# Minesweeper Retro Classic — Classic mines, no guessing

> Classic mines, no guessing (iPhone/iPad app by akio kobayashi.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/minesweeper-retro-classic/id6814120423 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [akio kobayashi](https://appshunter.io/developer/6804334180)
- Category: Games, Board, Puzzle
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 5 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, Bangla, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish and 35 more
- Released: 2026-09-24
- Data updated: 2026-10-13
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/minesweeper-retro-classic/id6814120423/reviews.md

## What is Minesweeper Retro Classic?

The minesweeper you remember from old computers. Grey buttons, a blue title bar, red LED counters — the look and the bleeps are the way they were.

■ How to play
Tap a square to open it. A number tells you how many mines touch that square. Hold a square to plant a flag. Open every square that is not a mine and you win.

■ Six difficulties
• Novice        8×8    8 mines
• Beginner      9×9    10 mines
• Intermediate  16×16  40 mines
• Expert        30×16  99 mines
• Master        30×20  130–150 mines
• Custom        choose your own rows, columns and mines

■ No Guessing mode
In ordinary minesweeper you sometimes reach a point where two squares look exactly the same and you simply have to guess. This mode only builds boards where that never happens. Every board can be finished by logic alone.

■ Your own records
For each difficulty the game keeps your games played, wins, win rate and best time. Normal mode and No Guessing mode are recorded separately.

■ One more chance
Step on a mine and you can watch a short video to carry on: the mine you hit is flagged and the game continues. A game where you used a continue is not added to your records or the ranking. Watching is always your choice.

■ Stop any time
Close the app in the middle of a game and you can pick it up where you left off.

■ Settings you can change
• Sound effects on or off
• Vibration on or off
• Hold time for planting a flag (0.20–1.00 seconds)
• Swap tap and hold
• Use ? marks
• Language: 45 languages, or follow your phone

■ Your records stay on your phone
Your records are stored on your device only. They are never sent to our servers, and there is no account to create.
The app only goes online to show ads and for the ranking, so the game itself is fully playable with no signal at all.

■ Ranking
Sign in to Game Center to compare your best times with other players, for each difficulty. You can play everything without signing in.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1 — 2026-10-12

• Now available in 45 languages. The app follows your phone's language, and you can change it in Settings.
• Small improvements and fixes.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-24

No release notes.

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