Hexsweeper — Easy

What is Hexsweeper?

Hexsweeper is a hexagonal take on the classic Minesweeper puzzle. Instead of a rectangular grid, the board is shaped like a large hexagon and every cell is itself a hexagon. The most important difference: each cell has exactly 6 neighbours rather than 8, which changes how numbers are interpreted and how solving logic works.

The goal is the same — reveal every safe cell without clicking a mine. Numbers show how many of the 6 surrounding hexes contain mines. A blank cell has zero mine neighbours and automatically expands to reveal the surrounding safe area.

How to Play

• Left-click a hidden cell to reveal it.
• Right-click a hidden cell to place a flag (🚩), then again for a question mark (?), then again to clear it.
• Left-click a revealed number to chord — if the correct number of neighbouring flags are placed, all remaining neighbours are revealed at once.
• The mine counter (top-left) decreases with each flag placed.
• Click 🙂 or press the button to start a new game at the same difficulty.

Board Sizes

• Easy — radius 5, 61 cells, 8 mines (~13%). Good for learning hex geometry.
• Medium — radius 7, 127 cells, 20 mines (~16%). Comparable to classic intermediate.
• Hard — radius 10, 271 cells, 57 mines (~21%). A serious challenge.
• Custom — choose any radius from 3 to 15 and set your own mine count.

Strategy Tips for Hexagonal Boards

• Re-learn the number scale. A "1" on a hex board touches only 6 cells, not 8, so it is proportionally more constraining — use it aggressively to flag mines.
• Corner cells are easier. Cells near the edge of the hex board have fewer neighbours (as few as 3 at the corners), making them easier to deduce.
• Think in three axes. Hex grids have three natural directions (flat, diagonal-left, diagonal-right). When a number is satisfied in one axis, you can often eliminate mines in the other two.
• Use chording aggressively. Once a number's neighbours are all flagged, left-clicking it opens all remaining neighbours in one move — essential on the larger boards.
• Start from the edges inward. Opening edge cells on the first click tends to produce larger blank cascades, giving you more information to work with early.

How Hexsweeper Differs from Classic Minesweeper

• 6 neighbours per cell instead of 8 — numbers range from 0 to 6.
• The board is hexagon-shaped rather than rectangular.
• No wrapping edges (unlike Cylinder or Toroid variants).
• Density of information is higher — each number accounts for a smaller proportion of the board.
• Unique symmetry: the hex board looks the same from any of its six sides.