Solitaire saves: save slots, Keep playing and your stats
Solitaire saves by itself after every move. Your game is kept in the web browser on the device you play on, in one of three save slots. Leave in the middle of a deal, and next time the title screen offers Keep playing to pick it up again.
The three save slots
When the game opens, it shows three save slots: Save 1, Save 2 and Save 3. Each slot is a separate player: its own wins, best moves, goals, stamps, settings, card backs and deal in progress.
| On the slot card | What it means |
|---|---|
| Not played yet | An empty slot. Its button says New game |
| "Moves · 14" | There is a deal in progress, and you have made 14 moves in it |
| Last played | The date you last played in this slot |
| Continue | Opens this slot |
| Delete | Wipes this slot. The game asks first: "Delete this save?" and "Your other saves will stay safe." |
To switch slots, use the Save slots button at the bottom of the title screen, or Save slots in the Menu while you play. Your deal is kept when you go.
Keep playing a deal
Each slot keeps one deal in progress. When you go back to the title screen with All games, or close the page, that deal is saved with every move. At the top of the title screen you then see Keep playing, with the game and your moves, for example "Klondike · Turn 3 · 23 moves". Tap it to carry on exactly where you were. You can even Undo moves you made before you left.
Watch out: if you start a different game instead, that new deal becomes the one that is kept, and the old one is gone. Finish or give up the deal you care about first.
When you win a deal, it is done, and Keep playing goes away.
Your stats
The game keeps a few numbers for each kind of deal. Klondike Turn 1 and Turn 3 have their own, and so does each Spider choice (1, 2 or 4 suits).
| What | Where you see it |
|---|---|
| Wins | On the game's tile, for example "Wins: 7" |
| Best (fewest moves for a win) | On the tile, next to the wins: "Best: 98 moves" |
| Your best for today's Daily deal | On the Daily deal tile: "Your best today: 87 moves" |
| Your daily stamps for the last seven days | Under the Daily deal tile, called This week |
| Goals done | On the Goals tile and in the goals list: "3 of 12 done" |
| Total wins | Not shown as a number, but it opens card backs and table cloths |
A tile only shows wins and best moves after your first win there. Deals you gave up or got stuck in are never counted as losses.
The game also remembers your Turn 1 / Turn 3 and 1 / 2 / 4 suits choices, which How to play cards you have already seen, and your settings.
Messages about saving
Sometimes the browser can't save, or something goes wrong. The game then tells you in plain words:
| Message | What it means and what to do |
|---|---|
| "This browser can't save your game. You can still play, but your progress won't be kept." | Often a private window, or a browser that blocks saving. Play in a normal window to keep your progress |
| "This game is open in another tab too. Play in just one tab so your progress is kept." | Close the extra tab and play in just one, so the two tabs don't mix up your save |
| "Part of your saved game was mixed up, so we fixed it. A few numbers may have gone back to zero." | A small part of the save could not be read. The rest is kept |
| "Your saved progress was broken, so we put it aside. You start fresh this time." | The save could not be read at all. You start again with fresh stats |
Good to know
- Saves stay on the device and in the browser where you played. Another computer or another browser has its own saves.
- If someone clears the browser's site data, the saves are gone too.
- When you switch to another tab or app in the middle of a deal, the game shows Paused. Tap Keep playing to go on.
See also
- FAQ: more answers about saving and devices.
- For grown-ups: saving, devices and languages in short.
- Daily deal and Goals: stamps and goals in detail.
- Play Solitaire.
