished all three boards. It is not a medal or a placing.
    • FixedFinishing after midnight with the tab left open used to count for the day before. A day you never showed up on was being added to your run.
    • AddedThe header now shows how long is left. The daily board changes at midnight, the tournament on the first of next month.
    • ChangedTournament boards are named by level — 「Beginner 9×9」 rather than 「Board 1」. 30 seconds on beginner and 4 minutes on expert mean very different things side by side.
    • AddedThe awards page now shows your best time on each level. Levels you have not cleared stay as empty rows — you should be able to see what is left.
    • ChangedReordered the awards page. Where you stand now comes first, and the month-by-month history sits below it.
    • AddedFourteen badges on the awards page. The times on the speed badges come from measuring our own boards — they are what you reach by opening about one square a second.
    • AddedFinish the daily board and it tells you where today sits, like 「2 of the 3 days you have on record」.
    • FixedThe English release notes were showing the Korean entries. Each language now has its own.
    • AddedA Dig / Flag switch now sits right under the board. On a phone the flag button was at the top of the screen, out of thumb reach.
    • AddedJapanese is now available. The interface and the page text are both translated.
    • AddedSimplified Chinese is now available. The interface and the page text are both translated.
    • ChangedPages got a little lighter. Developer comments that never showed on screen were being shipped with them.
    • AddedSpanish is now available. The interface and the page text are both translated.
    • AddedPortuguese is now available. The interface and the page text are both translated.
    • AddedGerman is now available. The interface and the page text are both translated.
    • AddedFrench is now available. The interface and the page text are both translated.
    • AddedRussian is now available. That makes nine languages — English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French and Russian.
    • FixedGerman had the words for board and square the wrong way round. The New board button read as “new square” to a German player.
    • FixedSpanish and Portuguese called chording “acorde”, which is a musical chord. They now use the English word, the way local guides do.
    • FixedStepping on a mine said only “Boum” or “踩到了” in some languages. All nine now say you stepped on a mine.
    • FixedOpening a hint and closing it was described as costing nothing. It means none of your three hints is used up.
    • FixedThe home page said the hint names the pattern it used. What it names is the numbers, such as 1-2.
    • FixedKorean called chording by a word that reads as “coding”, as in programming. It now uses the word Korean players use for it, which means clicking both mouse buttons
    • FixedYour first day showed “1 days” and “1 jours”. English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian all put a plural on a count of one
    • FixedThe Russian calendar showed the month in the wrong case, as in “в сентябрь 2026 г.”
    • Fixed“3 of the 12 days” was meant as a rank but read as three days. Five languages now say rank, place or position
    • FixedThe switch under the board said Dig while the rules and hints all said open. Six languages now use one word
    • FixedGerman still called an expert board an expert square in two places, so it read as 24 out of 25 squares
    • FixedChinese named chording “double-click” but told you to click once. It now says the name comes from pressing both mouse buttons
    • FixedOn the daily and tournament pages the smiley said New game, but it always lays out the same board for that day or month. It now says Restart this board
    • FixedA Play any board link now sits just under the daily and tournament boards. The way to a random board was only at the very bottom of the page
11. 0.1.02026-09-06
    • AddedMinesweeper is open. Four sizes: beginner 9×9, intermediate 16×16, expert 30×16 and huge 30×30.
    • Basis changedEvery board is checked to be solvable by logic before it goes out. You are never left guessing at the end.
    • AddedHints name the numbers they rest on, like 「1-2」 for a square found by comparing two of them.