Boomsweeper

Boomsweeper turns Minesweeper into an incremental game. Safe tiles pay out, critical hits and hot streaks increase the rewards, and clearing a board banks points to spend on upgrades. One wrong click ends the board, after which you can upgrade and start again.

Hire a crew

Your crew works across the board while you play, helping you clear more as the boards grow. Sweepers open safe ground, Prospectors flag mines and sweep around them, Engineers defuse mines and sell them for scrap, and Oracles provide a vision when everyone is stuck.

Tools and nested boards

TNT opens a whole square without setting off mines. Scan flags every mine in its square and opens the safe tiles around them, while Wide Sweep flags and opens every hidden tile in its square. Some tiles contain pockets: entire boards tucked inside one tile. Clear these for a multiplier, then look for pockets within them.

Finds and goals

There are 24 Finds hidden under tiles, divided into four sets: Gemstones, Old Picks, Lost Shovels and Deep Relics. Each Find gives a small lasting bonus, while completing a set gives a larger one; an album tracks what remains to be found. The Foreman's NEXT GOAL bar also offers small orders that pay out when you complete them.

Talents and modes

You can unlock 60 talents, including bigger boards, critical hits, chain reactions, gilded seams, magma veins, dud mines and a crew that gets faster. The talent tree fits on one screen, with THE END? at its far end.

You can switch modes on or off between boards, or take contracts for a bigger payout. Reverse Polarity makes mines the prize and safe ground the way to end the board. Glass Cannon pays 2.5 times as much, but a single mine ends the run. Gambler's Protocol lets your crew take a calculated risk. Rush Job and Blind Start are among the available contracts.