# Reverse Minesweeper

19 Hacker News commenters recommended Reverse Minesweeper and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A fresh, well-designed take on Minesweeper with a focused scope and challenging hard levels. Common caveat: no dark theme and the bottom is cut off on mobile.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun and addictive to play (5 comments): "Overall the game is great and I have been enjoying the daily masters and some of the insane puzzles." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49231792)) "great game! Congrats, very entertaining, I reckon you have a good chance of going viral." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49062820)) "Very fun. Shared it with my parents and they're into it too." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49063605))
- Clean, well-designed UI and scope (2 comments): "the game feels well-designed with a focused scope, nice work!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49059768)) "very nice ui, and quite challenging on the high difficulties" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49063486))
- Fresh, clever take on Minesweeper (2 comments): "Reverse minesweeper describes it perfectly." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49059984)) "This is a really nice take on Minesweeper" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49067055))

## What people warn about

- No dark mode, poor contrast (2 comments): "It is really good but it needs a dark theme" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49064824)) "Dark mode is whack, terrible contrast." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49148396))
- Feels like plain Minesweeper, reversed (3 comments): "then I felt like this is just minesweeper, not even reversed." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49067709)) "it's just minesweeper with flowers instead of bombs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49059078)) "looks far more obvious than the original to me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49059947))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Outer Wilds](https://hackerapproved.com/p/outer-wilds.md): 65 recommend
- [enclose.horse](https://hackerapproved.com/p/enclose-horse.md): 64 recommend
- [The Witness](https://hackerapproved.com/p/witness.md): 60 recommend
- [Braid](https://hackerapproved.com/p/braid.md): 36 recommend
- [Blue Prince](https://hackerapproved.com/p/blue-prince.md): 30 recommend

## Cite as

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