Released Jun 14, 2026 Early Access Free Very Positive Not counted on Steam profiles yet

Better Minesweeper

By Pyrite Standard

Strategy Puzzle 2D Perma Death Procedural Generation Early Access Free to Play Indie Singleplayer

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Better Minesweeper is a game tagged Strategy, Puzzle and 2D by Pyrite Standard, released Jun 14, 2026. It has 230 Steam reviews (Very Positive). The Steam games most like it include Vector Space, Caveman Caravan and Mana Cycle.

A modern take on classic Minesweeper, focused on quality-of-life improvements, flexibility, and customization.

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Vector Space 76% match · Strategy, Puzzle, 2D
Caveman Caravan 73% match · Strategy, Puzzle, 2D
Mana Cycle 69% match · Strategy, Puzzle, 2D
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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Better Minesweeper · record updated 21 hours ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID3898970

Release dateJun 14, 2026

Last change number40065548

Last record update21 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Pyrite Standard
Publisher: Pyrite Standard
Steam profile: Not counted yet: Steam is still getting to know this game, so it doesn't add to game counts or achievement totals · checked 21 hours ago

Windows Linux

Single-playerFamily Sharing

Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
25066370	public	Sep 1, 2026

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
3898971	—	Windows	164.2 MB	59.1 MB	4418712010286936468
3898972	—	Linux	465.1 MB	117.0 MB	3375857162756937198

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	25066370	Sep 1, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Better Minesweeper

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
BetterMinesweeper.exe		Windows
BetterMinesweeper		Linux

Space per player1.00 GB

Filesup to 32

Save locations4

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataLocal	BetterMinesweeper/cloud	*.db	All
WinAppDataLocal	BetterMinesweeper/cloud	*.bmrp	All
WinAppDataLocal	BetterMinesweeper/cloud	*.sqlite	All
WinAppDataLocal	BetterMinesweeper/cloud	*.ini	All