Solitaire: Card Sorting

Solitaire: Card Sorting borrows the deck and table of solitaire but drops suits and ranks. Here the cards carry pictures, and the job is to put each one with others of the same theme. The developer names plants, jewellery, toys, tools and flowers among the categories, and says there are many more.

A round opens with part of the table already laid out. You then draw from the deck one card at a time and decide where it belongs. A pile cannot begin with any card you like: it has to start with a category card, and related cards are stacked on top after that. Each level gives you a limited number of moves to clear the field, and the developer warns that a poorly planned layout leaves you short. It plays in a tall portrait frame, which suits a phone held upright.

Look at the cards already on the table at the start of the round. Draw the top card from the deck and place it on the pile for its category. To open a new pile, lay down a category card first, then add matching cards to it. Keep sorting until the table is cleared, staying inside the move limit for that level.

The developer does not list the controls for this game. It runs inside the frame above, so a click or a tap on the game is the place to start.

Category cards matter most, because nothing can be built until one is down. When you draw a card whose category has no pile yet, check whether you can play that category card soon before using a move elsewhere. Count your remaining moves against the cards left, since the limit is what ends a level.

A card sorting puzzle rather than classic solitaire: there are no suits or ranks, only themes. Portrait frame (1080 by 1920). The developer does not list any controls. Every level has a move limit.

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