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Best Strategy Games

Our picks among strategy games.

  1. FreeCell

    Nearly every deal is winnable with the right plan — four free cells give just enough room to maneuver every card into place.

    • One deck
    • 15 min
    • Intermediate

  2. Scorpion

    Move any card onto any other regardless of sequence, then untangle same-suit runs across seven columns.

    • One deck
    • 15 min
    • Hard

  3. Spider (Two Suit)

    A more forgiving Spider variant played with only two suits instead of all four.

    • 2 decks
    • 16 min
    • Intermediate

  4. Spider

    Build same-suit sequences from King to Ace across ten tableau columns using two full decks and four suits.

    • 2 decks
    • 20 min
    • Intermediate

  5. Forty Thieves

    Build strict same-suit sequences across ten columns dealt from two decks — one of the toughest classic patience games.

    • 2 decks
    • 25 min
    • Hard

  6. Beleaguered Castle

    All four Aces start face-up as foundations, surrounded by eight columns you must whittle down with no redeals.

    • One deck
    • 12 min
    • Intermediate

  7. Calculation

    Four foundations each build by a different fixed interval at once, so every card has exactly one place it belongs.

    • One deck
    • 12 min
    • Intermediate

  8. Fortress

    A Castle-family game with ten short rows you may build up or down by suit — but never round the corner.

    • One deck
    • 12 min
    • Hard

  9. Simple Simon

    A single-deck relative of Spider — build same-suit runs across a pyramid-shaped tableau.

    • One deck
    • 12 min
    • Intermediate

  10. Streets and Alleys

    Beleaguered Castle without the head start — the four Aces are buried in the tableau and you have to dig them out.

    • One deck
    • 12 min
    • Hard