6 Peaks Solitaire

Clear six stubborn peaks of cards by threading ascending and descending runs onto a single foundation pile.

I'll admit, Solitaire variants all blur together after a while — until you hit one that forces you to actually look ahead. 6 Peaks Solitaire lays out six triangular peaks of face-up and face-down cards. Your only foundation is the discard pile at bottom right. Click a card that's one higher or one lower than whatever's sitting there, and it stacks. No separate suits, no building sequences by color. Just simple up-one/down-one and the layout slowly crumbles. Unlike Klondike or FreeCell, there aren't seven piles or four suit stacks to manage. One pile. One rule. That's the whole game. The catch? Those face-down cards are stacked in layers, so you can't turn them until the cards covering them are cleared. I kept losing early runs because I'd burn through an easy visible run, then realize I'd locked myself out of a whole peak. The trick is to keep multiple peaks alive at once rather than draining one side. If no move exists, flip the top card from the row of face-down cards at the bottom — that becomes your new base value and resets the chain. It's a small mercy, but it can also throw you when the new base is a seven and everything visible is a queen or two. Sometimes you'll spot a perfect chain—6, 7, 8, 9, 10—and watch an entire peak vanish in seconds. Other times the base flips to a king and every visible card is a seven, forcing you to burn your reset immediately. Solitaire purists might grumble that it's more luck than strategy. They're half right. But the game's quick and light enough that a bad deal doesn't sting — you just shuffle and go again. The layout is clean, the cards are readable, and I found myself chain-clicking at 2 a.m. without meaning to. Not every hand is winnable; that's just how it is. That's about as good as casual card games get.

Use the mouse to play, click ascending or descending cards to put on the base card at the right bottom. Pick a card from the row of face down cards if there are no more moves.

Leave the bottom row untouched until every possible visible move is gone—it's your only free reset. Clear the bottom layer of two adjacent peaks before focusing one down to avoid getting walled off. If you have both a 7 and a 6 visible and base is 5, play the 6 first; ascending opens more possible chains than descending. Count how many cards remain in each peak before committing—smaller peaks clear faster and unlock more face-down cards. Don't auto-click every possible card; a run that ends on a dead base can strand the whole board. Play on a larger screen if you can, the cards get tiny on mobile.

Q: Is 6 Peaks Solitaire free? A: Yes, it's completely free to play right in your browser with no hidden charges. Q: Can I play 6 Peaks Solitaire on mobile? A: Yes, it works on most modern mobile browsers, though the cards are small. Use touchscreen mode if available. Q: Do I need to download anything to play? A: No downloads or installations needed. Just open the page and start clicking. Q: What if I run out of moves? A: Flip a card from the face-down row at the bottom. That becomes your new base card. Q: Does the game save my progress? A: It's a quick session-based game, so progress resets when you refresh. No accounts required. Q: Is 6 Peaks Solitaire suitable for beginners? A: Absolutely. The rules are simple: match one up or one down. Luck plays a big part.