4D Minesweeper

4D Minesweeper is the hardest variant in my opinion, the game is played on a board shaped like the geometric figure known as a hypercube but since this would be so difficult to visualize it is represented by a 4x4 2D grid and the adjacent tiles are linked with a 3x3 grid made up of 3x3 tiles.

Much like 3D Minesweeper, I will provide some useful tips and visuals, and then will include a video at the end for a proper demonstration. It should also be noted that all images in this section will be slightly color shifted to change the highlighted area from light blue to dark red, this is so it is easier for me to see, as well as others.

It is not necessary to attempt to visualize this board due to the grid provided, and it is not recommended as it does not pertain to solving this variant of Minesweeper.

Any single tile can have up to 80 different adjacent tiles. While this makes it far more difficult and complex than any other Minesweeper, that is just part of the fun.

It is best to get familiar with how the highlighted grid works with the mouse, I also recommend starting with a small number of mines, around 5 to start, and working your way up to more and more as you continue to win. This is because jumping straight into double or triple digit mines can be too much to learn from.

To start, left click any tile on the board. Much like Classic Minesweeper, starting at a corner will give you the best start, or you can click the smiley face button at the top to get a guaranteed zero as your starting tile.

If you started with a low number of mines your board will probably look similiar to this.

To check which tiles are adjacent to each other, hover your mouse over a number or tile and look at the other highlighted tiles.

Much like in 3D Minesweeper, parsing over mines to look for a change in mine count is an extremely useful tool, in fact it is nearly impossible to beat without.

Luckily with the highlighting grid this is made easy to do, just move your cursor back and forth over different mines to note which tiles have mines and which do not. Sometimes this can be inconclusive, if so just try to complete another section before coming back to test it again, often this will clear other mines and allow you to continue.

Lastly when you right click to clear a mine, by default it will make all other nearby tiles reduce by one, which can leave zeros. This is so it is visually easier to understand, and can be turned off as an option. Simply clear the tiles adjacent to the zero to make them disappear.

This may seem easy at first with all the low numbers, but with higher mine counts it can become complicated quickly.