How to play
Click and drag descending sequences between tableau columns. Same-suit sequences can be moved as a group; mixed-suit sequences must be moved one card at a time. Click the deal button (bottom-right) to deal one card to each column when stuck. Complete King-to-Ace suit runs are removed from play.
Game features
- One-suit, two-suit, four-suit difficulty modes
- Unlimited undo
- Auto-deal animation
- Hint system suggests valid moves
- Statistics tracking: games won, win percentage, longest streak
- Daily seeded deal with leaderboard
Editor review
Spider Solitaire is genuinely harder than Klondike, especially at the four-suit difficulty. Where Klondike rewards careful sequencing, Spider rewards strategic deals and the long-term planning of which columns to free up before requesting the next deal. Bad early plays in Spider can lock the game state into unwinnable configurations that the player must replay from.
The one-suit mode is the accessible introduction; two-suit is the standard challenge; four-suit is the masters level. Win rates in four-suit Spider are notoriously low (perhaps 20-30 percent for skilled players) because the random deal sometimes produces unwinnable starts that no strategy can recover from.
The statistics tracking is the games clearest motivator. Watching your win percentage climb from 15 to 35 to 50 percent over months of play is genuinely satisfying. Recommended for solitaire enthusiasts who want a step beyond Klondike.