Play Tri Peaks Solitaire free online: clear three overlapping pyramids by taking any uncovered card one rank above or below the pile. Long chains multiply the score, and every deal is tested for a winning line before it is dealt.
About Tri Peaks Solitaire
Tri Peaks is a solitaire about momentum rather than patience. Twenty-eight cards sit in three overlapping pyramids above a single face-up pile, and every card you take has to be exactly one rank above or below whatever is showing. Ace neighbours both King and 2, so the ranks close into a ring — K to A to 2 — and no run ever dies just because it reached the end of the deck. The stock holds twenty-three cards and it never refills.
The chain is the whole game. The first card of a run scores 10, the second 20, the third 30, so eight cards taken back to back are worth more than twenty cards ground out one draw at a time. Reaching for the stock resets the chain to zero and costs twenty points, which is why the interesting question is never "what can I take" but "what can I take last". Two uncovered cards of the same rank are the classic trap: spend the wrong one and the run stops dead a move early.
The pyramids unpick from the bottom up — a card only turns face up once both cards resting on it are gone — so the board belongs to whoever looks at what a move opens rather than what it pays. Finishing a peak is worth 250, and clearing all three pays 500 plus 25 for every card you never had to draw. Each deal is searched for a winning line before it reaches the table, so a game you lose is a game you could have won, and undo is there when you want to go back and prove it.
Where Tri Peaks Solitaire comes from
Tri Peaks was created by Robert Hogue in 1989 as a relative of Golf solitaire: three overlapping pyramids are cleared by taking any uncovered card one rank above or below the waste pile. Hogue's own computer analysis found that more than 90% of deals are completely solvable, and his scoring rewarded long unbroken runs, which is where the chain bonus in most versions comes from. The original shipped in Microsoft's Windows Entertainment Pack 3 and was later made one of the five games in Microsoft Solitaire Collection (2012); this version is 360 PlayZone's own take on the classic. Source.
Inside Tri Peaks Solitaire: what we checked
The numbers below come from Tri Peaks Solitaire's own source code, and the screenshots are from our own test run of the game (20 October 2026).
- Take any open card that is one rank above or below the top card of the pile. Ranks form a ring, so an Ace sits next to both a King and a 2. A card opens once both cards resting on it are gone.
- Each card in a row scores more than the last: the 1st scores 10, the 2nd 20, the 3rd 30, and so on. Drawing from the stock breaks the chain back to zero.
- Drawing costs 20 points, but the score cannot drop below zero. The stock holds 23 cards, turned one at a time, and is never refilled.
- Each peak you finish pays a 250 bonus. Clearing all 28 cards pays 500, plus 25 for every card you still have in the stock.
- Every deal is searched before it reaches the table, so each one is winnable with the right play. Winning is not the same as a high score, because some winning lines need more draws.
- Undo steps back one move and restores the score and chain with it. Keys: Space takes the highlighted card, D draws, U undoes, H hints, N starts a new deal. Your deals, wins, best score and longest chain are kept in this browser.
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How to play Tri Peaks Solitaire
Tap any uncovered card in the peaks that is one rank above or below the card on the pile — a 7 takes a 6 or an 8, and an Ace takes a King or a 2. A peak card only becomes available once both cards resting on top of it have gone. Cards taken back to back build a chain, and every card in the run is worth more than the one before it. When nothing matches, tap the stock to turn a fresh card onto the pile; that resets the chain and costs twenty points. Clear all twenty-eight cards to finish the deal, and use undo if you spend the wrong card.
Controls
Desktop: click an uncovered card to take it and click the stock to draw; arrow keys move the marker, Space takes, D draws, U undoes, H hints, N deals again, ? opens the rules and M mutes. Touch: tap a card to take it, tap the stock to draw.
Tips & tricks
- A base card pays off when its neighbour goes too — the row above only turns face up once both cards resting on it are gone. Taking two adjacent base cards opens the board far faster than picking off one card here and one card there.
- When two uncovered cards share a rank, take the one that uncovers something. The spare copy is what keeps a chain alive later, and it costs nothing to leave it sitting there.
- An apex is worth 250 and it is not going anywhere. Never break a running chain to grab one — the peak bonus is the same whether you take it now or eight cards later, while a chain you drop is gone for good.
- Every draw costs twenty points and kills the chain, so drawing to win a single card loses money. Hold the stock until the board is genuinely stuck, or until the card you turn can start a run of three or four.
Frequently asked questions
Does Tri Peaks Solitaire save my progress?
Partly. Tri Peaks Solitaire keeps a running win/loss tally and your settings in this browser's local storage; there is no level progress to save. Nothing is uploaded and no account is involved — clearing your browser data is what resets it.
Is Tri Peaks Solitaire unblocked at school or work?
Tri Peaks Solitaire is a plain web page of about 65 KB — no plugin, no installer, no app store — so it loads on a Chromebook or a locked-down school or office laptop the same way any other page does, and the whole game arrives in one short download. Whether it opens comes down to your network's filter rather than the game itself.
Who made Tri Peaks Solitaire?
Tri Peaks Solitaire was built in-house by the 360 PlayZone team using open web technology (HTML5), which is why it runs instantly without any download.
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Tri Peaks Solitaire features in Pyramid Solitaire Online: Rules, the Pairs That Make 13 and How to Clear the Pyramid.