Sand Scorpions: Minesweeper

Sand Scorpions is a no guess minesweeper: the classic minesweeper game you know, with scorpions instead of mines. A logic puzzle and brain game where every grid is fair.

The sun sets over the dunes, and scorpions sleep beneath the sand. Your shovel, your flags and your sense of deduction are all you need: nothing here is left to chance.

Classic minesweeper rules: numbers, flags and chording. Tap a cell to clear the sand: a number tells how many scorpions hide among its 8 neighbours, and an empty cell clears its neighbours in a cascade. Plant a flag on every scorpion you uncover, and clear the rest of the minefield. Every grid has been checked by a logic solver: it can be finished entirely by deduction, from the starting cell, without ever having to guess.

🦂 300 DIGS, 10 ZONES
First Dunes, Amber Erg, Pebble Plain, Dry Wadi, Copper Dunes, Wind Ridges, Boulder Maze, Red Plateau, Dusk Wind and Lantern Night: from golden morning to starry night, easy to expert: from beginner 6×6 grids to expert 16×24 boards, up to 20% scorpions.

🧠 NO LUCK INVOLVED
• Your first move is on the starred cell: it is always empty and surrounded by empty cells
• Every grid is proven solvable without assumptions: single numbers, comparing neighbouring numbers, reasoning over the whole frontier and the count of scorpions left
• Further on: rocks that cut the information, then numbers erased by the wind — and it is always doable

🏜️ A COMFORTABLE DIG
• Tap: dig · long press: flag (or flag mode)
• Tap a complete number to clear its neighbours (chording)
• Scorpions-left counter and timer
• Big grounds: pinch to zoom and drag to move around
• Game in progress saved automatically

💡 HINTS THAT PROVE
Stuck? A hint points to the next safe cell (or a certain scorpion) and circles the numbers that prove it, with an explanation: "compare these two numbers…". An optional video grants extra hints, or an antidote that lets you keep going after a sting, once per dig.

⭐ 3 STARS PER DIG
Each dig has a par time: 3 stars under it, 2 up to twice as long, 1 beyond. Using a hint or the antidote caps you at 2 stars.

✨ FOR EVERYONE
• Friendly, smiling scorpions — never scary
• Offline minesweeper, no Wi-Fi needed, no sign-up
• English, Français, العربية
• High contrast and reduced motion
• Original music and sounds: flowing sand, oud, bendir, lantern chimes and the evening wind

Grab the shovel: the numbers never lie.

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Recent changes:
Smoother experience and small fixes. Enjoying the game? You can now rate it directly in the app.