The remaining fifty cards are laid out in the lower right hand corner in five piles of ten with no cards showing. Fifty-four of the cards are laid out horizontally in ten columns with only the top card showing. The game is played with two decks of cards for a total of 104 cards. Windows 10 has the Microsoft Solitaire Collection app updated and bundled with the operating system, as does Windows 11. Windows 8 has another updated version of Spider Solitaire as part of Microsoft Solitaire Collection, available as a free download from the Windows Store. Windows Vista again saw a new version, which was made by Oberon Games and featured a new visual style, along with other built-in card games it was mainly unchanged in Windows 7.
Spider Solitaire was not included in Windows 2000, but was added to Windows Me and later on Windows XP the game gained popularity subsequent to its inclusion in the latter.Īs of 2005, Spider Solitaire was the most played game on Windows PCs, surpassing the shorter Klondike-based Microsoft Solitaire. The game was first included as part of Windows 98's Microsoft Plus! package and has been featured in most subsequent versions of Windows. Microsoft Solitaire Collection in Spider mode under Windows 10.
