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Game
Game2015
ManaCollect
Developer Tazigen Clock
ManaCollect is an action packed take on the classic Minesweeper as an action/puzzle game. Two contestants compete on a grid based arena to collect hidden mana by following numbered hints and unleash special attacks to drain their opponents mana. From the Steam store page
54 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Jul 20, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
58
Mixed
31 positive · 22 negative
95% range 45–71%
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| Steam reviews | 31 | 22 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
1 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mixed
47 of 75 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
54 of 54 · most liked firstSo, right off the bat I'll say a few things people might like to hear. First of all, I felt this game was SIGNIFICANTLY better using a controller. Second: I am a huge minesweeper fan. I play it a lot to kill the time and I'm pretty good at it. Also, bought this at -10%. So this is like minesweeper. Except you are marking the mines and then killing them whenever you like (if ever: you can complete a 'floor' without clearing and it's basically exactly like minesweeper. In the multiplayer (or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am huge fan of the games that come out of Japan. They are strange, innovative, and show a completely different thought process. Especially when it comes to their games. Fruitbat Factory is one of my favorite publishers for these types of games. Bringing us such games as 100% Orange Juice and War of the Human Tanks. All games I have had the pleasure of reviewing. ManaCollect and all the aforementioned titles, have a certain charisma and personality to them that is hard to describe. Simply put…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Manacollect is competitive Minesweeper in an Anime setting. While the setting doesn't exactly execute that well and the story is meh, the puzzle battle element is done well, and is good for local multiplayer games. The minesweeper element is actually interesting, and against a human opponent, there's strategy in when to press for more points and when not to. It's tense and works pretty well. Overall, a good battler puzzle game. +: -Good puzzle action, simple yet strategy. -Good risk versus…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is Hexcells, but rather repetitive, and occasionally you "fight" someone else for the mines on the board until you magic them to death. Buy Hexcells instead for puzzle gaming, or any of the myriad visual novels on Steam for anime ladies of various levels of (thing you want), because as an anime game with cutscenes the story is bland, the gameplay is lame, and it really isn't amazing on any level that it tries to play on. It's so repetitive and not worth fussing with when better games for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The anime bits look nice otherwise this is a pretty boring spin off of Minesweeper. Not that Minesweeper was ever really an exciting game. I mean most of us played Solitaire instead right?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →2min of this game https://youtu.be/izinPUlZi-I Mine sweeper with a twist. The game has 2 mods of play when your alone trying to get mana or vs when your battling an opponent. In both you move around the board revealing numbers in tiles 1 space from your character and you have to mark tiles with 1+ in all surrounding tiles. If any but the tile your marking has a 0 you'll miss and if your alone it'll collect all your marks but in vs you'll lose all your marks and collect nothing. Once you place…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's just a anime minesweeper version guys, and it great ⠄⠄⠄⢰⣧⣼⣯⠄⣸⣠⣶⣶⣦⣾⠄⠄⠄⠄⡀⠄⢀⣿⣿⠄⠄⠄⢸⡇⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⣾⣿⠿⠿⠶⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣤⣄⢀⡅⢠⣾⣛⡉⠄⠄⠄⠸⢀⣿⠄ ⠄⠄⢀⡋⣡⣴⣶⣶⡀⠄⠄⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣴⣿⣿⣿⢃⣤⣄⣀⣥⣿⣿⠄ ⠄⠄⢸⣇⠻⣿⣿⣿⣧⣀⢀⣠⡌⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⠄⢀⢸⣿⣷⣤⣤⣤⣬⣙⣛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⡍⠄⠄⢀⣤⣄⠉⠋⣰ ⠄⣼⣖⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢇⣿⣿⡷⠶⠶⢿⣿⣿⠇⢀⣤ ⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣥⣴⣿⡗ ⢀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠄ ⢸⣿⣦⣌⣛⣻⣿⣿⣧⠙⠛⠛⡭⠅⠒⠦⠭⣭⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⠄ ⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠹⠈⢋⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣵⣾⠃⠄ ⠄⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄⣴⣿⣶⣄⠄⣴⣶⠄⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⢻⣿⣿⣿⠄⣿⣿⡀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⠛⠁⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠈⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠞⢿⣿⣿⡄⢿⣿⡇⣸⣿⣿⠿⠛⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠉⠻⣿⣿⣾⣦⡙⠻⣷⣾⣿⠃⠿⠋⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⢀⣠⣴…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You know you are playing a lazy ass port when your mouse doesn't work at all in game. Keyboard controls are stupid. Tutorial is incomprehensible. Now I have to idle it for 3 hours to get the cards before I delete it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lets see, the best way to describe this game is... "Anything Goes - Supercute - Minesweeper Martial Arts - Battle Arena!!!" This is why I love Japan, and more specifically, Fruitbat Factory.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First #TokyoGameShow announcement! ManaCollect 2 by Tazigen Clock is coming out soon! Search! Collect! Crash! ManaCollect 2 is a competitive puzzle game based on the familiar rules of Minesweeper, but with a unique combat system. Wishlist➡️ store.steampowered.com/app/3962570/... #TGS2025
unlabelledView post →can't say i liked the game. the story line seemed extremely basic fantasy, with unmemorable characters (a token sakura, of course) with weird designs which are very 90s (not that that's usually a bad thing). I see the similarities to minesweeper, which i am an on-and-off addict up, but when it said "minesweeper" i immediately thought it was going to be true to the og game which it is not. i found the gameplay extremely easy compared to regular minesweeper. game play was alright. nothing to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Competitive minesweeper with combos and abilities mixed in. Enough content to warent the cheap asking price. Just wish it was online multiplayer :(
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A quarter century after Minesweeper took Windows users by storm, its legacy lives on as ManaCollect. Play alone, or go head to head as you track down hidden hotspots on an ever-changing grid. Add in spells, special abilities and a Japanese animation theme, and you're looking at a rich story that'll keep you laughing...and sweating...as you battle your way to the top of the leaderboards. ManaCollect: Much More than Mere Moe Manga Minesweeper!…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is kind of a rough game to play. It´s essentially Minesweeper - you have to walk your character over a hex field trying to find mana sources based on minesweeper-esque clues. You can chain them together for more points and then attack your opponent with it who also tries to get those mana sources. Now, I am not great at minesweeper, but even on normal I got utterly destroyed in chapter 2 already. It is kind of hard to play Minesweeper while the opponent "sweeps" across the floor, claiming…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The premise is excellent on paper - multiplayer competitive minesweeper. Unfortunately, all of the parts put together fail to come together to create a good game. Moreover, the game is technically poorly done - it's clearly unoptimized, and this causes issues. In the following, I do not use the game's terminology. This is because this game is clearly multiplayer competitive minesweeper. The core mechanic is the following: You control a character, you collect mines. Your character moves around…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good? : [+?] Minesweeper alike in hexe grid without bomb but with attack and defense gameplay. kinda good at first and then turn ... bad for me cus my brain cannot keepup da pace like enemy is fast at marking that I end up mashing button for special powa ... ugh not good eh... Meh: The head of 2d char avatar.... well, one look like got hammered often or something... When you lose, you must retry from building mana pace, at first was ok, but when I got lose very often this just boring... Bad…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't reconmmend this. The game is obviously chugging along, and it's not like the game is graphically intense. Secondly, it says it has full controller support, but in the options it simply lists buttons as: 1, 2, 3, etc. Lazy devs. The tutorial is not helpful at all. The game is abandoned as well. Which isn't a negative in itself, but the game clearly needs some polish.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ManaCollect is competitive minesweeper where two players compete to clear the same board. If you can mark all the bombs by yourself you get a massive bonus, and if you make a mistake, you lose all the correct mines you have identified no the board. Each character also has a special skill that can be used strategically to hinder the opponent's mine finding efforts. When you have found enough mines you can launch attacks on the other player which, after you deal sufficient damage, will win the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another anime style game from Fruibat Factory. When I saw who was behind this game, it was an insta-buy. The minesweeper-esque gameplay is executed and blended with RPG-ish skills and attacks very well. Each character has a unique skill that you can use to slow down your opponent. I highly recommend the tutorials at first, even if you know how to play Minesweeper. There's actually a lot more to this game then just playing Minesweeper, especially in the 'Match' modes. My major complaint is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →⣿⣿⡻⠿⣳⠸⢿⡇⢇⣿⡧⢹⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡐⣯⠁ ⠄⠄ ⠟⣛⣽⡳⠼⠄⠈⣷⡾⣥⣱⠃⠣⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭⠽⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢢⠏⠄ ⠄ ⢠⡿⠶⣮⣝⣿⠄⠄⠈⡥⢭⣥⠅⢌⣽⣿⣻⢶⣭⡿⠿⠜⢿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠄⠄ ⠄⣼⣧⠤⢌⣭⡇⠄⠄⠄⠭⠭⠭⠯⠴⣚⣉⣛⡢⠭⠵⢶⣾⣦⡍⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⣿⣷⣯⣭⡷⠄⠄⢀⣀⠩⠍⢉⣛⣛⠫⢏⣈⣭⣥⣶⣶⣦⣭⣛⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⢀⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣎⢩⠌⣡⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠄⠄⠄ ⢸⡿⢟⣽⠎⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠄⠄ ⣰⠯⣾⢅⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠄ ⢰⣄⡉⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠄ ⢯⣌⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⢸⣇⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⢸⣟⣧⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⠈⢹⡧⣿⣸⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠗⣈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠄ ⠄⠘⢷⡳⣾⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⢀⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠄ ⠄⠄⠈⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠄⠄
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An anime and multiplayer version of Minewsweeper that is fun and fast-paced. The story mode has no real merits other than practice, but playing with other players online with the multiplayer mode can be rewarding. A good casual game to try if you're looking for something more laid-back.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You would think Anime Minesweeper would be really ♥♥♥♥♥♥, but you might be surprised just *how* ♥♥♥♥♥♥ it is.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a fun game to have for local family play. There are 9 characters in the game, but lets make that 8 since 1 is just a mirrored, recoloured version of the other. (one unlockable character but that's just uses a random ability of the others) The characters do have 1 special ability. 1 ability to lock your opponent in a very small field (But you have to be next to him/her) 1 ability to stun for a few seconds 1 ability to slow down (which basicly means that this character is already…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a minesweeper like strategy/combat game with, unfortunately, a very poor implementation. Fullscreen doesn't seem to work properly, and resolutions are fixed to two very low options. For a game made this recently this is really unacceptable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like Minesweeper you'll like this game bottom line. There is a dungeon mode that plays out exactly like Minesweeper but what makes this game unique is it lets you get competitive and play against another human or CPU in a battle mode where you compete for who can find the most mana (mines) the fastest. You then use your acquired mana to attack and ultimately defeat the opponent. There's a decent cast of characters to choose from each with their own special ability that'll either make…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →To Buggy The Gameplay itself is nice, but the Game is definitely to buggy. If you change the windowed mode to fullscreen it stucks and you have to restart it. If you push the Windows Button ingame it won't open again, there will be only a completely black window. So if they fix the bugs it would be nice, but so I can't recommend it. DragonSkills99
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Okay, I may be taking the question "Do you recommend this game?" a little too literally. Let me first say that I love this game, being a long-time player of Minesweeper and tactical battle simulations such as MTG and Etrian Odyssey. This game fuses the two in such a manner where it's fun and complex, but not to the point of being incomprehensible to a novice player, such as my father(who has never played Minesweeper, mind you). This game, though simple, is actually quite strategic. "Do you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You'll definitely want a controller for this game. It's not an amazingly versatile game as far as graphics or input goes--I don't think it supports mouse, I don't recommend the keyboard controls, doesn't support arbitrary resolutions or even 1080p. Not super surprising for a Japanese indie title frankly. It's basically competitive Hexagon minesweeper, where clearing mines gives you "mana" to attack other players with (or defend from their attacks). The "story mode" is just silly basically…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the worst game I've ever played. I can't figure out what they were thinking when they "designed" this game. Instead of playing this game, punch yourself in the balls for ten minutes. It's exactly the same.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ManaCollect is what Minesweeper would be if it was licensed as a kind-friendly anime. There’s a sentence I never thought I’d be saying, but Fruitbat’s latest offering in their crusade to localise the vast, untapped richness of the Orient’s Doujin networks presents exactly that. You’re still working with a grid that, when you explore it, gives you a numerical prompt about how many mines are in close proximity, except that you’re no longer trying to avoid stepping on a mine. You’re trying to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's basically just minesweeper with cute anime girls on it. Only the minesweeper on your desktop is more fun and I'm sure you can find an animegirl.jpg to put as your background while you play. Boom! You now have a free anime minesweeper. Honestly tho this game is kinda boring and repetitive for what it is. I don't recommend it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game, but gets boring after a while.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Never has minesweeper been this addicting (and this rage intensive for some?) - curse you adding plot to minesweeper! Gotta collect all dem mana Pro: Minesweeper revamp into a battlesystem Local Coop Music Has story (touhou/100%orangejuice level of story) Cards Achievements Different heroes with different ultimateskills Con: Onlinemode would have been nice, but it goes without 9/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's Minesweeper (you guessed) except that you can only see limited clues around you - and the clue for the cell you're standing-on is also hidden (which makes it a memory-test) The fact that someone thought the best way of playing minesweeper was making your character walk around the board is also pretty hilarious. I like Minesweeper but what it needed was 'less randomness' (esp at the start) - not more guesswork!! Was there a competition for 'classic games you can ruin mechanically by…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you've ever played minesweeper and thought that the only thing missing was anime girls, then this is the game for you!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First off, allow me to say that this is the MOST fun I've ever had playing minesweeper! The tutorials may be confusing at first but play around a bit and it all falls into place. Not everything is as it seems in this game. The obvious tends not to show itself and thus your opponent wins duel because of that one miss. I have yet to try multiplayer on this but I'd imagine it'd be chaotic, insane, and overall... just really really fun! Minesweeper was a semi-boring game(My opinion), what with…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ManaCollect, developed by Tazigen Clock and published by Fruitbat Factory, is one of those games that immediately stands out simply because of how unusual its premise is. At first glance, it resembles a classic tile-based puzzle game inspired by Minesweeper, but it quickly reveals itself to be something much more ambitious. Instead of merely clearing a board and avoiding hidden hazards, players participate in tactical battles where uncovering tiles generates mana that can be spent on attacks…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An interesting take on Minesweeper. It took me a while to realize that wandering the map was safe though.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Controls are a mess, boring gameplay and terrible music.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun relaxed take on minesweeper, pleasantly surprised!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Using Minesweeper like this is a clever idea, I'll say that up front. Unfortunately, the gameplay is incredibly slow and unintuitive. I found myself quickly growing bored while playing the story mode. A neat idea, but the execution is lacking.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can't even play the game. Key bindings are all messed up. Even if you try to set key bindings you will get stuck in the key binding screen and you will have to force stop the game in order to get out of the game. Would really like to play this game but I can't get it to work at all :(
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tags: Clicker - Slow Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: Failed gimmick game. Minesweeper anime arena dueling. Combat is barebones leading games to be a race to tag grids containing mines. The game does not really work as a competitive puzzle game either. Both opponents share the same board. Running over the grid containing the mine does not cause it to blow up. Does not follow the minesweeper concept any closer than to copy the system in which tiles tell you how…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →love minesweeper, like fruitbat games in general, not a fan of this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Minesweeper v2.0! You run around on a Minesweeper-board, either alone (for points) or versus an opponent. By locating mines your attack power increases, and by marking several mines without "cashing them in" you are able to defend (slightly) against enemy attacks. However, if you make a mistake before cashing them in you will lose all your marked mines, meaning your opponent can claim them for himself. Each character has a special ability which can be used to either restrict or improve a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i did not figure this one out.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Minesweeper for weebs. Nope nope nope nope. Nooooooooooooooooope. But seriously, even though it's basically minesweeper + anime, I found it confusing and just not fun at all.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I remember spending hours playing minesweeper way back. So when I read about this game being based on the concept of minesweeper but more players I was intrigued. Are you curious too? Well, play it, it’ll be a refreshing discovery. You’ll enjoy it (more if you play with a controller, because of diagonal movement).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really good game, even though it can be a hard.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Magical moe minesweeper combat... No! Come back! It's good!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cute game based on the idea of minesweeper. Not very deep but still fun for some time. I probably won't play this too often but once in a wile, why not. Missing online multiplayer, definitely. Would be way more fun with that.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Minesweeper: Tournament Edition. Better than it sounds!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Minesweeper with versus mode :D Local "Coop" steam tag is misleading; seems to support only a local versus mode.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love Minesweeper, I love this game.
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