Tap a card to move it, or drag it where you want.Click a card to move it, or drag it. D draws, U undoes, H hints.
Classic Klondike where every deal can be won. Build the columns, clear every suit to the foundations.
Klondike is the card game most people simply call Solitaire: one deck, seven columns, and four foundations to fill from ace to king. This version only deals games that can be won.
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Why you will love it
Learn Solitaire in a minute
Sort a shuffled deck into four foundations, one per suit, from ace to king. Tap a card and it moves to the best place it can go.
How Klondike works
Klondike is played with one deck across seven columns, the stock and four foundations. A handful of rules decide every move.
- The deal: Seven columns hold one to seven cards, with only the top card of each face up. The other 24 cards form the stock
- Columns: A card goes on a card one rank higher and of the other colour: a red 6 on a black 7
- Runs: Face-up cards that are in order move together
- Empty columns: Only a king, or a run that starts with a king, can fill an empty column
- Hidden cards: When a face-down card is left on top of a column, it turns face up
- Foundations: Each suit has its own foundation, built up from ace to king. A card can come back from a foundation to a column
- Stock: Draw when you need a new card. Only the top card of the waste can be played. When the stock runs out, tap it to turn the waste back over, as often as you like
- Winning: The game is won when all 52 cards are on the foundations
Controls and tools
The game is built for a phone first, and plays the same with a mouse or a keyboard.
- Tap: Tap or click a card and it moves, with the cards on top of it, to its foundation if it can go there, or else to a column that takes it. A card with nowhere to go gives a small shake
- Drag: Drag a card to choose where it goes. The pile it would land on is ringed, and a drop only has to be close
- Draw: Tap the stock, or press D
- Undo: Takes back your last move, up to 500 moves back (U or Ctrl+Z)
- Hint: Shows a move worth making, or tells you when it cannot find one (H)
- Finish: Once every card in the columns is face up, a Finish button sends the rest home for you (F)
- Keyboard: Arrow keys move a cursor over the piles. Enter moves the card like a tap. Space picks the cards up, and Space on another pile puts them down
- Saving: A game in progress is saved on your device, with its undo history, so you can close the page and carry on later. The clock pauses while the page is hidden
Draw 1, draw 3 and scoring
Pick how many cards the stock turns at a time when you start a new game. Your wins, best score and best time are kept for each mode.
- Draw 1: The stock turns one card at a time, so every card in it can be reached. The gentler mode
- Draw 3: The stock turns three cards at a time and only the top one can be played, so the order you take cards in matters
- Points: 10 for each card sent to a foundation and 5 for each card turned face up. Taking a card back from a foundation costs 15
- Time bonus: A win adds one point for every second under 11 minutes 40 seconds
- Same deal again: The new game dialog can deal the game you are playing again from the start, in either mode
Winning strategies and tips
Every deal here can be won, but not by every line of play. These habits keep your options open.
To start with:
- Turn over hidden cards first: A move that turns a face-down card face up is nearly always worth more than one that does not
- Work on the long columns: The columns on the right hide the most cards, so dig into them early
- Empty a column for a reason: An empty column is only useful when you have a king to put in it
Once that feels natural:
- Do not rush the foundations: Aces and twos can always go up. Higher cards are sometimes more useful in the columns, where other cards can be built on them
- Choose your king: With one empty column and two kings, think about which colour queen you can reach next
- Count in draw 3: Playing one card from the waste changes which cards come up on the next pass through the stock
- Use undo to explore: Try a line, and take it back if it leads nowhere
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers to the things players ask most about Klondike Solitaire.
Can every game here be won?
Yes. In Klondike in general, some shuffles cannot be won however well you play. Here, a solver played every deal ahead of time, and the game only deals ones it won with both draw 1 and draw 3. A deal can still be lost by the moves you choose, which is what undo is for.
What is the difference between draw 1 and draw 3?
With draw 1 the stock turns one card at a time, so you can reach every card in it. With draw 3 it turns three and only the top one can be played, which makes the game harder.
How is the score worked out?
You get 10 points for each card sent to a foundation and 5 for each card turned face up. Taking a card back from a foundation costs 15. When you win, one point is added for every second under 11 minutes 40 seconds.
What if I get stuck?
Ask for a hint. When the game cannot find a useful move it says so, and you can undo back to an earlier choice or deal the same game again from the start.
Is my game saved if I close the page?
Yes. A game in progress is saved on your device after every move and kept for 30 days, along with its undo history.
Where does Solitaire come from?
Card games for one player, also called patience, were first written about in northern Europe in the late 1700s. Klondike reached a huge new audience when it was included with Microsoft Windows in 1990.
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