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Revision as of 19:38, 8 February 2021

Microsoft Minesweeper
Microsoft Minesweeper cover
Developers
Arkadium
Publishers
Microsoft Studios
Release dates
Windows October 26, 2012
Taxonomy
Monetization Ad-supported, Free-to-play, Subscription
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Relaxed
Perspectives Top-down view, Flip screen
Controls Point and select
Genres Puzzle
Art styles Abstract
Series Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Minesweeper on HowLongToBeat
Microsoft Minesweeper on IGDB
Microsoft Minesweeper on MobyGames
Microsoft Minesweeper on Wikipedia
Reversi 1985
Microsoft Solitaire (series)
Minesweeper 1990
Hearts 1992
3D Pinball for Windows - Space Cadet 1995
Internet Backgammon 2001
Internet Checkers 2001
Internet Spades 2001
InkBall 2004
Chess Titans 2007
Mahjong Titans 2007
Purble Place 2007
Hold 'Em 2007
Tinker 2008
Microsoft Ultimate Word Games 2011
Microsoft Mahjong 2012
Microsoft Minesweeper 2012
Microsoft Bingo 2013
Microsoft Jigsaw 2014
Microsoft Sudoku 2014
Microsoft Treasure Hunt 2014

This page is for Windows App version for 8 and later. For Vista and 7 version, see Minesweeper (Vista).

Microsoft Minesweeper is a singleplayer top-down view and flip screen puzzle game in the Microsoft Windows series.

General information

Official forums
Official support
Online browser version for any OS

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Windows
All versions require Microsoft Store DRM.

Monetization

Type Notes
Ad-supported Advertisements are displayed during gameplay without Premium subscription. Sometimes fullscreen non-skippable advertisement video is played before starting new puzzle.
Free-to-play All content is available.
Subscription Premium subscription removes all advertisements.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftMinesweeper_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Settings\

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftMinesweeper_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Xbox Cloud

Video settings

General settings
General settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Basque
Bulgarian
Catalan
Simplified Chinese
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Estonian
Finnish
French
Galician
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latvian
Lithuanian
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Slovenian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 8, 10
Processor (CPU) ARM, x86, neutral, x64
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 191.5 MB

References