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Solitaire

Android, iOS • 2019

Should you play it?

What works

  • Innovative blend of solitaire and horror narrative
  • Engaging strategic card gameplay with upgrades
  • Authentic 90s retro aesthetic and atmosphere
  • Compelling layered storytelling and meta-narrative
  • Addictive progression and replayability

Things to keep in mind

  • Linear and somewhat repetitive gameplay
  • Limited player agency in story progression
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Some ui and difficulty balance issues
  • Short overall playtime with no endless mode

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Knock on the Coffin Lid

  • Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition

  • Fidel Dungeon Rescue

  • Hail to the Rainbow

  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

  • Darksiders™

More intense

Games that feels like Solitaire but with a more intense feel

  • 5 Nights At Grek's Hotel

  • Tormented Souls 2

  • Resident Evil

  • Resident Evil

  • Silent Hill

  • Among Ashes

Less expressive

Games that feels like Solitaire but with less self-expression and customization

  • Cannibal Abduction

  • Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

  • Crow Country

  • MO:Astray

  • Alone in the Dark

  • Venge

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Similarity map

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with 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 Solitaire. These titles are not in What to play next.

Solitaire: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026