All Solitaire Games

SolitaireBay plays eighteen solitaire variants, all free and without an account. They are grouped here by family, because games in a family share most of their moves, so what you learn in one carries over to its relatives.

To choose a game, start from how you like to play. Klondike and its relatives are the classics, with a stock to draw from and kings for empty columns. In the FreeCell family every card is visible, so you can plan from the first move. The Spider family builds long runs, and one suit is the gentlest way in while four suits are the hardest. Yukon and its relatives have no stock to draw from and let you move a card together with everything on top of it. Pyramid, TriPeaks and Golf ask you to clear the table instead of building piles up to a king.

If solitaire is new to you, begin with Klondike or FreeCell and read the how to play page for the basics that every game shares. Once a game feels familiar, the strategy guides cover four of them in depth. The header links lead to the best known games, and this page holds the rest.

Klondike family

• Klondike is the classic: seven columns, a stock, and kings in empty columns.
• Klondike, draw three turns three cards at a time, which makes the stock harder to use.
• Canfield adds a thirteen-card reserve pile and sets the foundation start by a random card.

Spider family

• Spider with one suit is the gentlest way in.
• Spider, two suits asks for more care when you place cards.
• Spider, four suits is the hardest and rewards slow planning.
• Spiderette is a one-deck relative with seven columns, so games are shorter.

FreeCell family

• FreeCell has four free cells and builds in alternating colors.
• Baker’s Game looks the same but builds in a single suit, which is stricter.
• Eight Off gives you eight cells and builds in suit, so there is room to think.
• Seahaven Towers uses ten columns, four cells, and only kings may fill an empty column.

Yukon family

Almost nothing is left to draw: the cards are dealt at the start, and you can move a card together with the ones on top of it.

• Yukon lets you move any face-up card with its pile, even when the pile is not in order.
• Russian Solitaire is Yukon with building in a single suit.
• Scorpion builds in suit, with a small reserve you place when you are stuck.

Pairing and peak games

You win by clearing the table, not by building piles up to a king.

• Pyramid removes pairs that add up to thirteen.
• TriPeaks clears three peaks by playing cards one rank above or below the waste.
• Golf is a quick game: clear seven columns onto a single waste pile.

Other games

• Forty Thieves uses two decks, builds in suit, and gives you one pass through the stock.

About the deals

Where a game has a pool of deals checked by a solver, the game page says so. A solver finding a win does not make the deal easy, and a deal outside the pool is labeled as not checked. For a shared deal each day, the daily page covers the five original games, and the how to play page has short rules for every game on this list.