https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/feedThis is a feed of the latest articles from Rock Paper Shotgun.enCopyright (c) Rock Paper Shotgun a brand of IGN Entertainment, Inc.Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:17:20 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/minesweeper-next-gen-adds-layers-of-unholy-tesselation-and-recursive-sorcery-to-a-blameless-cult-classicEdwin Evans-ThirlwellMon, 01 Jun 2026 15:10:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/minesweeper-next-gen-adds-layers-of-unholy-tesselation-and-recursive-sorcery-to-a-blameless-cult-classicIndiePCPuzzleBird view / IsometricMinesweeper: Next-GenSingle PlayerIndiescovery<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Minesweeper_F7sKNQa.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Once upon a time, <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/minesweeper">Minesweeper</a> was a deceptively simple logic puzzler you'd find bundled on many Windows PCs, but "deceptive simplicity" ain't enough for today's Maximum Gamer, whose brain has been honed through years of multiple browser tab usage to operate in 10450302 dimensions at once. And so I give you Minesweeper: Next-Gen.</p> It's broadly the same process of trying to clear a board of hidden explosives, with numbers on cleared tiles indicating the number of bombs nearby. But these boards - they are decidedly <em>eccentric</em>. <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/minesweeper-next-gen-adds-layers-of-unholy-tesselation-and-recursive-sorcery-to-a-blameless-cult-classic">Read more</a></p>