Minesweeper

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Minesweeper

Summary

Minesweeper is a video game[1]. Minesweeper ranks in the top 2% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,733 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Minesweeper's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Minesweeper's instance of is recorded as NP-complete game[4].
  • Minesweeper's genre is puzzle video game[5].
  • Minesweeper's genre is tilesweeper[6].
  • Minesweeper's Commons category is recorded as Minesweeper[7].
  • Minesweeper's platform is recorded as Linux[8].
  • Minesweeper's platform is recorded as Microsoft Windows[9].
  • Minesweeper's platform is recorded as iOS[10].
  • Minesweeper's platform is recorded as Android[11].
  • Minesweeper's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[12].
  • Minesweeper's country of origin is recorded as Peru[13].
  • Minesweeper was published on 1989[14].
  • Minesweeper's distributed by is recorded as Microsoft Store[15].
  • Minesweeper's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Minesweeper (video game)[16].
  • Minesweeper's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Minesweeper'}[17].
  • Minesweeper's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/minesweeper[18].
  • Minesweeper's has goal is recorded as locating[19].
  • Minesweeper's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[20].
  • Minesweeper's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+12734'}[21].

Body

Publication

Minesweeper was released on 1989[14]. Genres include puzzle video game[5] and tilesweeper[6].

Why It Matters

Minesweeper ranks in the top 2% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,733 views/month).[2] Minesweeper has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Minesweeper is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1h ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gamespot game id
    Platform Linux, Microsoft Windows, iOS +1
    Genre puzzle video game, tilesweeper
    My abandonware game id 938
    + 70 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Games/Minesweeper, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
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