Card games to play by yourself

Every game here is played alone, against the cards. They're grouped by how long a game takes and how much is skill rather than luck. Free, with no sign-up.

Quick games

A few minutes each. You turn or pair cards with only a handful of choices, so they're easy to learn and good for a short break. Clock Solitaire has no choices at all: it either comes out or it doesn't.

The classics

The solitaires most people already know. Klondike is the one that came with Windows; Spider with one suit is the gentlest way into Spider; FreeCell shows every card, so it's all planning.

More skill, less luck

Long games where good play wins most deals. Spider with two or four suits, Yukon and Russian Solitaire let you move any face-up group; Forty Thieves and Scorpion are among the hardest classic solitaires.

Something different

Solitaires with an idea of their own: pairs that add up to 13 in Pyramid, a single line of 52 cards in Accordion, a reserve and moving foundations in Canfield, and Klondike variations with two decks or no waste pile.

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