Kill the dragon without touching the dragon egg or killing any rats (including the rat king) nor romeo and juliet (so basically 3/4 achievements) then after i killed the dragon i proceeded to clear the board.
sucks that it didn’t say at the end that i got all 4 achievements in that one game but it still felt great completing that!
i got all the achievements and play this all the time. still no idea what the strategy for clearing the board is lmao. whenever i do it its always just luck
(i mean when i clear the board its luck, i can win consistently)
you need to make more games. i keep coming back to this like crazy. instant classic. more fun than normal minesweeper, i feel like less odds of 50/50s.
How do you get the "cheers of celebrating men"
ending? I only ever got the "nothing but blood in the desolate field"
ending. I've gotten all achievements already.
I've tried winning without exploding the mines, but still desolate field. I've tried winning the 1.0.0 version, without board clear, and the image is the same as "celebrating men" (jorge killing the dragon), but with a different poem.
The ending image of "desolate field" is the same as the board clear stamp, which makes me think that maybe after you get your first board clear, the ending is always going to be "desolate field". Which is sad if true, because i cleared the board on my first win, my third ever run.
Really enjoyed the game. I've been playing for days now. And today I finally killed the dragon. The game is a little bit hard. Putting more buffs for the player would make it easier. Very polished game. Well done!
How do you get this ending? I only ever got the "Nothing but blood in the desolate field" ending. I don't know what triggers each ending. You clearly didn't spare the lovers, rats or egg, so that can't be it. I've gotten all achievements and still never got this ending.
Did you kill the gnome by revealing all empty squares? Did you kill the mine king and blow up all mines? Wizard (aka slime king) which drops the slime scroll?
It credits "Daniel Benmergui" in the description. But the site is clearly not made by him. There is no link or mention of itch.io or any payment form.
The description was obviously written by an AI that doesn't know anything about the game other than the name and the tips in the monsternomicon. No one that played it for more than 10 seconds would write that.
Also, the version in the homepage is the old one. The new one is available through the menu, with a similarly AI-generated description with made-up wrong information and self-contradictions.
It's an automatically generated site. Whoever did this must be doing it with tons of other games too. I don't know why. There doesn't seem to be any ads (yet?).
plz expand this game... I'm addicted to it, but I just wish there was more to it. Ideally new modes with different monsters, but even just another page of stamps would sate me
Absolutely. Finding the chests with the exp before you have to take heart scrolls is key. Also getting the mine scroll as soon as you turn level 10 and picking up the free exp from the now defused bombs.
This version is too hard. Need more hearts earlier. Also the right click to mark the tiles is not working on my iPad. Please put the 10 back in a corner.
Finally got all three of these achievements in one go!!
I wish I could get the achievement and then go back because I would also have been able to clear the board and it would have been really satisfying to get all 4 at once.
Also I’m pretty sure for the rat pacifist, killing the rat king doesn’t stop you from getting the achievement (I challenged myself to not kill him in this run) which is counter intuitive imo.
After several months of loving this game and comming back over and over even tho I mastered it...... That's the sexiest thing I've ever seen. Nice one mate.
Playing this has reminded me how important game design is and what can be achieved without godrays. Just wicked. Well done 👏👏👏👏
Edit: I want you to know I decided to create a category on Itch about excellent examples of game design, and this is both the first entry and the inspiration for the list.
Here’s my review:
You’re able to make educated decisions that still have an element of risk to them, which makes tension present and the game not feel unfair yet punishing.
You can improve your chances by learning the mechanics, and learning the patterns of the encounters which helps getting things right but not ensuring it.
I didn’t like the idea of the mimic being a feature of the game because it felt random - but the more I thought about it, it isn’t: the mimic will appear on chests alone. Now there’s a chance for reward, but there’s a chance for defeat also. Will you take the risk? You can opt out of the risk by not opening the chest, so now it falls to you, the player, to make the choice.
Simplistic graphics and accessible on a mobile device, too. Input is touch. No time limits. Just method. Audio is enough. And there’s charm for sure by clicking on your vainglorious hero.
I finally got it. I kept trying to break all the bricks before killing the dragon. Didn't realize I could kill the dragon and then collect the bricks. 10/10 game
I tried downloading and opening `index.html` in a web browser, but that just shows the randomization screen and then its animation stops and that's it. What's the proper way to play this offline?
yeah as the other guy said, you need to prioritize a lot the XP that doesn't damage you (and the 10 dmg enemy that gives a net total of 37 XP)
it may sometimes be risky but most of the time you should be doing good by following that plan, usually you'll have like 2-4 health scrolls most of the time
a thing I figured you can do too is just tapping tiles around the dragon until you break the egg. I usually want to kill 5 HP worth of enemies, level up, 5 HP again, level up, then 6 HP and level up, then the next level requires you to get 9 XP with 6 HP. The egg gives exactly 3 XP so you can level up a 4th time without scrolls nor relying on chests
I think the Orb should show Mimics. I had a mimic tagged as 11, hit an orb, and then opened the now-visible chest without thinking. Obviously I won't make the same mistake again, but it felt like an unfair death, and the reveal would be a cool little bonus when it does happen.
I had no idea what I was doing at first but I couldn't stop clicking. Great presentation and it just gets better as you learn all the hidden nuances. : ) I played very slow and got lucky after a math blunder in one of the corners. ; D
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Woooo i just managed to do the following:
Kill the dragon without touching the dragon egg or killing any rats (including the rat king) nor romeo and juliet (so basically 3/4 achievements) then after i killed the dragon i proceeded to clear the board.
sucks that it didn’t say at the end that i got all 4 achievements in that one game but it still felt great completing that!
Wow!
i got all the achievements and play this all the time. still no idea what the strategy for clearing the board is lmao. whenever i do it its always just luck
(i mean when i clear the board its luck, i can win consistently)
you need to make more games. i keep coming back to this like crazy. instant classic. more fun than normal minesweeper, i feel like less odds of 50/50s.
Could you make a reset button so that once you beat the game and/or get all stamps you could reset completely losing all stamps.
I think you can just clear your cache/cookies and it should reset
Absolute gem of a game, kudos de un hermano brasileño
How do you get the "cheers of celebrating men" ending? I only ever got the "nothing but blood in the desolate field" ending. I've gotten all achievements already.
I've tried winning without exploding the mines, but still desolate field. I've tried winning the 1.0.0 version, without board clear, and the image is the same as "celebrating men" (jorge killing the dragon), but with a different poem.
The ending image of "desolate field" is the same as the board clear stamp, which makes me think that maybe after you get your first board clear, the ending is always going to be "desolate field". Which is sad if true, because i cleared the board on my first win, my third ever run.
游戏非常好玩，当我杀了那头龙时非常有成就感
Really enjoyed the game. I've been playing for days now. And today I finally killed the dragon. The game is a little bit hard. Putting more buffs for the player would make it easier. Very polished game. Well done!
How do you get this ending? I only ever got the "Nothing but blood in the desolate field" ending. I don't know what triggers each ending. You clearly didn't spare the lovers, rats or egg, so that can't be it. I've gotten all achievements and still never got this ending.
Did you kill the gnome by revealing all empty squares? Did you kill the mine king and blow up all mines? Wizard (aka slime king) which drops the slime scroll?
la pta q pario daniel, a vos y al mimic xd
I beat the game with a full board cleared and all other stamps
Fun game, I liked the concept.
Too bad that I ABSOLUTELY SUCK AT MINESWEEPER
Is this you? It gives no credit to you...
https://dragonsweeper.com/
It credits "Daniel Benmergui" in the description. But the site is clearly not made by him. There is no link or mention of itch.io or any payment form.
The description was obviously written by an AI that doesn't know anything about the game other than the name and the tips in the monsternomicon. No one that played it for more than 10 seconds would write that.
Also, the version in the homepage is the old one. The new one is available through the menu, with a similarly AI-generated description with made-up wrong information and self-contradictions.
It's an automatically generated site. Whoever did this must be doing it with tons of other games too. I don't know why. There doesn't seem to be any ads (yet?).
It's ironic how it says in the footer: "© 2025 Dragonsweeper.com All rights reserved."
plz expand this game... I'm addicted to it, but I just wish there was more to it. Ideally new modes with different monsters, but even just another page of stamps would sate me
A fun game, really enjoyed it. Have you thought about expanding it and turning it into a full game?
I just had a perfect game, but couldn't clear the walls. Is total board clear possible here?
Absolutely. Finding the chests with the exp before you have to take heart scrolls is key. Also getting the mine scroll as soon as you turn level 10 and picking up the free exp from the now defused bombs.
also, once you have 13 hearts, you can kill the dragon and collect 13 exp without ending the game
This version is too hard. Need more hearts earlier. Also the right click to mark the tiles is not working on my iPad. Please put the 10 back in a corner.
The 10 is still in the corner.
but now it's just a 10. The 11 is now the bomb remover.
the 11 is the mimic. the mine king (called the Lich in an older version of the game), who destroys all the mines, is the 10 in the corner
I wish I could get the achievement and then go back because I would also have been able to clear the board and it would have been really satisfying to get all 4 at once.
Also I’m pretty sure for the rat pacifist, killing the rat king doesn’t stop you from getting the achievement (I challenged myself to not kill him in this run) which is counter intuitive imo.
Got it!!
This is by far my favorite minesweeper game!
One of the best takes on the sweeper out there. Grats!
pretty fun, good game
Great game. Great design. Cheers!
Who's the rat king now?
After several months of loving this game and comming back over and over even tho I mastered it...... That's the sexiest thing I've ever seen. Nice one mate.
The king is dead. Long live the king!
Por fin lo conseguí completar entero (máxima puntuación), tremendo juegardo
Game just flashes rows of colours rapidly when I try to run it, epilepsy machine.
Playing this has reminded me how important game design is and what can be achieved without godrays. Just wicked. Well done 👏👏👏👏
Edit: I want you to know I decided to create a category on Itch about excellent examples of game design, and this is both the first entry and the inspiration for the list.
Here’s my review: You’re able to make educated decisions that still have an element of risk to them, which makes tension present and the game not feel unfair yet punishing.
You can improve your chances by learning the mechanics, and learning the patterns of the encounters which helps getting things right but not ensuring it.
I didn’t like the idea of the mimic being a feature of the game because it felt random - but the more I thought about it, it isn’t: the mimic will appear on chests alone. Now there’s a chance for reward, but there’s a chance for defeat also. Will you take the risk? You can opt out of the risk by not opening the chest, so now it falls to you, the player, to make the choice.
Simplistic graphics and accessible on a mobile device, too. Input is touch. No time limits. Just method. Audio is enough. And there’s charm for sure by clicking on your vainglorious hero.
mimic is not random, less random than the beholders ;)
You’re probably right - skill will reveal all zo/
Mimic value is 11, while common chest is 0. Just do the math and you will know if it is a mimic or not...
Gods, this game is wicked. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I want to steal this amazing idea but expand on it in some way… not sure what yet.
I DID IT! I FINALLY DID IT!
welcome to the family
this is the most tightly designed game i've played in a while! figuring out how to get the clear board stamp was very rewarding <3
I finally got it. I kept trying to break all the bricks before killing the dragon. Didn't realize I could kill the dragon and then collect the bricks. 10/10 game
Perfecta! Lovers, egg, rats and the little gnome
I really like this game, thank you!
I tried downloading and opening `index.html` in a web browser, but that just shows the randomization screen and then its animation stops and that's it. What's the proper way to play this offline?
did you make sure to only level up when at 0 hearts?
I believe so, but I must have slipped at some point!
you need to rush early for the xp points to fully clear the board
yeah as the other guy said, you need to prioritize a lot the XP that doesn't damage you (and the 10 dmg enemy that gives a net total of 37 XP)
it may sometimes be risky but most of the time you should be doing good by following that plan, usually you'll have like 2-4 health scrolls most of the time
a thing I figured you can do too is just tapping tiles around the dragon until you break the egg. I usually want to kill 5 HP worth of enemies, level up, 5 HP again, level up, then 6 HP and level up, then the next level requires you to get 9 XP with 6 HP. The egg gives exactly 3 XP so you can level up a 4th time without scrolls nor relying on chests
I finally got it, thank you all! It really is about that early xp so the health scrolls can be used for more hearts later.
Yeah great game overall i loved it and personally i play it when im borerd
Your idea of playing a game is clicking everything as fast as possible without giving half a thought about what you are doing.
You didn't love this game, and you don't play it when you're bored.
Username checks out 😂
took me about a week to beat, looking forward to completing all stamps :)
got a score of 347
Awesome game
This game is fun but man is it brutal.
I think the Orb should show Mimics. I had a mimic tagged as 11, hit an orb, and then opened the now-visible chest without thinking. Obviously I won't make the same mistake again, but it felt like an unfair death, and the reveal would be a cool little bonus when it does happen.
I had no idea what I was doing at first but I couldn't stop clicking. Great presentation and it just gets better as you learn all the hidden nuances. : ) I played very slow and got lucky after a math blunder in one of the corners. ; D