If you enjoy solitaire games, Faerie Solitaire is a fresh little twist on the formula and an incredibly addictive little time-spnner. I love the randomness of the game, compared to traditional solitaire, and the objectives change things up from hand to hand as well.

I'm not a huge fan of the theme, honestly, I think the artwork and story is a little trite and the voice acting is downright cringeworthy. Some of the upgrade perks can be nice but the pets are pretty useless. I also wish I could change the aspect ratio or at least resize the window since I play in windowed mode usually.

The game itself, however, keeps me playing for just one more hand. Or 20 more hands. Or hey when did it get so late is it really 1 am?

It might also be the hunt for that last egg, which after nearly 50 hours and 4-5 complete playthroughs still will not drop. (Achievement hunters, beware!)

What to say about Faerie Solitaire? I saw a bunch of my Steam friends playing this and went ahead an bought it a while back, but didnt really crack into it until recently. It was a very pleasant surprise. It's solitaire with a few twists and a little story about a kid who finds faeries in captivity and frees them while seeking out the reason all of this is happening. Nothing too deep about the story, but it does hold your interest well enough, and is a nice fable on its own.
The gameplay itself is simple enough...it is not exactly solitaire, in that rather than match suits until you run out of cards, you are instead trying to build combos to take off the board using your held cards as the base card for said combos. The bigger the combo, the more it is worth. Additionally, you unlock powers such as being able to automatically link a card that would not normally combo, receive extra hold cards to use when you see fit, and build faerie structures that add benefits such as extra undo-s (which you can use to go back one move if you realize you made a mistake), the ability to look at the next card in your deck, and so on.
Each round is made up of nine hands, and there were something like 27 rounds total, broken up into story chapters (each chapter is 3 rounds). Each round has a set of goals, which might include a certain card total combo being reached (8, 10, 12, even 15 in some rounds), acquire a certain amount of points, and fill your charge meter within a certain amount of time. You cant move forward until you meet all the goals, so you may end up repeating a round from time to time.

Anyway, I found this to be a pleasant game with a reasonable amount of challenge, but still something you can do while distracted or feeling particularly unmotivated to do much of anything. I guess what I am saying is it is completely accessible to anybody, can be played in small snippets, and easily fills the gaming void when you aren't sure what else you want to play.

9 out of 10

Disclaimer: I purchased this game using my own funds, and I do not write a review on a game that I have not paid for myself, because I believe they should be fair and unbiased. I don't believe you can get that unless you invest your own funds and support developers, and provide a personal sense of "value".

This has got to be one of the more enjoyable solitaire card games on the market. I have put over 52 hours into this addicting game. It has a fun background story (which does not interfere with the game play, but merely keeps you involved to continue on your journey), relaxing music, and simple mechanics with fun powerups to assist you along the way. A good value at its current asking price of $10, but I think as a casual game, I would wait for it to be on sale for around $5. It has achievements, trading cards, and is guaranteed to waste a LOT of your time if you are a fan of Faeries whatsoever.

There are quickplay levels and extra hard challenge levels if you finish or need a break from the Adventure campaign.

If you have this in your library and haven't tried it out yet, you're missing out on a gem.
I read a review once that downvoted this because of no multiplayer option ... This is "Solitaire" ... Enough said LOL.

I wanted to add an edit into this:
If you are an achievement hunter, be forewarned that you have to collect a lot of materials and eggs while you play. This, of course, is governed by random odds. You may have to play quite a bit more to collect all the items you need, and several speculations and theories are presented in the forums.

A report on the randomness: After this review, and having put an extra ten hours here and there into this fun game, I am *still* working on the last two achievements.

Good hunting! :)

Hello there, you shiny little gem! What do we have here? Our age old, classic card game that we practically grew up with since Windows 3.0 - or as your grandmother's generic hobby - combined with a pretty fairytale and collectibles? I'm in!

The scene opens up to the realm of fairies, threatened by an unspeakable conspiracy. A dark, evil force that we fail to identify enslaves the inhabitants of the realm for its own dark purposes. A kindly old wizard approaches, and declares us as the only possible candidate to save fairies from their torment... with our solitaire skills? (I owe this joke to my friend Solanum Nigrum. It was originaly in his review, but I couldn't bear myself not to include it, due to the joke being perfectly definitive.) Yes, it is solitaire. Yes, it has a story... and the story actually ends with a huge cliffhanger, so you'll be anticipating for Faerie Solitaire 2 before you know.

Aside from your usual solitaire gameplay, Faerie Solitaire contains some surprises. You earn cash as you progress through various levels of the story - or in any casual game - to obtain upgrades for your gameplay. The gameplay also sets some goals for you in each level, that raises the stakes a bit more, either with time limits or a certain number of cards that you have to make a combo with. You are also entitled to collect some magical eggs that will hatch into various magical beasts. These beasties gain experience as you play and they may be raised into adulthood for their own achievement set.

All in all, it is a good game for a low price that you can pick to pass some mindless time, with interesting features. I also gotta mention that the art is surprisingly beautiful for a casual game. I adored the profile backgrounds and emoticons! I know, I know, it is girly... But I am a girl anyhow. So I am entitled to my fairies, damn it!

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Good storyline, cute pets, nice backgrounds, soothing music... This game is adorable!
As for gameplay - it 's a Solitaire, what else can be said? Fun and relaxing at the same time...
P.S. And trading cards looks cute too.

Faerie Solitaire is a great casual game, which is well suited for wasting time in an enjoyable way. The way the basic game of solitaire is made fun by the way the arrangement of cards shifts and the rewards system that adds a little dimension to an otherwise monotonoous game.

The game was designed for an ancient monitor resolution of 800x600 and so is apt to look quite distorted on a modern widescreen monitor unless you play in windowed mode. In that mode, the game window is small on a high resolution monitor and may cause some eye strain after long periods of playing. So plan on short play periods when you are ready for a little casual fun and don't have time for a more serious game.

The developer promised in November 2012 that there would be a high resolution version released in the future and that all now current owners would get a free copy of the new version, which would have its own trading cards, etc. So from a price point perspective, this game offers some trading cards now and potentially more in the future, which could be sold to further reduce the cost to the player.

I really enjoy casual games. I like to have at least one game on the go that I haven't completed and that I'm able to play laying down, with only the mouse. Faerie Solitaire is one of the best casual card games I've come across. It's enough to rival Fairway Solitaire, another of my favourites. It's well polished and has an enjoyable (if somewhat grind-y) non-card side game to it.

I bought this because it was only .49 during a sale and figured it wouldn't be a loss if it wasn't that fun. I ended up playing for 5 hours straight after I loaded it up. It's a lot of fun. I like solitaire, but get bored after a little while. This game has extra things like challenges, pets to collect, and buffs to purchase with money you make in the game that makes it a lot of fun.

If you like playing card games you'll love this.

Faerie Solitaire is a wonderful remake of the classic Solitaire, with many tweaks. It incorporates a fantasy theme, being able to purchase building's within your land for added bonuses, and being able to find eggs, hatch them and evolve them, just by playing the game. The mechanics itself, have changed from the default Solitaire, which gave it a wonderful twist. The music was relaxing and non-repetitive, levels different unique and interesting and the game mechanics itself being quite unique.

The only negative of this game was the amateur voice acting, though besides that it was quite a nice small and polished game.

Overall, this game is an amazing twist to the default Solitaire, being able to have pets and build your town, providing benefits. All the concepts go hand in hand and create an amazing, enjoyable game.

Back in the 5! years ago, it was one of my first games I won on steamgifts, and as a solitary games lover I was very happy to win :) I still like this game for all these years, and play it from time to time!

+Visuals: Nice and soft shapes and color palette and funny creatures on your cards.
+Soundwork: Good ambient music
+Gameplay: Various solitaire puzzles, progress bar you have to fill with card combos, hatchery so you can hatch the eggs and get various pets and more of various other stuff.
+Steam cards
+Steam achievements

I still love it :)

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