# Hormuz Minesweeper

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Hormuz Minesweeper and 8 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A satirical take on Minesweeper, recommended for its political humor. Critics say controls are broken or missing, especially right-click, double-click and touch support.

## Why people recommend it

- Satirical take on Overton window (1 comments): "It's pretty cool. That's too on the nose as the Overton window of the majority of Westerners have been primed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47476629))
- Playful spin on classic Minesweeper (1 comments): "Thank you for Making Minesweeper Great Again!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47476796))

## What people warn about

- Right-click missing or broken on touch (2 comments): "can’t play on iPad due to lack of right click" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47476102)) "right-click brings up the context menu in addition to flagging a mine, which basically makes this unplayable" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47476750))
- Double-click and chord clicks don't work (3 comments): "Click with both buttons to open all when cell is surrounded with right number of flags is not working or missing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47477727)) "Double clicking on a tile doesn't seem to do anything different than a single click" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47479152)) "It's missing the double click on a number feature from minesweeper." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47476111))
- Missing features like missile and nuke (2 comments): "Missing feature where you blanket nuke the whole area to destroy mines." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47476302)) "The missile feature is missing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47476184))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [TinyWind](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tinywind.md): 61 recommend
- [Starfling](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starfling.md): 59 recommend
- [Starcraft: Ashfall](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starcraft-ashfall.md): 46 recommend
- [Half-Life 2 in a Browser](https://hackerapproved.com/p/half-life-2.md): 42 recommend
- [Number Gacha](https://hackerapproved.com/p/number-gacha.md): 33 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Hormuz Minesweeper", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hormuz-minesweeper/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).