The Game Census
Minesweeper Ultimate cover art

Minesweeper Ultimate

RetroBug · 2021-09-10

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 08, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Play classic minesweeper or face new challenges in hex and triangular minesweeper modes.

84%
positive of 353 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 75 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 18,409 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.1k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 353 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.04 at Steam (2025-07-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820212026Week of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$2.99$1.042021-09-102026-09-122021-09-10 — best price $2.542021-11-01 — best price $2.992021-11-24 — best price $2.092022-01-05 — best price $2.992022-01-27 — best price $1.792022-03-31 — best price $2.992022-05-27 — best price $1.492022-07-07 — best price $2.992022-09-09 — best price $1.492022-11-04 — best price $2.992022-12-02 — best price $1.492023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-02-28 — best price $1.492023-03-23 — best price $2.992023-05-31 — best price $1.492023-07-13 — best price $2.992023-11-01 — best price $1.492023-12-20 — best price $2.992024-01-19 — best price $1.492024-03-13 — best price $2.992024-05-13 — best price $1.492024-06-26 — best price $2.992024-08-01 — best price $1.492024-09-28 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $1.192025-01-16 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $1.192025-04-17 — best price $2.992025-06-27 — best price $1.192025-07-31 — best price $2.992025-09-29 — best price $1.192025-10-27 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $1.192026-01-26 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $1.192026-04-24 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $1.192026-07-30 — best price $2.992026-09-12 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
63.2%
earned "Beginner 60"
35.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

15 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Latin America, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)33434%15

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DRetroCasualPuzzleSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.