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Solitaire games
A little quiet. A clever challenge. Find your favorite way to play solo.
Choose a solitaire game
Klondike SolitaireCardems
Choose a solitaire game
Play freeSpider SolitaireSolitaireBuild complete suited runs and clear the tableau with patience.Play freePlay freeKlondike SolitaireSolitaireThe familiar patience game of foundations, columns, and careful reveals.Play free
Play freeFreeCellSolitaireA fully visible puzzle where every open space changes the plan.Play free
Play freeTriPeaks SolitaireSolitaireClear the peaks by finding cards just above or below the active card.Play free
Play freePyramid SolitaireSolitairePair cards to unlock the pyramid and make the deck disappear.Play free
Play freeGolf SolitaireSolitaireKeep the score low in a quick solitaire game with a satisfying rhythm.Play freeSolitaire card games
How the Cardems solitaire games differ
Every game below is played solo, but the information you can see and the spaces you manage change the strategy.
| Game | Players | Main decision | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spider Solitaire | 1 | Build and move descending runs | Long tableau planning |
| Klondike Solitaire | 1 | Reveal hidden cards and build foundations | Classic solitaire play |
| FreeCell | 1 | Preserve cells and calculate group moves | Open-information puzzles |
| TriPeaks Solitaire | 1 | Extend adjacent-rank streaks | Fast, flowing rounds |
| Pyramid Solitaire | 1 | Remove exposed pairs totaling 13 | Pairing puzzles |
| Golf Solitaire | 1 | Clear seven columns by adjacent rank | Short tactical rounds |
Solitaire card games
Types of solitaire
Building solitaire: Klondike, Spider and FreeCell
In building games you sort a shuffled deck back into order. Klondike is the game most people simply call solitaire: seven tableau columns hide cards face down, and you build four foundations by suit from Ace to King. Cardems uses draw-one, turning a single stock card at a time.
Spider uses two decks across ten tableau columns. Instead of moving cards to foundations one by one, you assemble complete King-to-Ace runs in the tableau, and each finished run leaves the table. Cardems plays the one-suit version, the best way to learn Spider.
FreeCell deals every card face up into eight columns and adds four free cells for temporary storage. Because nothing is hidden, it plays like a logic puzzle, and nearly every deal can be solved with careful planning.
Adjacent-rank solitaire: TriPeaks and Golf
These quick games revolve around a single waste pile. You clear the layout by playing an exposed card one rank higher or lower than the top waste card, and turn a stock card when no play is available. TriPeaks arranges the cards in three overlapping peaks and rewards long streaks; Golf deals 35 cards into seven columns. In Cardems both games let Aces and Kings connect.
Pairing solitaire: Pyramid
Pyramid builds a seven-row triangle. You remove two exposed cards whose ranks add up to 13: an Ace counts 1, a Jack 11 and a Queen 12, while a King is worth 13 by itself and is removed alone. Cardems allows unlimited passes through the stock.
Which solitaire should you play?
- New to solitaire: start with Klondike, whose rules most other games build on.
- Only a few minutes: Golf and TriPeaks rounds usually take under ten minutes.
- Pure planning with every card visible: FreeCell.
- A longer, deeper game: Spider, which rewards thinking several moves ahead.
- A quick arithmetic puzzle: Pyramid.
Is solitaire the same as Klondike?
In everyday use, usually yes: when people say solitaire they mostly mean Klondike. Strictly, solitaire is the name of the whole family of one-player card games, including every game on this page.
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