Solitaire: Cat Islands

CAT ISLANDS · A TRAVELLER’S HANDBOOK

A little picture guide to your first delivery.

From moving a card to welcoming a cat. Start with the part you want to explore.

The FreeCell and Klondike goal

One suit. Ace all the way to King.

Build each of the four foundations in the same suit: A, 2, 3…K. Deliver all 52 cards to finish the game.

Build ♠, ♥, ♦ and ♣ separately.

In a column, alternate red and black.

Count down by one. Place the next card below the one above it.

Allowed

A red 5 goes below a black 6.

Not allowed

A red 7 cannot go below a black 6.

The game selected at the start

See every card. Find your own way through.

All 52 cards are face up in eight columns. Use four free cells to make room and reach the cards behind. There is no stock pile.

Actual English FreeCell screen: four free cells on the left, four foundations on the right and eight face-up columns below.
Actual game screen · Screens include content from the game in development.

  1. Foundations

    Build each suit from Ace to King.

  2. Four free cells

    Each holds just one card temporarily.

  3. Eight columns

    Move the exposed cards at the front.

  4. Choose a card → choose its destination

    Tap a card, then tap where you want it to go. You can drag it instead. Tap the same card again to cancel your selection.

One cell holds just one card.

There are two empty cells in this example. Think one move ahead before filling them.

Any rank can start an empty FreeCell column.

You can also place a legal sequence there. It does not have to begin with a King.
How many cards can move together?

More empty cells and columns let you move a longer sequence. The sequence must still alternate colors and count down.

Destination already has a card

2 empty cells + 1 empty column for temporary use

Up to 6 cards

Destination is that empty column

2 empty cells + 0 other empty columns

Up to 3 cards

Do not count the empty destination as a temporary column. Capacity is (empty cells + 1) × 2 to the power of usable empty columns.

Another way to play

Turn over a card. Discover another possibility.

Play with seven columns and a stock pile. Move the face-up cards to reveal the cards underneath.

Actual English Klondike screen: foundations on the left, waste and stock on the right, and seven columns below.
Actual game screen · Screens include content from the game in development.

  1. Foundations

    Build each suit from Ace to King.

  2. Stock pile

    Draw one or three cards at a time.

  3. Waste pile

    Only the exposed front card is available.

  4. Seven columns

    Move cards to reveal the hidden ones.

  5. Tap for an automatic move. Drag to choose.

    A single tap prioritizes a foundation, then the first legal column from the left. Drag when you want to choose the destination yourself. Drag to move a card back from a foundation or move a whole King-led column to an empty column.

An empty Klondike column starts with a King.

A legal sequence starting with a King is allowed too. A 5 or another rank cannot start the column.

Draw from the stock. Use the front card.

Use the front card to uncover the one below. When the stock is empty, recycle the waste to look through it again.

Choose Draw 1 or Draw 3 under New deal.

Poker Squares

Choose one of three. Build both ways.

A single-player card puzzle: place 25 cards on a 5×5 grid. There is no time limit for a hand.

Choose one of three cards.

Tap a card, then an empty space. Keep the other two cards and draw one replacement.

One card counts in both directions.

Score five rows and five columns: ten lines in all. Each complete five-card line scores its single highest poker hand. Finish by placing 25 cards.

Hint and Undo are free. Undo never redraws the deck. Open Rules → Try 3 moves in the app to practice while keeping your current board safe.

Daily deals reward a better result.

Three deals per Japan day earn rewards. Your first completion earns coins and stamps. Replays award only the extra coins unlocked by a better best result. A deal’s reward eligibility lasts seven days from issue.

Play random practice hands as often as you like. Practice and the three-move lesson earn no rewards and cost no coins or stamps.

See poker hands and points
HandPoints
Royal flush10–J–Q–K–A of one suit100
Straight flushFive consecutive ranks of one suit75
Four of a kindFour cards of the same rank50
Full houseThree of one rank and two of another25
FlushFive cards of one suit20
StraightFive consecutive ranks, any suits15
Three of a kindThree cards of the same rank10
Two pairTwo separate pairs5
One pairTwo cards of the same rank2
No handNone of the hands above0

An ace is low in A–2–3–4–5 or high in 10–J–Q–K–A. It cannot wrap from K through A to 2.

Ready for a different kind of hand?

  1. 1Open New deal
  2. 2Choose the game
  3. 3FreeCell, Klondike or Poker Squares

Each game keeps its own unfinished hand. Your islands, furniture, cats and wallet are shared.

Islands and cats

One delivery closer to a home for cats.

Ten distinctive islands, each with six pieces of furniture. Collect 60 pieces and look forward to meeting 30 visiting cats.

  1. Play a hand

    Deliver all 52 cards in FreeCell or Klondike. In Poker Squares, place 25 cards to build poker hands.

  2. Earn coins and stamps

    Collect free rewards by finishing eligible hands.

  3. Make furniture

    Use coins to make furniture for your cats.

  4. Welcome a cat

    Cats visit their favorite furniture naturally. Record each new friend in your album.

Actual English island directory showing illustrated islands and furniture counts in a grid.
Screens include content from the game in development.
Six pieces finish an island

Check the directory for the next island’s requirements.

Watch your furniture and cats while playing solitaire. Changing islands keeps your cards in place. After completing your collection, enjoy new hands and personal bests.

Help, ads and purchases

A little help when you need it.

Find these buttons along the bottom of the game.

Hint

Find a legal move to consider.

Undo

Go back one move. In FreeCell and Klondike, time and earned bonuses do not rewind.

Cat Paw (FreeCell and Klondike)

Deliver the next needed card straight to a foundation.

All are free, without an ad or purchase requirement. In FreeCell and Klondike, only games that use Cat Paw have a daily clear-coin allowance. Stamps and game completion continue. Poker Squares also has free Hint and Undo.

Shuffle belongs to Klondike.

Mixed

Stock · Waste · Face-down cards

Kept

Face-up sequences · Foundations

Face-up sequences and foundations stay in place. You cannot undo the shuffle. FreeCell has no stock or Shuffle.

Purchases and ads are optional.

Core play and tools
Play through the final island for free. Coins are not sold directly.
Rewarded ads
Watch only when your selected age group is “18 or older” and you choose to. No ads are shown for under 18, an unstated age group, or an unconfirmed choice. Ads are not a condition for moving cards or using free tools.
One-time and fixed-term purchases
Optional cat decks and other items, or a non-renewing 30-day Neko Pass. The Pass multiplies eligible clear coins by 1.5.

LEARN BY PLAYING

Learn in the app by moving real cards.

Try 14 FreeCell practice steps, 10 Klondike steps, or a three-move Poker Squares lesson. Your regular hand is kept safe while you practice, ready when you return.

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