About Spider Solitaire
Spider Solitaire stretches classic patience across two full decks, 104 cards in all, and asks you to sort them into complete runs from king down to ace. Finish a run in a single suit and it lifts off the table; clear every card and the game is yours. You can also pick your difficulty: one suit for a relaxed game, two for a real puzzle, or all four for a serious challenge.
What makes Spider so engaging is the constant tension between building neatly and keeping your options open. Any card can sit on one a rank higher, but only same-suit runs move together and come off the board, so a messy column can trap you fast. Players who love planning several moves ahead will find plenty to chew on, and the one-suit mode is a friendly way in if you're new.
How to play Spider Solitaire
- Choose a mode: Easy uses one suit (spades), Normal uses spades and hearts, and Hard uses all four suits.
- Place any face-up card onto a card one rank higher; runs of the same suit can be moved together as a group.
- Build a complete sequence from king down to ace in one suit to remove it from the table.
- When you're out of moves, deal from the stock to add one card to every column. Each column must hold at least one card before you can deal.
- Clear all 104 cards to win.
Spider Solitaire controls
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| Mouse / Tap | Select and move a card or same-suit run |
| Click / Tap the stock | Deal one card to every column |
Tips and tricks
- Build in-suit whenever you can; mixed-suit stacks can't be moved as one unit and are hard to untangle.
- Treat empty columns as your most valuable resource and use them to park cards while you rearrange runs.
- Only deal from the stock when no useful moves remain, and remember that every column needs a card before the deal is allowed.
- Start on Easy if you're new to Spider; once one-suit games feel comfortable, Normal teaches you to manage two suits.
