Originally developed as a tool to help Windows users learn the mouse, the Windows version of Klondike solitaire (known simply as Solitaire) is one of the most played PC games of all time.

The game plays similar to Klondike solitaire, using a deck of traditional playing cards. The objective of the game is to move all the cards from the deck into four "suit stacks" on the top-right corner of the screen.

You start with a setup of cards with seven rows (with each row having one card more than the previous row, starting with one card) called the "row stacks". The only card flipped up is the last card you drew for that row. The rest of the deck on the top-left corner of the screen along with the "waste deck".

The game can be timed, which has a direct impact on one of the scoring systems. You can also choose whether to have the Deck draw one card at a time or three cards at a time. (In which you can only choose the top card in the set of three cards).