Minesweeper is one of the purest gaming experiences (for me)

Story inapplicable , barely any graphics, no voice acting, cutscenes, skill trees, battle passes, or cinematic emotional arcs. It is just a grid and pattern recognition The core loop is simple, click squares, process information, get faster. Clicking a square and having like a third of the map open up is one of the best feelings I have ever found in a game. I don’t usually end up with the floating Tetris block issue when playing Tetris but I do start seeing 2’s and 3’s after playing minesweeper for too long If you ever get tired of hearing about “impactful storytelling” “realistic graphics” “deep progression systems” or whatever new procedurally generated roguelike extraction survival crafting deckbuilder came out this week, Minesweeper feels refreshing. just develop a minesweeper addiction and drench yourself in the purest video game ever created I am laying it thick but it is a really good game. Idk if it's any easier than other games to get better at, but getting better at minesweeper feels good and satisfying. Some sites have timers on the game so you can start seeing progress by breaking your record over and over, but don’t fall into the trap of rushing and misclicking and fucking up a good game to try and shave off half a second. You will eventually get to a point where you have to guess between 2 squares with no clue which is right, and chance losing all your progress. There is no way around this, other than doing these coin flips as early as possible so you don’t waste effort finishing the rest of the map. There's a lot of different versions of minesweeper that have been programmed and thrown on sites, some of them have a bit of code so the first click is never a mine and those are usually the best versions. There's a No-Guess mode that removes any chance of 50/50s I am exaggerating a little, but only a little. Minesweeper really is special. It's one of the few games that still feels completely mechanical in the best possible way, pure information, pure logic, and pure improvement Just play the game for like 10 minutes, it's nice getting a break from all the modern game innovations, as fun as games can be nowadays