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Asteroids Minesweeper

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About This Game

Asteroids Minesweeper is definitely not your typical old school minesweeper. We took the classic game and added some twists and turns that will challenge even the most knowledgeable of physics- based champions! You work as a teleworker at Abstract Space Industry Corp to mine asteroids... but things happen to go terribly wrong! Now you'll get to experience minesweeper in a whole new light; play in a three dimensional world with complex game changing rules. You'll get to discover new effects and abilities in order to trim an asteroid. But be careful, don't get lost while orientating in a full 3D environment of explosive mines!

Challenges include

  • Tutorial levels
  • Random-generated levels for infinite replayability
  • Levels with a cubes vertical counter, for deeper cogitation on where the mines are located
  • Levels with mines moving from a cube to another, for more challenge!
  • Levels with matching/entangled cubes, which have the same state!

Other characteristics

  • Designed to work on PC or on tablet alike, with several different and combinable ways to play: using buttons, picking cubes with the mouse/finger, or orientating a 3D cursor with a keyboard or a Xbox 360 joypad
  • For hackers and programmers: Fully moddable. The game is using an early new version of the Loving Cube Engine and as such can be modified by simply editing some Lua files
  • A scenario in which you work as a teleworker of Abstract Space Industry Corp to mine asteroids, until things go wrong...
  • A game made by one developer alone :)

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User Reviews

Very Positive
62 user reviews
82%
Positive
2 hrs at review
Recommended

Why ON EARTH is this game so cheap?!! That's not a comment I make often, but if you enjoy a casual Minesweeper game (whether it's the original or more advanced variants such as the equally marvellous Hexcells series), then you'll enjoy this. You're presented with shape masses made of cubes. Some of those cubes contain explosive material (the 'mines') which you need to identify and pick off. The same principles as Minesweeper apply: the number on the cube indicates how many mines are in adjacent cubes (and the contact can be cube faces, their edges or even just corner to corner), so if you unveil a cube with ZERO on it, every other cube that makes ANY kind of physical contact with that cube is safe to unveil. The unique style of THIS game (besides its 3D) is that when you've identified where an explosive cube is located, you can remove it, after which all surrounding 'clue' cube numbers drop by one to reflect its removal, further helping you to solve the remainder of the puzzle. I...

14 helpful
3 hrs at review
Recommended

Real fun and mindbending game since im used to the 2d minesweeper not 3d minesweeper

8 helpful 7 funny
42 min at review
Not Recommended

The idea behind this game is cool, the execution is not. The devs should have stuck to the tried and true Minesweeper methods such as flagging suspect cells. Also, the camera and its controls are annoying. Additionally, you will occasionally have to take a guess which is uncool, although admittedly, that was also a negative for the original Minesweeper. The worst thing is that it's buggy. Mine bugged out on the very first tier. On A-5 which is the final level for the tier, I got down to the last two mines and then all the cells disappeared, playing with the camera and clicking all over the place did nothing. I can forgive other drawbacks but a game breaking bug like this is inexcusable.

7 helpful
3 hrs at review
Not Recommended

The game was quite fun for me and its nice to train logical thinking and 3 dimensional orientation. Especially the music was nice and "chilling". So the game itself gets a positive rating. What I rate it negative for is the forced online mode. You can only play as long as Steam is in online mode. I have seen this nowhere mentioned. I prefer to play with Steam in offline mode. And I also don't see a reason why this must be online. Thus a thumbs down for bad communication and a "useless" feature.

5 helpful
7 hrs at review
Recommended

Time for a change of mind, we go 3D! For its price its a real fun game, to do in your spare time or so. I recommend it because of the gameplay and its price

5 helpful
26 hrs at review
Recommended

Fans of Minesweepers will find a nice, new twist in this little game. Interesting and successful try to transition a classic into the third dimension while giving it a few new gimmicks. I like it.

5 helpful 1 funny
6 hrs at review
Recommended

Loving the idea of this 3D minesweeper, truly! Two points to be mentioned though: 1. It seems that I cannot use the "R/T+right click" to eliminate the "0" cubes even in a row smoothly. They are always erased too much like deep to another layer or just stuck in halfway, maybe still several left to be clicked again. It would be nice to have a check mark function with shortcut keys or a dragging function for an easier elimination of all the tagged cubes simultaneously (different from"C+right click" for the adjacent cubes detected for no mines). 2. Who else is confused as me about this stochastic/random machanics for the begining of each game from the section B? Sometimes I get not even a digital clue in a discrete model, and sometimes up to 5 figures (usually "1"or"2") but all seperately on the surface of a cuboid. Not always do I know where to start with +_+ or maybe I'm just too stupid... ps,sorry for the bad English, hoping I have expressed the meaning quite well.

5 helpful
15 min at review
Not Recommended

Buggy, couldn't make it past tutorial because the mouse clicks didn't register. No help provided by game dev.

3 helpful 1 funny
54 min at review
Recommended

You get what you are advertised, a 3D minesweeper. Thats really all there is to say, and that said, its good imo. I do have a couple of complaints. You cannot mark bombs which is annoying, although this increases the difficulty its still very irritating above all. I beat the first level, but the game did not realize i beat it. So i am basically stuck on the first level even though i beat it. Fix this and easy profit.

3 helpful 1 funny
30 min at review
Not Recommended

Camera and controls are sufficient to play the game. However, the game makes no attempt to prevent situations where you have to make a random guess. The same was true in the original, but the levels in this game take a lot longer, so there is no instant-retry like original minesweeper. That, combined with some levels having 5-8 random guesses to complete, is unacceptable.

2 helpful

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System Requirements

Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows Vista and later
  • Processor: 1 Ghz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Any graphic card with dedicated memory (with support of OpenGL or DirectX11)
  • Storage: 200 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: 1024x720px minimal screen and Windows resolution

Recommended

Recommended:
  • OS *: Windows Vista and later
  • Processor: 1 Ghz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Any graphic card with 128 MB of dedicated memory (with support of OpenGL or DirectX11)
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 200 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: 1280x720px minimal screen and Windows resolution

FAQ

How much does Asteroids Minesweeper cost?

Asteroids Minesweeper costs $1.99.

What are the system requirements for Asteroids Minesweeper?

Minimum: Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista and later Processor: 1 Ghz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Any graphic card with dedicated memory (with support of OpenGL or DirectX11) Storage: 200 MB available space Additional Notes: 1024x720px minimal screen and Windows resolution Recommended: Recommended: OS *: Windows Vista and later Processor: 1 Ghz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Any graphic card with 128 MB of dedicated memory (with support of OpenGL or DirectX11) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 200 MB available space Additional Notes: 1280x720px minimal screen and Windows resolution

What platforms is Asteroids Minesweeper available on?

Asteroids Minesweeper is available on Windows PC, Linux.

Is Asteroids Minesweeper worth buying?

Asteroids Minesweeper has 82% positive reviews from 62 players.

When was Asteroids Minesweeper released?

Asteroids Minesweeper was released on Jul 8, 2016.

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