Play Minesweeper online: Solo or a Duel with friends

How to play Minesweeper

1. The board is a grid of hidden cells. Some hide mines; the rest are safe.
2. You start with an area already open, the same one as everyone else. It scores nothing.
3. Every open cell shows a number: how many of its 8 neighbours hide a mine. An empty cell has no mines around it and opens all its neighbours at once.
4. Tap a hidden cell to open it. Each safe cell is worth +10 points.
5. Long-press a cell, switch to Flag or right-click to put a flag on a mine you have found.
6. When a number has as many flags around it as it shows, tap the number to open all its other neighbours at once. A wrong flag means a mine opens.
7. Opening a mine costs a life and 100 points, and play goes on. With no lives left your board stops and your score stays.
8. Open every safe cell to clear the board and earn +100 for each life you still have.

Minesweeper scoring at a glance

• +10 for each safe cell you open, including every cell an empty area opens for you.
• −100 for each mine you hit. Your score can go below zero.
• +100 for each life left when you clear the board.
• Flags score nothing; they help you open cells quickly.
• Duel: the highest score wins. Ties go to the player who cleared the board, then the one who finished first, then more lives left.
• Daily board: cleared boards come first, with the fewest mines hit and then the fastest time; then the most cells opened.

Minesweeper modes in Rayoosh

• Classic: 10 × 25 cells with 40 mines, the default board.
• Easy: 10 × 16 with 20 mines, for a relaxed game. Hard: 10 × 25 with 50 mines, for experts.
• Every board is no-guess: from the opening area you can always find a safe move by logic alone.
• Solo: no clock, play at your own pace. Duel: 2 to 4 players on the same mines at the same time, with 5 minutes on the clock. Each player has their own board, so nobody can get in your way.
• Daily board: the same board for everyone each day (UAE time), played Solo. Only your first try goes on the day’s ranking.
• Pearls by finishing place in a Duel: 30, 12, 5 and 2; Solo games pay a smaller share. Never bought, never cashed out.

Tips to win at Minesweeper

• Start from the edges of the open area: that is where the numbers give you answers.
• A 1 that touches only one hidden cell means that cell is a mine.
• When all the mines around a number are found, every other hidden neighbour is safe.
• Flag the mines around a number, then tap the number to open the rest in one go. Make sure the flags are right first.
• In a Duel speed counts, but each mine costs 100 points: a careful player often beats a fast one.
• Boards are no-guess, so if you seem stuck, look again: there is always a safe cell somewhere.

Play Minesweeper with friends

Open a Duel room, share the link on WhatsApp, show the QR code or read out the room code, and your friends join in seconds with no download. Everyone races on the same mines.

• The same board for everyone, so only skill decides.
• Watch each player’s score, progress and lives update live as you play.
• Computer players can fill Duel seats.
• Text chat with quick phrases, voice chat, emotes and gifts.
• Works on phones, tablets, computers and TVs with a remote, in Arabic, English and Hindi. Once Rayoosh is installed, Solo Minesweeper works even without internet.