Best of
Best Luck-Based Games
Our picks among luck-based games.
Aces Up
Discard cards that rank below another card of the same suit across four piles, aiming to end with only the four Aces left.
- One deck
- 5 min
- Easy
Clock Solitaire
A purely luck-driven game with no decisions — deal all 52 cards into a clock face and see if the Kings come up last.
- One deck
- 5 min
- Easy
Golf
Clear seven tableau columns by playing cards one rank higher or lower than the current waste card.
- One deck
- 6 min
- Easy
TriPeaks
Clear three overlapping card peaks by playing cards one rank higher or lower than the current waste card.
- One deck
- 6 min
- Easy
Wish
A stripped 32-card deck in eight piles of four — pair off matching ranks until the table is clear.
- One deck
- 5 min
- Easy
Auld Lang Syne
One of the simplest classic patience games — four Aces as foundations, no tableau sequencing at all.
- One deck
- 6 min
- Easy
Monte Carlo
Pair up adjacent matching cards in a five-by-five grid, refilling gaps as you clear them.
- One deck
- 6 min
- Easy
Thirteens
Simply pair any two exposed cards that add up to thirteen until none remain.
- One deck
- 6 min
- Easy
Tam O'Shanter
Auld Lang Syne without the courtesy of starting you off with the Aces — you have to deal your way into them.
- One deck
- 7 min
- Expert