Is Play Minesweeper free to use?

Yes — tools on the open shelf are free to use.

Do I need to download or install anything?

No. It runs in the browser, it starts the moment the page does, and there is no account to make.

Because in here, it is. The desk, the disks, the LED — the machine believes it, and everything works.

PLAY · OPEN SHELF

Nine by nine, ten mines, no guessing on the first click. It runs in the browser, it costs nothing, and finishing a game pays bits into the Bit Bank.

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10 MINESNO BITS YET

Press START, or hit a key. There is nothing to install and nothing to sign up for.
Keyboard or touch, whichever is in front of you.
Finish a game and the bits land in the Bit Bank on the way out.

Is Play Minesweeper free to use?: Yes — tools on the open shelf are free to use.
Do I need to download or install anything?: No. It runs in the browser, it starts the moment the page does, and there is no account to make.
Why does the site look like it is 1992?: Because in here, it is. The desk, the disks, the LED — the machine believes it, and everything works.