Globesweeper
Released Feb 2019
Use logic to clear tiles while avoiding mines. Choose from tiny one minute globes to colossal hour long marathons. With hexagonal, square and triangle game modes this unforgiving puzzle game will keep you coming back for more.
90% positive · 368 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $2.99
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Evaluation
Globesweeper launched on February 12, 2019 as a complete minesweeper-style puzzle game. Following launch, the developer shipped several feature updates through mid-2020: quality-of-life improvements (April 17, 2019), new themes (June 19, 2019), a 1-year anniversary update with performance improvements (February 17, 2020), and a Solar System skin pack (August 4, 2020). That August 2020 update appears to be the last content shipped for this specific game.
In November 2019, the developer also released a companion title, Globesweeper: Hex Puzzler, as a separate product. By February 2024, the developer's attention had shifted further to a new, unrelated game — PlanetSmith — which was featured in Steam Next Fest.
There are no unreleased DLC listings, no announced future content for Globesweeper, and no developer statements suggesting more updates are planned. The game launched as a complete product and received a series of post-launch additions that have since concluded. The developer's most recent communication (February 5, 2024) was focused entirely on promoting PlanetSmith, not Globesweeper. The store description reflects the current feature set with no mention of upcoming content.
Evidence
Solar System Update added Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune skins — the last content update shipped for Globesweeper.
Developer's most recent post promotes PlanetSmith, an entirely new game in Steam Next Fest — no mention of future Globesweeper content.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Incandescent Games
Achievements
16
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Globesweeper is a twist on the classic minesweeper game. Use the numbers to work out all the tiles that are safe to reveal but be careful one mistake revealing a mine will cause the whole globe to detonate and you will have to start again!
With hexagon, triangle and classic square game modes, 5 different globe sizes and 4 difficulty settings you can be playing on anything from tiny hexagonal globes made of 92 tiles to colossal triangle globes with 20,480 tiles.
Play in traditional or guaranteed solvable mode where you never have to guess.
Gain achievements to unlock all 14 themes including planet Earth, the Moon, Mars, stylish gold, ruby, emerald and sapphire.
Can you beat a colossal globe?
Each tile you reveal will have a number on it (blank means 0). This is the number of mines on adjacent tiles*. For example in hexagonal mode if you have a tile with a 3 on it and 3 of its 6 adjacent tiles have been revealed you know the other 3 are mines.
Now if you have a tile with 1 on it and one of its adjacent tiles has been marked as a mine you know the other 5 adjacent tiles are safe to be revealed as its mine is already accounted for.
Using this technique carry on until the whole globe is revealed. The same technique can be used for both the triangle and the classic square game modes.
*Adjacent tiles are any tiles that share a corner. For hexagons this is 6 tiles, squares 8 tiles and triangles 12 tiles.
With hexagon, triangle and classic square game modes, 5 different globe sizes and 4 difficulty settings you can be playing on anything from tiny hexagonal globes made of 92 tiles to colossal triangle globes with 20,480 tiles.
Play in traditional or guaranteed solvable mode where you never have to guess.
Gain achievements to unlock all 14 themes including planet Earth, the Moon, Mars, stylish gold, ruby, emerald and sapphire.
Can you beat a colossal globe?
How to Play
Each tile you reveal will have a number on it (blank means 0). This is the number of mines on adjacent tiles*. For example in hexagonal mode if you have a tile with a 3 on it and 3 of its 6 adjacent tiles have been revealed you know the other 3 are mines.
Now if you have a tile with 1 on it and one of its adjacent tiles has been marked as a mine you know the other 5 adjacent tiles are safe to be revealed as its mine is already accounted for.
Using this technique carry on until the whole globe is revealed. The same technique can be used for both the triangle and the classic square game modes.
*Adjacent tiles are any tiles that share a corner. For hexagons this is 6 tiles, squares 8 tiles and triangles 12 tiles.
Key Features
- Guaranteed solvable option
- Hexagonal, classic and triangle modes
- 5 globes sizes to choose from
- 4 difficulty levels
- 120 Global scoreboards
- 14 themes to unlock
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Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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