Bombe

Bombe

Released Jun 2023

Minesweeper, but you only solve each situation once.

95% positive · 385 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Steam $9.99
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Evaluation

Bombe launched on June 4, 2023 and received a series of meaningful updates from its solo developer over the following year and a half. A substantial feature post on February 10, 2024 documented a wide range of additions made over the preceding months — rule management tools, paint modes, filter systems, and robot solver improvements. On November 2, 2024, the developer introduced an entirely new game mode called Negative Bombs, complete with its own set of levels and modified mechanics. On November 28, 2024, the developer confirmed that weekly challenge levels would again receive festive seasonal variants throughout December 2024 — an expansion of the previous year's seasonal content with two additional symbol types. That November 28, 2024 post is the last developer communication on record. No further content has been announced since then, and there is no unreleased DLC on the store. The developer has made no statements about ongoing or future development plans. Looking at the update history, major additions arrived roughly every few months through late 2024, but the most recent cadence interval — from November 28, 2024 to today, October 1, 2026 — is approximately 22 months with no developer communication of any kind. This far exceeds the historical gap between updates and the 6-month silence threshold. With no outstanding commitments and silence well beyond the established update pattern, the game appears to have reached a completed state following the Negative Bombs release and the 2024 festive season content.
Evidence
Developer announced festive seasonal additions to weekly challenges for December 2024, expanding on the prior year's content with two new symbol types. This is the last developer communication on record.
news post · Nov 28, 2024 source content shipped
high
Developer introduced a new Negative Bombs game mode with its own distinct set of levels and modified regional mechanics
news post · Nov 2, 2024 source content shipped
high

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Charlie Brej
Achievements
27
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Minesweeper, but you only solve each situation once.
  • Regions (number bubbles connected by lines) generated from clues on the board
  • Rules act on regions to mark bombs, clear squares or create new regions
  • A checker tells you if your rule is formally correct
  • Rules are auto applied forever after, resolving the situations you have solved before
  • Only the hard situations remain.
  • A hint system can mark the determinable squares and remove all unnecessary regions from the board.
  • Regions can be hidden or discarded using rules
  • Thousands of levels to play, all solvable without guessing.
Last evaluated Oct 1, 2026
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