Quick Solitaire Games

Perfect for short breaks. These solitaire games take five minutes or less to play, making them ideal for coffee breaks, commutes, or whenever you have a few minutes to spare.

Games in this Category

Golf

Easy

Golf is a fast-paced solitaire card game with only a 3% win rate where 35 cards are dealt into seven columns of five overlapping cards each. Players clear the tableau by moving exposed cards to a single foundation pile, building up or down regardless of suit. The remaining 17 cards serve as a stock pile.

1 deck~5 min3% win rate

Pyramid

Intermediate

Pyramid is a solitaire card game with only a 5% win rate where 28 cards are arranged in a seven-row triangular formation. Players remove pairs of exposed cards that total thirteen, with Kings removed individually. The goal is to dismantle the entire pyramid by removing all valid pairs before the stock runs out.

1 deck~5 min5% win rate

Clock

Easy

Clock is a fully luck-based solitaire game with a 7.7% win rate, played with one 52-card deck. Cards are dealt face-down into 13 piles arranged like a clock face with one center pile. Players flip cards and move them to their matching clock position, winning only if the fourth King turns up last.

1 deck~3 min8% win rate

Accordion

Intermediate

Accordion is a single-row solitaire game with only a 1% win rate, played with one 52-card deck. Cards are dealt into a line, and players move any card onto the card to its left or three positions left when they share suit or rank. The goal is to compress all 52 cards into one pile.

1 deck~8 min1% win rate

Carpet

Moderate

Carpet is a solitaire game with a 55% win rate, played with one 52-card deck. The four Aces are removed before play and placed on foundations. Twenty cards form a face-up 4x5 grid called the carpet. Carpet cards move to foundations when they fit, and gaps refill from the stock.

1 deck~10 min55% win rate

Busy Aces

Moderate

Busy Aces is a two-deck solitaire game with a 65% win rate, played with 104 cards. Twelve tableau piles each start with one card, and eight foundation piles build up by suit from Ace to King. Players draw from the stock to a waste pile, building tableau piles down by suit with no redeal permitted.

2 decks~15 min65% win rate