Hormuz Minesweeper
Shares rank 41 of 48 browser games by recommenders
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.
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.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 8
- approval share
- 38%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Satirical take on Overton window
“It's pretty cool. That's too on the nose as the Overton window of the majority of Westerners have been primed”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?” Playful spin on classic Minesweeper
“Thank you for Making Minesweeper Great Again!”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Right-click missing or broken on touch
“can’t play on iPad due to lack of right click”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?” “right-click brings up the context menu in addition to flagging a mine, which basically makes this unplayable”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?” Double-click and chord clicks don't work
“Click with both buttons to open all when cell is surrounded with right number of flags is not working or missing”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?” “Double clicking on a tile doesn't seem to do anything different than a single click”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?” “It's missing the double click on a number feature from minesweeper.”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?” Missing features like missile and nuke
“Missing feature where you blanket nuke the whole area to destroy mines.”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?” “The missile feature is missing.”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?”
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| Hormuz MinesweeperThis page | 5 | 8 | 38% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
13 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“kind of annoying that winning and losing the game both lead to the same clip”
“Double clicking on a tile doesn't seem to do anything different than a single click”
“Click with both buttons to open all when cell is surrounded with right number of flags is not working or missing”
“Thank you for Making Minesweeper Great Again!”
“right-click brings up the context menu in addition to flagging a mine, which basically makes this unplayable”
“it’s a pain to have to keep scrolling back to it to toggle when you are zoomed in”
“It's pretty cool. That's too on the nose as the Overton window of the majority of Westerners have been primed”
“Doesn't seem to work on iPhone”
“Missing feature where you blanket nuke the whole area to destroy mines.”
“Now make another app that lets you pick which children are ok to kill”
“The missile feature is missing.”
“It's missing the double click on a number feature from minesweeper.”
“can’t play on iPad due to lack of right click”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.