Its so hard each brain cell screams in a cave but its fun

As a long time variant solitaire fan I was really excited for this game when I originally got it a year ago, and was excited to get it on Steam. I've now 100% the achievements after about 36 hours.

At the very least, my time was not wasted. There are a lot of unique ideas and spins I've never seen in variant solitaire that I'd love to see iterated on. Several solitaires have become mainstays for me (garden solitaire, tear solitaire, solartair, 52 pickup), and I'd consider some of what this game does the best in the genre.

However, there is a lot of mediocre in the collection. A majority of the solitaires are only enjoyable on the first playthrough and don't stand up to replay. A good few are just ridiculously simple, single stack solitaire in particular has a very simple and boring algorithm you can execute to always win. Some aren't very fun even on the first play. Overall the difficulty level isn't that high either, but that's not necessarily a problem.

Regardless, I'm glad I played through it all, it's given me a lot to think about in regards to solitaire design.

As some nitpicks, I do feel like the in game difficulty ratings are often pretty inaccurate, wish the instructions and descriptions were more consistently formatted and worded, and and would enjoy more configuration options (eg drag and drop instead of click pickup/place).

I'd recommend the game to basically anyone who thinks weird solitaire sounds fun. Jump into garden solitaire and you'll have a blast, try solartair if you're a genre veteran and want a challenge.

you know, some of it is okay, but then there's the rest of it. I wish I could give it a 6, but I can't, so it's a no from me, chief.