Zsweep
Shares rank 30 of 48 browser games by recommenders
A Minesweeper game controlled with Vim motions, praised for respecting Vim grammar and being fully playable from the keyboard. Critics say the Enter key is awkward and the board hides after a mine is hit.
A Minesweeper game controlled with Vim motions, praised for respecting Vim grammar and being fully playable from the keyboard. Critics say the Enter key is awkward and the board hides after a mine is hit.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: 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
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 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
Respects Vim grammar, not just hjkl mapping
“I wanted a Minesweeper experience that respected "Vim grammar" rather than just mapping arrow keys to HJKL.”
Comment from 13 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Zsweep – A Vim-optimized Minesweeper built with SvelteKit” “I built ZSweep because I wanted a Minesweeper experience that actually respects Vim grammar”
Comment from 13 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: ZSweep – A keyboard-first Minesweeper inspired by Vim” Fully playable from the keyboard
“clean, stats-heavy, and capable of being played entirely with a keyboard (Vim style)”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Zsweep v0.1.2 – Minesweeper with Vim Motions and Modern UI” “Making a minesweeper keyboard-driven seems like the correct logic for me.”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Zsweep – Vim Motions Minesweeper with Svelte 5.0”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Enter key awkward to reach
“enter for clearing feels awkward in conjunction with hjkl movement”
Comment from 23 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Zsweep – Play Minesweeper using only Vim motions” “Reaching RET to open a block is too far from the home row, very unpleasant.”
Comment from 23 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Zsweep – Play Minesweeper using only Vim motions”
Other browser games people recommend
The four most recommended other browser games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TinyWind | 61 | 19 | 76% | 1 | — | — |
| Starfling | 59 | 17 | 78% | 1 | — | — |
| Starcraft: Ashfall | 46 | 12 | 79% | 1 | — | — |
| Half-Life 2 in a Browser | 42 | 11 | 79% | 6 | — | Approved |
| ZsweepThis page | 9 | 3 | 75% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
12 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Making a minesweeper keyboard-driven seems like the correct logic for me.”
“clean, stats-heavy, and capable of being played entirely with a keyboard (Vim style)”
“Escape as finish a game is pretty annoying (that's what you press after 'i')”
“Reaching RET to open a block is too far from the home row, very unpleasant.”
“Very nice, only feedback I have rn is you should keep the board state displayed after you hit a mine.”
“No macros or block select yet, still fun!”
“Very useful as someone who's trying to use Vim motions more often”
“Too bad it doesn't display the keyboard on mobile”
“It would feel a little more intuitive if w/b worked on groups of unrevealed tiles”
“enter for clearing feels awkward in conjunction with hjkl movement”
“I wanted a Minesweeper experience that respected "Vim grammar" rather than just mapping arrow keys to HJKL.”
“I built ZSweep because I wanted a Minesweeper experience that actually respects Vim grammar”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.