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Mochi Mines
Clear the candy board by reading the number clues to work out exactly where the hidden bombs are hiding — friendly, no-fail minesweeper.
About Mochi Mines
Mochi Mines is the classic minesweeper, made soft, sweet and forgiving. The board is a grid of candy cells, and a handful of them hide bombs. Clear a safe cell and it shows a number — how many bombs are touching it, counting all eight neighbours. From those numbers you deduce, with pure logic, exactly which cells are safe and which are bombs, clearing the whole board without setting one off. Tap an empty cell with no bombs nearby and a whole region of zeroes opens up at once, giving you a running start.
The first tap is always safe — the bombs are only scattered after you make your opening move, and never under it — so every board begins by opening a generous area to read. From there it is a conversation with the numbers: a 1 touching a single unknown cell means that cell is a bomb; a number already touching all its bombs means its other neighbours are safe to clear. You flag the bombs you are sure of with the flag button (or a long press) so you do not tap them by accident, and a little counter keeps track of how many bombs are still out there.
Unlike old-fashioned minesweeper, a single wrong tap does not end everything. You start each board with three hearts, and bumping a bomb simply costs one heart and reveals that bomb — so a careful player almost never loses one. Better still, every board is dealt so it can be solved by logic alone: the bombs are arranged to guarantee there is never a 50/50 guess, so a setback only ever comes from misreading a clue, never from bad luck. The game is about deduction, not punishment. Clear every safe cell and the board celebrates with a flash, a shake, sparkles and a five-note jingle as the last bombs flag themselves, before the level card slides in with three stars.
How to play Mochi Mines
- Tap any cell to start — your first tap is always safe and opens up an area of number clues.
- Read each number: it counts how many bombs touch that cell across all eight neighbours.
- Use the numbers to work out which nearby cells must be bombs and which must be safe.
- Tap the flag button (or long-press) then tap a cell you are sure hides a bomb to flag it, so you do not clear it by mistake.
- Clear every safe cell; an empty cell with a zero opens its neighbours for you automatically.
- When all the safe cells are cleared the board completes on its own, awards three stars, and offers Next.
Controls
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| Tap a cell (touch or mouse) | Clear that cell — safe cells show a number, a bomb costs a heart |
| Flag button (bottom toolbar) | Switch between Dig mode and Flag mode for tapping |
| Long-press a cell | Flag or unflag a suspected bomb without switching modes |
| Tap a flagged cell | Nothing happens — unflag it first to clear it (a safety guard) |
| Settings (gear) button | Open level select, the sound toggle, and Restart |
| Space or Enter | On the win card, jump straight to the next level |
Tips & strategy
- Always start in the open: the first tap is safe and clears a region, so look for the numbers along the edge of that opened area first.
- A number that already touches exactly that many flagged or revealed bombs means every other neighbour is safe — clear them with confidence.
- A number whose count equals the number of unknown cells around it means every one of those unknowns is a bomb — flag them all.
- Flag the bombs you are certain of right away; it keeps the board readable and stops an accidental tap.
- Watch the bomb counter at the bottom — when the bombs left matches the unknown cells in a region, those cells are all bombs.
- When two numbers share neighbours, compare them: the difference often pins down exactly which shared cell is the bomb.
- You never have to guess — every board is built so pure logic can clear it. If you feel stuck, slow down and re-read the numbers along the edge of the opened area; a guaranteed-safe move is always there to be found.
Game features
- True minesweeper logic — number clues count touching bombs — with a touch-native flag button and long-press flagging.
- No-guess boards: every level is dealt so it can be solved by pure deduction — the bombs are arranged to rule out 50/50 coin-flips, so logic always finds the next safe cell.
- Friendly and no-fail: the first tap is always safe, and three hearts per board mean one wrong tap is a setback, not a game over.
- 20 hand-tuned levels across five candy worlds — Berry, Citrus, Mint, Ocean and Galaxy — growing in board size and bomb density.
- Endless mode past level 20 that generates bigger, denser boards forever so the challenge keeps climbing.
- Flood-clear of empty regions, a live bombs-left counter, and auto-flagging of the last bombs on a win.
- A board that adapts to your screen, with bright per-number colours that make the clues easy to read at a glance.
- Soft candy art with cute non-scary bombs, a per-reveal chime, and a sparkly five-note victory with flash and shake.
- Saved progress and three-star wins per level in a level-select grid, kept privately in your own browser with a one-tap mute.
Game details
- Title
- Mochi Mines
- Genre
- Logic puzzle
- Players
- 1 player
- Controls
- Tap a candy cell to clear it; tap the flag button (or long-press a cell) to flag a bomb (mouse or touch)
- Platforms
- Web browser, Android, iOS (no download)
- Developer
- Anime Mochi
- Released
- 2026
- Last updated
- June 2026
- Price
- Free to play
Frequently asked questions
How do you play minesweeper?
Clear every cell that does not hide a bomb. Each cleared cell shows a number telling you how many of its eight neighbours are bombs, and you use those numbers to deduce which surrounding cells are safe and which are bombs. Flag the bombs so you do not tap them, and clear the rest to win.
What do the numbers mean?
A number on a cleared cell is the count of bombs touching it, including diagonals — so a 3 means three of the up-to-eight cells around it are bombs. A blank (zero) cell touches no bombs, which is why its neighbours open automatically. Reading these counts is the whole puzzle.
Is the first tap really always safe?
Yes. The bombs are only placed after your first tap, and never on or right next to it, so your opening move always clears a safe area of clues to read. That means a board never depends on a blind first guess.
Do I ever have to guess?
No. Every board is generated to be solvable by pure logic from your first tap onward — the bombs are arranged so the number clues always let you deduce a safe move, with no 50/50 coin-flips. If you feel stuck, the next safe cell is hiding in the numbers around the opened area; take your time and it is always there.
What happens if I tap a bomb?
You lose one of your three hearts and that bomb is revealed — but the game keeps going. Mochi Mines is no-fail and forgiving: a wrong tap is a setback, not the end. Completing a level always awards three stars no matter how many hearts you finish with.
How do I flag a bomb?
Tap the flag button in the bottom toolbar to switch to Flag mode, then tap a cell to flag it; tap the button again to go back to Dig mode. You can also long-press any cell to flag or unflag it without switching modes. Flagged cells cannot be cleared by accident.
Do I have to flag every bomb to win?
No — you win as soon as every safe (non-bomb) cell is cleared, whether or not you flagged the bombs. Flagging is a tool to help you keep track and avoid mistakes; when you clear the last safe cell, the remaining bombs flag themselves and the level is complete.
How big do the boards get?
Boards start small with just a few bombs and grow level by level into larger grids with a higher bomb density, across the five worlds. Endless mode past level 20 keeps generating bigger, denser boards, so there is always a tougher sweep waiting.
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About the developer
Anime Mochi is a small independent studio making free, original browser games by hand in HTML5, JavaScript, and Canvas.
