$2.99Globesweeper Minesweeper on a whole planet
Read the numbers, clear every safe tile and keep the globe in one piece, one quiet logic puzzle at a time.
Is Globesweeper worth it?
Globesweeper is worth it if…
- you grew up on the classic Minesweeper and want it back, wrapped around a planet
- you like quiet logic puzzles where the only pressure is the one you bring
- you enjoy short sessions that turn into "one more globe"
- you want a puzzle you can set to be fully solvable, no guessing required
- you have an hour to lose to a colossal triangle globe and the nerve to risk it
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Minesweeper, but the board is a planet
The rules are the ones you know. Each tile shows how many mines touch it, and you use that to work out what is safe to reveal. The twist is the shape: the board wraps around a sphere or a cube, so there is no edge to anchor yourself against. You spin the globe, zoom in on a patch of numbers, and follow a chain of deductions around the far side. In hexagonal mode a tile with a 3 and three revealed neighbours tells you the other three are mines; on a cube the same logic covers eight neighbours at once.
Pick your shape, size and pain level
Every run is generated fresh, and you set the terms. Choose square, hexagon or triangle tiles: triangles are the fiendish one, since each tile touches twelve neighbours instead of six. Pick one of five globe sizes, from a small hexagonal sphere of 92 tiles you can clear in a minute, up to colossal boards with thousands of mines that take an hour or more. Four mine densities range from gentle to outright unfair. If you want pure logic with no luck involved, turn on guaranteed solvable mode and every puzzle can be finished by reasoning alone. Lose one, and the next globe is a brand new one.
What should you know before playing?
Can you lose a long run to a single mistake?
Yes, and it is worth knowing up front. One wrong click on a mine detonates the globe and you start over, which stings most on the colossal boards where a run can take an hour. Guaranteed solvable mode removes the guesswork, so any loss is a slip you can learn from, but the game never forgives the slip itself. Treat the small globes as practice and the big ones as a commitment.
How hard is triangle mode, really?
It is the toughest of the three shapes. Every triangle touches twelve neighbours, so each number pulls in far more information than the eight of a square grid or the six of a hexagon, and the deductions get genuinely brain-bending. It is fully solvable, especially with guaranteed solvable mode on, but expect to think several moves at a time. Start with squares or hexagons and work up to it.
