How do you play Klondike Solitaire?

Move all 52 cards to the four foundation piles, each built up by suit from the ace to the king. On the seven tableau columns you build downwards in alternating colours — a red six on a black seven. Only a king can move into an empty column. Turn cards from the stock when you run out of moves.

What is the difference between draw 1 and draw 3?

Draw 1 turns a single card from the stock at a time and is much easier — most deals are winnable. Draw 3 turns three at once and you can only play the top one, so two thirds of the deck is harder to reach. Draw 3 is the classic Windows default and roughly a third of deals are winnable.

Is every game of Solitaire winnable?

No. Roughly 80 percent of Klondike deals are theoretically solvable with perfect play and full knowledge of the face-down cards, but in normal draw-3 play with hidden cards the realistic win rate is closer to a third. If a deal is stuck, dealing again is a normal part of the game.

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Classic Klondike Solitaire, playable right now — no download, no sign-up, nothing to install. Green felt, blue card backs, draw 1 or draw 3, Standard and Vegas scoring, unlimited undo, and yes, the cards still bounce when you win. It runs as plain JavaScript rather than through an emulator, so it starts instantly and plays the same on a phone as on a desktop.

Your game saves itself — close the tab and open this page again to pick up exactly where you left off.

Controls — what does what

Action	How
Move a card	Drag it, on mouse or touch. Legal drop targets highlight as you go.
Send a card home	Tap it, or double-click — it flies to the foundation if it fits.
Move a run	Drag from the highest card of the sequence you want to move.
Turn the stock	Click the face-down pile. When empty, click again to recycle.
Undo	Undo steps back through every move, as far as you like.
Change mode	Draw 3 and Standard toggle draw size and scoring — each deals a fresh game.

Looking for the Microsoft version? sol.exe is proprietary Windows software, so we can't host it — but our Windows Solitaire guide covers running your own copy in the browser, and this game plays by the same rules with the same scoring.

How to play Klondike Solitaire

The goal is to get all 52 cards onto the four foundations in the top-right corner. Each foundation is one suit, built upwards from the ace: A, 2, 3, all the way to the king.

The tableau

The seven columns are the working area. You build downwards in alternating colours — a red six goes on a black seven, a black five on that red six. Whenever you move the last face-up card off a column, the face-down card beneath it flips over, which is how you make progress. An empty column can only be filled by a king (or a run headed by one), so emptying a column without a king ready is often a wasted move.

The stock and waste

Cards you can't place yet come from the stock, face-down at the top left. Click it to turn cards to the waste pile beside it. In draw 3 you turn three at a time and only the top one is playable; in draw 1 you turn them singly. When the stock runs out, click the empty space to recycle the waste and go through it again.

Scoring

Two modes, matching the conventions the Windows version used:

Standard — +10 for each card sent to a foundation, +5 for turning over a tableau card, +5 for moving a card off the waste, −15 for pulling a card back off a foundation, and −2 every 10 seconds after the first 30. Finish quickly and you get a time bonus.
Vegas — you "buy" the deck for $52 and earn $5 back for every card you send home. Clear the board and you're up $208.

Strategy that actually helps

Turn face-down cards first. Any move that flips a hidden card beats one that doesn't — hidden cards are the only real unknown in the game.
Don't rush aces to the foundation. Low cards left in the tableau are useful landing spots for the opposite colour. Sending everything home early can strand you.
Empty the column with the most face-down cards. That's where the information is, and where a king will do the most good.
Have a king ready before you empty a column. An empty column with no king to fill it is dead space.
In draw 3, count the stock. The cards you skip come round again in the same order, so plan which pass you'll take a card on.

Frequently asked questions

Is this Microsoft Solitaire?

No. Microsoft's sol.exe is proprietary Windows software and we can't legally host it. This is an original implementation of the same Klondike game, written for ExeBrowser and free to play, with the same draw modes and scoring conventions. If you want the Microsoft build specifically, our Windows Solitaire guide explains how to load your own copy in the browser.

Is every deal winnable?

No. Around 80% of Klondike deals are solvable in theory if you could see every face-down card, but with cards hidden and playing draw 3, a win rate near a third is normal. Dealing again when a game is stuck is part of Solitaire, not a failure.

What's the difference between draw 1 and draw 3?

Draw 1 turns one card at a time, so the whole deck is reachable and most deals go out. Draw 3 turns three and only the top card plays, which is considerably harder — and it's what Windows shipped as the default.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. The board scales to the screen width, cards are drag-and-drop by touch, and a single tap sends a card to its foundation.

Do I need to download or sign up for anything?

No — no download, no account, no emulator. It's plain JavaScript running in your browser tab, so it starts instantly and nothing is uploaded anywhere.

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