Minesweeper Mini
(Published on 4. July 2026, 02:02 by juggler)
Normal 4x4 Sudoku rules apply.
MINESWEEPER
- Shade 9 cells ('mines') and leave the rest unshaded ('cleared'). Three cleared cells are shown.
- Each digit in a cleared cell indicates how many mines are in the (up to 8) surrounding cells.
Solution code: Digits on mines (in reading order)
Comments
on 17. July 2026, 13:14 by The Book Wyrm
Impressively complex for such a small puzzle, very neat.
on 6. July 2026, 16:29 by HeyItsErin
Genuinely impressed at the difficulty you managed to cram into such a tiny puzzle. Fantastic job!
on 5. July 2026, 18:38 by BG03
Nice 5 min snack. Does not include time spent trying to click the smiley :D
on 4. July 2026, 16:48 by WildEnte
Really hard if you don't find the right way to start. Relatively easy if you lean back and think and do find the right way to start. I think 1 star should be solvable for people who have not yet played variant Sudoku - I don't think this puzzle falls in that category. So I rated it 2 stars. In any case, it's very, very nice.
on 4. July 2026, 15:26 by Playmaker6174
Anyone who said this is full of bifurcations clearly doesn’t think of revising the solve again.
There is, in fact, a (surprisingly) fully logical solve path.
on 4. July 2026, 15:19 by JVA
That was a lot of bifurcation for such a small puzzle
on 4. July 2026, 05:25 by Playmaker6174
Quite surprising how that pattern at the end resolved, thanks for this cute fun puzzle :)
My only nitpick is that the timer didn’t start running when I put down the first mine cell [kekw]
on 4. July 2026, 03:56 by rictech
Cool concept! First time seeing this so I didn’t have an intuitive path, and ended up trying some things until it came together. The solve success message was perfect :) Nice consistency with the theme. Thanks!
