RELATED: How to Disable All of Windows 10's Built-in Advertisingįor all the pretty features these games offer, they have built-in advertising and require separate yearly subscription fees to play without ads. Like Minesweeper, it’s available as a free download in the Windows Store. It’s a similar game, complete with daily challenges and a variety of puzzles and themes to choose from. If you like the new Solitaire and Minesweeper games, check out Microsoft Mahjong. These games are integrated with MIcrosoft’s Xbox Live, so you’ll earn Xbox achievements by playing Solitiare and Minesweeper, too.
RELATED: The Best Xbox Features in Windows 10 (Even If You Don't Own an Xbox) That part works just like traditional minesweeper. You have to find and avoid traps by using numbers on the floor. Microsoft Minesweeper also has an “Adventure” mode where you try to reach the exit of a dungeon while avoiding traps and monsters and collecting gold. Challenges may ask you to mark the location of 10 mines with flags, for example, or detonate a specific number of mines within a certain number of moves. This game also offers daily challenges made up of pre-made boards of various difficulties. In Microsoft Minesweeper, you can choose a traditional board of an easy, medium, expert, or custom size.