For those who love the brilliant game design – and sometimes wild complexity – of Zachtronics games, mark 6th September in your calendar as the Zachtronics Solitaire Collection arrives.
Those who follow the developer and publisher closely may be a bit confused by this announced as its previous game, Last Call BBS, was advertised as the “last game from Zachtronics“.
Well that tagline should have been “the last entirely new game from Zachtronics” as this is a collection of previously made games released starting in 2106, now updated with 4K graphics and packaged into a bundle.
- “Shenzhen Solitaire: A FreeCell-inspired solitaire variant with a three-color deck based on mahjong tiles
- Sigmar’s Garden: A tile matching game using the alchemical symbols from Opus Magnum
- Proletariat’s Patience: An asymmetric solitaire variant where some cards are grouped by suit while others are stacked by alternating colors
- Kabufuda Solitaire: A challenging solitaire variant using Japanese kabufuda cards where additional free cells are unlocked by making sets
- Cluj Solitaire: An original solitaire variant where you can ‘cheat’ by placing cards wherever you want, so long as you’re careful
- Cribbage Solitaire: A score-based solitaire variant using modified Cribbage rules and an actual Cold War aircraft recognition deck
- Sawayama Solitaire: A reimagined version of Klondike that is faster, more strategic, and more often winnable than the original
- Fortune’s Foundation: A brand new and extra-challenging solitaire variant using a deck of Tarot cards that presents a fortune when you win.“
In reaction to the announcement and the trailer for the collection (see the embed below), many people have been asking about a mobile port of this unreleased title.
“We’re still trying to figure that out, but a PC release seemed obvious in the meantime,” reads a reply from Zachtronics about this possibility.
The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection has a Steam page you can visit here but no pre-orders are available right now.
