The game offers to solve puzzles similar to MS Minesweeper, where the goal is to identify which elements of a grid contains a mine and this is where similarities end. Instead of a square-shaped grid made of square elements, Hexamine puzzle uses an hexagon-shaped grid of hexagon elements that are called tiles. Hexamine is static: the game starts with all the information the player needs to complete the puzzle. There is no hidden information that needs to be discovered as the player progresses through the puzzle. When all tiles containing mines (and only them) are correctly marked, the puzzle is solved.