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Polimines
Developer Molter Games
Polimines is a challenging logic game that brings together mechanics from Nonograms and Minesweeper. Solve increasingly difficult hand-designed levels in this puzzle game where guessing is never required. From the Steam store page
151 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Sep 20, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
78
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111 positive · 31 negative
95% range 71–84%
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| Steam reviews | 111 | 31 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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9 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
171 of 218 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 151 · most liked firstFinally another fix for my minesweeper addiction! (don't judge, pls) I'm a big fan of these hard, no guessing, mind twisting minesweeper evolutions and I believe I have played most of them (all hexcells, squarecells, tametsi, hexologic, globesweeper puzzle, delete...), let me know of more :) I just love the whole "if this, then that" loop and this game scratches the same itch while adding it's own flavor. The game looks nice and is functional, although it can add some more options and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is right up my alley. I wish it was longer. If you enjoy Nonograms and/or Minesweeper, check this out.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For people like me who have exhausted the [url=https://store.steampowered.com/sub/50074/]Hexcells trilogy, [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1121530/Globesweeper_Hex_Puzzler/]Globesweeper, and [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/709920/Tametsi/]Tametsi and still crave for more it's nice to find this game for 30 more levels of rather challenging difficulty. No guessing is required of course. I enjoyed the minimalistic, vibrant interface as well as its carefully hand-crafted various…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an awesome logic puzzle! There's no need to guess, just use all the clues. It's a unique blend of Nonograms and Minesweeper. If you're a fan of SquareCells or Tamesti, you will definitely feel at home with Polimines.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is a puzzle game with an interesting concept which mixes up minesweeper and nonograms. I like the idea behind it, I just think the execution leaves a lot to be desired: - there is no way to mark multiple fields at the same time, - there is no way to mark which numbers you have already solved, - it is sometimes really hard to tell which outside numbers belong to which fields, - the levels are for the most part really easy and there is only 30 of them in total. It would have gotten a maybe…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →👋 Hello game developers! I'm Molter, a solo developer from Spain currently working on Minutescape. 🎮 Specializing in puzzle design. 🔧 Previously: Polimines 1/2, Escape Room designer Looking forward to connect with other puzzle enthusiasts! #gamedev #indiedev
unlabelledView post →Enjoyable puzzle game. Only 30 levels though so If you're into Nonograms and Minesweeper you'll finish this well within 2 hours.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While the basic concept is enjoyable, the game is too unpolished and buggy to recommend. The good: + Fairly enjoyable basic gameplay – it's a perfectly balanced blend of picross and minesweeper + Generally good difficulty level, though it swings wildly up and down between consecutive levels + Customisable colours Mixed: ~ There is a toggle for inverting controls (important to make it feel more picross-like), but the game often forgets that I inverted the controls, which I only notice when it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't mind ugly, short and easy puzzle games, but Polimines's presentation is really, plain bad and uninspired. And in this game, mistakes literally don't mean anything. You can click anywhere, make as many mistakes as you want, and nothing happens. No consequences or anything, zero stakes, completely removes any sense of challenge.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In short: Polimines offers a decently interesting blend of Minesweeper and Nonogram gameplay with a lackluster interface. Gameplay is solid, but with only 30 levels included (of which I would count 28 as introductory in difficulty) adding up to roughly 70 minutes of total playtime this is a glorified demo that is absolutely not worth paying full price. I bought the game at a steep discount and still feel overcharged. In long: The gameplay is exactly as advertised - a blend of Minesweeper and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A bit on the short side, but a fun concept. The levels up until 19 are fairly straightforward; then the difficulty ramps up quite a bit throughout the last 11 levels. It doesn't take more than a couple of hours to complete though, and I think it would have been a better game with a bit more content.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you came here after playing hexcells, curb your enthusiasm. The puzzles are less precise, the mechanics are explained worse, and the layout is less clear.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unless I'm missing something here, I've had to guess where some of the mines were a lot of the time. So the claim that guessing is never required is misleading.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love the concept of combining nonograms with minesweeper, but I don't like the implementation. On games with two inputs (left & right click) I constantly mix them up. This game allows false right clicks but "punishes" false left clicks with directly showing the correct color. I prefer games, where I'm able to do the misclick, realize I pressed the wrong button and then correct it myself; or if it is a genuine error, only find out about it, by not being able to mark it as complete, so I can…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good concept, weak execution. It's also not ideal to have options forgotten when you close the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A nice entry to the genre than unfortunately I cannot recommend. Mostly because of the confusing way of writing the double/triple numbers that are for both column and row, especially when the numbers are written inside the grid. There is no way of drawing like Tametsi even if the puzzles are simpler it would have helped. Buy it if you finished all of the other similar games :)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →skip... Polimines 2 is better in every way. Polimines 1 feels low quality, has only a few, pretty boring, levels and acts as a bad demo for Polimines 2, which changes little, but perfects what is there. 2 also has plenty of levels, excellent puzzle design and gets really tricky without feeling unfair.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's okay. It combines the presentation and gameplay of a nanogram with occasional blocks that will provide hints about surrounding blocks a la Minesweeper. The puzzle design needs to be tightened up a bit along with UI, presentation, and controls. There's a severe lack of content (only 30 puzzles), and it's a mystery why the developer hasn't made it Deck-friendly. Maybe I'm just stupid but it also felt like some of the puzzles weren't providing enough info and I had to guess at points. More…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was okay but I found it more confusing than anything. 1. The control scheme, right click for mark and left click for safe, while understandable for mine, keeps throwing me off because I'm more familiar with nanogram games. No way to swap this for now 2. The default color scheme is quite an eyesore, with orange as default tile color and a lighter shade of orange after you confirm the tile safe. There is a setting to change it, but I feel like it should be more obvious. 3.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Idea is good, but the execution really drags the whole game down. Certainly not a 5€ buy. Just skip this one and go play Polimines 2.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kinda like the idea but some level designs are dog sh1t. It's almost like the game wants you to brute-force some boxes. Also there is no punishment for when you have a mistake... I just has a mistake counter then it finishes the level once you click on all the boxes. I don't get why they designed it like that.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun concept, but the game feels too short for the price. I beat the 30 levels in 2 hours at a relaxed pace, which is less gameplay than I expect for a CDN$6.49 game. The way in which clues are given is a bit confusing, as although it will highlight the affected tiles, it does not highlight all of the numbers that make up a given hint. This becomes confusing on larger levels, where a individual number clue may apply to both a row and a column at once. A weak 'not recommend' from me: I'd only…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Polimines is a very simple minesweeper logic puzzle. For those familiar with Tametsi and other minesweeper logic games you won't find much difficulty within this game however you will find a very relaxing suite of puzzles. The game itself doesn't take long with only 25 puzzles in total. If you are new to the genre and are looking for an introduction into logic puzzles Polimines is the game for you. I hope the developer will endeavour to release more puzzles in the future. Polimines 5/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite what some reviews are saying you don't have to guess anything anywhere
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like Minesweeper or Nonograms, this is a fun enough game to enjoy for a bit. I enjoyed it, but it definitely could use a little more polish/quality of life improvements. Difficulty seemed to swing a lot between levels, of which there are 30. A handful of those levels are tutorial levels, bringing down the actual amount of content. Due to this, I'm not sure I'd recommend the game at full price, but definitely would if on sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool concept bad execution. I love nonograms and minesweeper but this combo didnt set up perfectly in my mind. You can easily bypass levels by just clicking on the tiles instead of trying to finish it with 0 mistakes. Adding unknown numbers didnt fit at all for me but decent try.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New YouTube Video! Polimines Deluxe - All Achievements Gameplay on Xbox Series X | Game by Penguin Pop Games & Molter Games VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzT3... Feel free to LIKE, COMMENT and SUBSCRIBE!
unlabelledView post →Picross meets minesweeper is a great combo. Not a huge game (30 levels) - and some quirks to the way the clues are given that aren't obvious. But it's dirt cheap and kept me entertained on a rainy Sunday. Favourite feature: it allows mistakes and just keeps count per level. Which is functionally similar to an undo button, but more honest. And even though there's no skip level option, it does mean you can theoretically brute force a level if you want to give up.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't have a lot to say for this one except that it's of the hardest minesweeper variant I've ever completed. There is no guessing needed in any puzzle (despite what you might think or feel) so if you usually breeze through this type of game and are looking for a challenge, Polimines and Polimines 2 are good bets (but fyi, the second game is much more challenging). If you enjoyed this review, please check out my curator page to find more :…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short but fine price, wish the backgrounds weren't blinding white
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun little mix of Picross/Nonogram and Mindsweeper. All 30 puzzles are solvable using logic - no guessing at all. Only issue is the lack of switching controls between marking a free cell and marking a mine, but it's a minor thing, and the developer has already mentioned he's working on fixing that.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TLDR A rough and short clone of SquareCells, mixes features of Minesweeper and Nonograms. [5/20⭐, 3h🏅, 3/5💡] Context Polimines is essentially a version of the deductive puzzle game [url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/macwh/recommended/265890/]Hexcells in a square grid. The problem is that that game already exists in a more refined version, it’s [url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/macwh/recommended/416770]SquareCells. Writing There’s no plot, it’s an abstract puzzle game. Aesthetics The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very solid puzzle game with some quite interesting deductions in the second half of the levels. A bit on the short side compared to Tametsi and Hexcells, but at this price it's impossible to complain anyway. Very recommended for all nonograms/minesweeper variants fans.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game definitely hits the spot for me as a nonogram enthusiast, while providing a lot of new mechanics (mostly from minesweeper, but also with the question mark and multipurpose clues) that added a ton of challenge. I also greatly appreciated that all the puzzles could be solved without any blind guessing. I had a bit of trouble with the controls, though, with most of my misclicks being caused by muscle memory from nonogram games betraying me. Overall a great game; one that I would…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →amazing puzzle with not super great interface
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Almost doesn't need a review really, I think most people will know if this game is for them based on it's description alone. It is short, but it's also cheap, and there's a few twists on mechanics that keep you on your toes the whole time. (I did have paint open trying multiple solutions a few times). Nice clean UI, good puzzle design, couldn't ask for more really.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would only really recommend this to people who enjoy this type of logic puzzle, but it's solid.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Polimines is a technically functional puzzle game that unfortunately feels more like a newspaper sudoku than an actual video game. The complete absence of music creates a sterile atmosphere that drains any potential enjoyment from the experience. While the puzzles themselves present a decent challenge, the game fails to create any sense of stakes or consequence for poor performance. There's no real penalty system or progression that makes you feel invested in doing well. What could have been an…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is not super challenging for anyone who enjoys nono-sweeper games, but some puzzles in this game are pretty satisfying. Starting around level 24/25 out of 30, levels have at least one challenging move that is nice to solve. Flagging/clearing needs to have a toggle-on-left-click option rather than only being bound to right click, every mistakes in my first play-through were from macbook trackpad right clicks registering as left clicks. It would also be nice if mine indicator numbers…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very simple and uninteresting minesweeper game. The levels aren't particularly well-designed: you get more clues than you need. It lacks basic quality of life features like automatically graying out numbers. I solved all 30 levels without making any mistakes and without ever getting stuck. An experienced minesweeper player will finish this within an hour. (I played very carefully and idled.) Play the Hexcells series (+spinoffs) or 14 Minesweeper Variants instead of this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Clever. Devious. The difficulty progression is spiky. Puzzles one through seven ease you into the core concepts and solving techniques. But this is not a chill, easy-going game; be prepared to start thinking outside the box immediately after puzzle seven. There are several more difficulty spikes on your way to 30, but you tend to get a few easier puzzles after a particularly challenging one. There’s a nice breadth of puzzles: grand, sweeping ones that have you wander across the board,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →there are multiple points where the puzzles seem obtuse or impossible to solve with the information given and you are forced to guess. combined with the counterintuitive marking system that causes misclicks even after hours of working. i finished only so that i wouldnt feel like i wasted money
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As much as I enjoy these types of games, I can not recommend this one. The point of the numbers along the sides of the puzzles if to help you solve it. The addition of question marks is a nice added boost to the difficulty. That said, when the question marks are a clue in both the horizontal and vertical lines, they should represent the same number, or it should have been stated more clearly in the tutorial that this would not be the case.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Perfect little logic puzzle game, and a great combination of two different mechanics. You never need to guess, and as there's no time limit you can think about it and get there eventually if you're stuck. Short, sweet, and cheap.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Polimines 1 & 2 are excellent minimalist puzzle games. The handcrafted puzzles are diverse and come with a well-balanced difficulty curve. A great game to relax while stimulating your brain.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →finished in 4 hours, some very fun 4 hours
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like puzzle games I can't recommend Polimines 2 enough. It's a cross between nonograms and minesweeper with some other cool mechanics thrown in. Good way to flex logical deduction & spatial reasoning skills in a similar vein to the masterpiece Tametsi store.steampowered.com/app/2328730/...
unlabelledView post →Excellent take on the minesweeper-likes. 30 handcrafted levels, 4-8 hours gameplay, reasonable difficulty curve. Customization options are a nice touch. Appears further enhanced for Polimines 2, including a "note" mode. A similar free-draw mode would be a benefit to this title, if only to further it's accessibility. Looking forward to playing Polimines 2!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Incredible puzzle game that's really fun right up until you misclick and then have to restart the entire puzzle to get it done with no mistakes. No achievements are locked behind doing all the puzzles perfectly so it's not really that big of a deal but it's still kind of annoying
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a nice result for what seems to be a first puzzle game developer. A combination of Minesweeper and Nonogram in mostly simple puzzles that only reach to "advanced" difficulty. A 2-3 hour experience so it's a bit on the pricey side, get this on a sale if you are into this sort of puzzle games. - Keep in mind the "?" could represent a different number in the row and column.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing twist on nonogram puzzles
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short, sweet and to the point - Polimines is an interesting combination of Nonograms and Minesweeper. While 5 dollars might be too expensive for about 2 hours of light puzzling, I still enjoyed my time with it, though I wish there was a bit more content than 30 levels. Still, a definite recommendation if you like Nonograms and / or Minesweeper.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice crossover between Picross/Nonogram and Minesweeper. It seems like sometimes there is no logical solution but sometimes it just took me 20 minutes to figure out the logic behind it. Completed it fully in about 2,5h but I'm pretty proficient with both genres. Definitely worth the 3-4 bucks and has easy achievements that don't punish you for mistakes.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only about 3 hours of content, but excellent puzzles that make you feel smart without being frustrating. If you like Minesweeper, Hexcells, or Tametsi don't pass on this great deal! 9/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SPA: Este juego te masajea el cerebro. ENG: This game gives you brain massages.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hands down the most elegant puzzle game in the genre. Perfect logic puzzles that are a delight to agonize over and solve. If you liked Tametsi, Pictopix, Hexcells you should buy this game. If anyone know of more quality puzzles like this please tell me! Thank you Molter, I hope to see more of your work!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good puzzle game. The levels really test your logical thinking and they don't require guessing. There is no timer or leader board so you can solve the puzzles at your own pace. A fairly short game that's well worth the price
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Brilliant puzzle game. If you're the kind of person that likes Cracking the Cryptic, then I bet you'll like this too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A novel idea of combining nonograms and minesweeper, which adds a fresh twist to the genre and a way to increase the complexity of the puzzles. Completely logical - had no point where I needed to guess any of the solutions. Worth my money, even at full price. Finished the Polimines 2 demo as well, which has more complex puzzles and new mechanics. I have a lot more playtime on the demo compared to the first game due to the increase in difficulty, and the puzzles were really fun. Again, puzzles…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The controls are backwards and can't be rebound and some of the row/column clues are ambiguous or just straight up buggy. The only nice thing I can say about it is that it has a native Linux version.
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