Save the Hormuz is a lighthearted satirical puzzle game — a geopolitical twist on the classic Minesweeper format. World's economy needs your help on Hormuz — the world's most strategically important oil transit chokepoint — your mission is to sweep naval mines from the sea before an oil tanker can safely deliver its cargo to global markets.
Roughly 20% of the world's oil supply passes through the Save the Hormuz every day, making it a flashpoint of international tension between Iran, the UAE, Oman, and global superpowers. The game captures this tension through its cast of purely fictional cartoon characters — a bombastic caricature of an American businessman on the southern shore, and a theatrical guardian figure on the northern coast — all presented in a clearly satirical, humorous style, while you race against the clock to clear the waters.
The sea tile grid is procedurally shaped to follow the real coastline — no rectangular grid here. Tiles only appear in the actual blue water of the strait, detected automatically from the map image using pixel colour analysis. Three difficulty levels adjust mine density and time limit.