Play Spider Online

Spider is a solitaire card game from 1991, part of the MS-DOS Classic Games collection. It was developed by John E. Dell and published by Softdisk Publishing. It fits right in with the kind of simple, focused programs that filled many home computers in the early 90s, offering a digital version of a classic patience game without any flashy graphics or complicated menus.

You control the cursor to move cards between ten tableau piles, aiming to build complete sequences from king down to ace in a single suit so they remove themselves from play. The signature mechanics involve dealing a new row of cards from the stock when no moves remain and carefully planning sequences to avoid blocking key cards underneath others. The pacing is methodical, and the difficulty, especially with the more challenging four-suit mode, can be brutally unforgiving of mistakes. It creates a quiet, deeply absorbing state of focus where a single game can stretch on for a long time.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".