Microsoft Solitaire similar games & best alternatives

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Microsoft Solitaire

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 1990

Should you play it?

What works

  • Simple, accessible gameplay
  • Multiple solitaire variants
  • Daily challenges and events
  • Customizable themes and card backs
  • Cross-device progress syncing

Things to keep in mind

  • Ad-supported with intrusive ads unless paid
  • Some achievements require grind
  • Occasional crashes and loading issues
  • Limited social interaction
  • No narrative or story elements

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Microsoft Solitaire Collection

  • Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer!

  • Floating Point

  • ‎My Suika – Kyo’s Fruit Merge

  • Chime

  • WooLoop

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like Microsoft Solitaire but with less of an idle filler feel

  • Globesweeper

  • Diamo XL

  • Mahjong Solitaire

  • Tri-Peaks

  • Cats Make You Smarter!

  • Mahjong

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Microsoft Solitaire but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Google Minesweeper

  • Delicious! Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire

  • Replicat

  • Google Snake

  • WAVESHAPER

  • POOOOL

More fantastical

Games that feels like Microsoft Solitaire but with more imaginative fiction

  • Pokémon Trading Card Game Live

  • Faerie Solitaire Remastered

  • Nyan Cat: Lost In Space

  • Cat Lady - The Card Game

  • Purble Place

  • MEANDERS

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Similarity map

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Microsoft Solitaire. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Microsoft Solitaire. These titles are not in What to play next.

Microsoft Solitaire: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Thrill, Story. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration.

Last update: 21/08/2026