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Pairs total 13 • Kings clear alone • Only uncovered cards can move • Keys: D draw · U undo · H hint
A pyramid solitaire game you can play right here, free — and every deal can actually be won. This is Pyramid Pairs, an original GameOLL card game. Twenty-eight cards sit in a seven-row pyramid. You may only touch the cards with nothing lying on top of them, and you clear them by pairing ranks that total 13: Queen with Ace, Jack with 2, 10 with 3, and so on down to 7 with 6. Kings are worth 13 alone and clear with one tap. Under the pyramid waits a 24-card stock to draw from when no pair is open. Clear all 28 cards and the pyramid falls. There are 30 levels in three ranges, a fresh Daily pyramid every morning, endless Practice deals, and one promise most solitaire games cannot make: every deal here is built backwards from a known solution, so a clearing line always exists.
Genre
Cards · Solitaire
Players
1 Player
Platform
Browser · Mobile · PC
Price
Free
In this guide
- How to play
- The rules: pairs that make 13
- Levels, Daily, Practice and Relaxed
- Scoring, streaks and stars
- Pyramid Pairs or TriPeaks?
- 7 tips that topple pyramids
- Pyramid solitaire game FAQ
- Final verdict
How to play Pyramid Pairs
The pyramid holds 28 cards in seven rows. Only the bottom row starts free. Every other card is covered by the two cards below it, and it stays locked until both of those cards are gone. Your whole job is to free cards and pair them off before the stock runs dry. The stock holds the other 24 cards, and its top card — the waste — can pair with any free pyramid card.
- Press Play, or open Levels and pick any deal you have unlocked. Level 1 in First Steps is open from the start. The line above the pyramid always shows the level, the range and the par — the move count a clean solution needs.
- Tap a free card, then tap its partner. The two ranks must total exactly 13. Tap a Queen and then an Ace, a 5 and then an 8. Both cards leave the pyramid, and whatever they were covering is one step closer to freedom. Tap the wrong partner and the game tells you the sum and keeps your new card selected.
- Kings need nobody. A King is worth 13 by itself. Tap a free King and it clears alone, instantly. Never leave a King sitting on top of two cards you need — it is the cheapest unlock in the game.
- Draw when no pair is open. Tap the stock pile (or the Draw button) to flip a card onto the waste. The waste card pairs with free pyramid cards exactly like one of their own. Drawing also resets your scoring streak, so draw only when the pyramid gives you nothing.
- Mind the redeals. When the stock runs out, you may flip the waste pile back over and draw through it again — if the deal allows it. First Steps deals allow 2 redeals, Steady Climb allows 1, and Master Peaks allows none. The tray under the pyramid always shows how many redeals you have left.
- Clear all 28 cards to win. The moment the last pyramid card leaves, the deal ends: you collect the clear bonus, a time bonus for a fast finish in Levels and Daily, and your stars. Get stuck with no pair, no stock and no redeals, and the deal ends the other way — retry it, because the solution is in there somewhere.
The rules: pairs that make 13
There are only six pairs in the whole game, plus the King. Learn this short table and you know every legal move Pyramid Solitaire will ever offer you. Aces count 1, Jacks 11, Queens 12 and Kings 13.
| Pair | Ranks | Sum |
|---|---|---|
| Ace + Queen | 1 + 12 | 13 |
| 2 + Jack | 2 + 11 | 13 |
| 3 + 10 | 3 + 10 | 13 |
| 4 + 9 | 4 + 9 | 13 |
| 5 + 8 | 5 + 8 | 13 |
| 6 + 7 | 6 + 7 | 13 |
| King alone | 13 | 13 |
The covered-card rule is the heart of the game. A card is playable only when both cards below it are gone. A Queen buried in row three is not a Queen yet — she is a promise. This is why the order of your pairs matters more than the pairs themselves: two different pairs can free the same card, but only one of them also frees the card you need next. Suits never matter. A Queen of hearts pairs with an Ace of spades exactly as happily as with an Ace of hearts. Colour never matters either. Pyramid Pairs is a pure numbers game wearing a card costume.
Controls for phone and PC
| Action | Phone / tablet | PC / laptop |
|---|---|---|
| Select or clear a card | Tap the card | Click the card |
| Draw from the stock | Tap the stock pile or Draw | Click the stock pile or Draw, or press D |
| Redeal the waste | Tap the stock when it shows the flip mark | Click the stock, or press D |
| Undo a move | Tap Undo under the board | Click Undo, or press U |
| Ask for a hint | Tap Hint under the board | Click Hint, or press H |
| Restart the same deal | Tap Restart | Click Restart |
| Open the level map | Tap Levels in the top bar | Click Levels in the top bar |
| Play the Daily pyramid | Tap Daily in the top bar | Click Daily in the top bar |
| Sound on or off | Tap the speaker button | Click the speaker button |
Levels, Daily, Practice and Relaxed
Levels are the main road. Thirty deals in three ranges of ten. First Steps (levels 1–10) teaches the game with 2 redeals in hand. Steady Climb (11–20) cuts you to 1 redeal and leans on the stock far more. Master Peaks (21–30) gives you no redeals at all: the 24 stock cards come past you once, in order, and every draw is a small decision. Levels unlock one by one, and each clear pays stars by the move rules in the scoring section below.
The Daily pyramid is one deal for everyone. It is built from the date itself, so you and every other player face the same pyramid on the same day. It plays with 1 redeal. Clear it to grow your Daily streak — the streak survives only if you clear again tomorrow — and the first clear of each day banks a bonus hint token.
Practice is endless and pressure-free. Fresh winnable deals, one after another, with 2 redeals, 5 undos and no timer bonus. It is the place to test a pairing habit — always free the double-covered card first, say — before you spend it on a Master Peaks level.
Relaxed mode is the pressure valve. Flip it on in the top bar and redeals and undos become unlimited and the time bonus switches off. The trade is honest: a Relaxed level clear pays one star, never three, and a Relaxed Daily clear does not bank its hint token. Turn it off again whenever you want to play for keeps.
Scoring, streaks and stars
Scoring rewards one habit above all others: clearing several removals in a row without touching the stock. Every removal you make grows your streak. Your first removal in a streak pays at ×1, the second at ×2, then ×3, ×4, and ×5 from the fifth removal onward. A pair pays 20 points times the multiplier — so a pair cleared fifth in a streak pays 100, not 20. A King pays 10 times the multiplier. The Streak chip above the board always shows the multiplier your next removal will earn. One draw and the streak falls back to ×1, which is why the best players scan the whole pyramid before they reach for the stock.
| Score line | What pays it | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Pair removal | Two cards totalling 13 leave together | 20 × streak multiplier |
| King removal | A King clears alone | 10 × streak multiplier |
| Streak multiplier | Consecutive removals with no draw between | ×1, ×2, ×3, ×4, then ×5 |
| Clear bonus | All 28 pyramid cards cleared | +150 flat |
| Time bonus | Levels and Daily only: 1 point per second under 5:00 | Up to +300 |
Stars follow your move count, not your score. Every deal shows a par — the number of moves (removals plus draws) in a clean solution, worked out when the deal is built. Finish at or under par for three stars. Finish within five moves over par for two. Any other clear earns one. Undo is generous — 3 per deal in Levels and Daily, 5 in Practice — and undoing never costs points; it only costs the undo. Hints start at 3 per deal, and the Hint button will point at a real pair (or tell you honestly to draw). Clear a level with three stars, or clear the Daily, and you bank an extra hint token, up to 6 banked, that spends automatically when a deal's own hints run out.
Pyramid Pairs or TriPeaks?
GameOLL already has a 28-card solitaire with a mountain on it: TriPeaks Solitaire. The two games only look like cousins. In TriPeaks you play cards onto a waste pile, one rank up or one rank down, and long chains are everything. In Pyramid Pairs nothing is ever played onto anything. Cards leave in pairs that total 13, the waste is a partner market rather than a chain, and the puzzle is not "what fits next" but "which pair frees the card I actually need". If you want a slower, more deliberate think, play Pyramid Pairs. If you want speed and streaks, play TriPeaks. And if you want the classic building game instead, our Klondike Solitaire is one click away — or browse the full shelf on the Play Games hub.
7 tips that topple pyramids
- Free the double-covered cards first. A card covered by two cards you can clear is worth more than a loose pair at the edge. Work out which single card sits on top of the most future, and aim your pairs at its two covers.
- Spend Kings the moment they surface. A King never needs a partner, so a King left standing is just a lid. Clearing it early frees two cards for the price of one tap and keeps your options wide.
- Count partners before you pair. There are only four of every rank. If three Queens are already gone, the last Queen's Ace is precious — do not waste that Ace on a different Queen unless the freedom is worth more than the pair you are burning.
- Protect your streak. Points live in the multiplier. Before drawing, scan once more for any open pair — even a pair you did not plan — because a draw costs you the whole climb back from ×1 to ×5.
- Treat the waste as a held card, not a bin. The top waste card is a partner you are carrying. Note its rank and hunt its complement in the pyramid first. When you draw over it, know exactly what you are burying.
- Save one redeal for the endgame. Early stock cards come back around. The deal is usually lost in the last six cards, when one buried partner decides everything — that is when a fresh pass through the waste earns its keep.
- Undo to learn, not just to fix. The three undos are free lessons. Take back a pair and ask what the other order would have freed. On a winnable deal — and every deal here is winnable — the difference between stuck and cleared is almost always order, not luck.
Pyramid solitaire game FAQ
Is Pyramid Solitaire free to play?
Yes. Pyramid Pairs is 100% free, all 30 levels, the Daily pyramid and Practice mode included. You play it right on this page in your browser. There is no download, no sign-up and no payment.
Can every Pyramid Solitaire deal here be won?
Yes. Every deal is constructed backwards from a full solution, so a clearing line always exists, and a solver replays and proves the levels, the Daily deals and the Practice generator in testing. If a pyramid beats you, the order of your pairs was the problem, not the cards.
Which cards pair to 13 in Pyramid Solitaire?
Ace with Queen, 2 with Jack, 3 with 10, 4 with 9, 5 with 8, and 6 with 7. A King is worth 13 on its own, so a King clears with a single tap and needs no partner.
How is Pyramid Pairs different from TriPeaks and Klondike?
The winning move is different. Klondike builds cards down in alternating colours and wins by filling foundations. TriPeaks plays cards one rank up or down onto a waste pile. Pyramid Pairs never builds anything — you delete the pyramid by pairing exposed cards to 13, and the only cards you may touch are the ones with nothing lying on top of them.
What is the Daily pyramid?
One fresh deal every day, the same for every player, built from the date itself. Clear it to grow your Daily streak, and it pays a bonus hint token once a day. Miss a day and the streak starts again.
Does Pyramid Pairs save my progress?
Yes, in your own browser. Your level stars, unlocked levels, hint tokens, Daily streak and best score save automatically on this device. Nothing leaves your device, and there is no account to make.
Final verdict: should you play Pyramid Pairs?
Yes — if you like solitaire that respects your intelligence. Random-deal pyramid solitaire is secretly a lottery: most pyramids cannot be cleared no matter how well you play. Pyramid Pairs removes the lottery. Every deal is built from a solution and solver-proven, so every loss is a fair loss and every win is earned. The streak scoring gives the quiet numbers game a pulse — one greedy draw can cost you hundreds of points — and the three ranges pace the lesson kindly before Master Peaks takes the redeals away. Thirty levels, a Daily worth returning for, and a Practice room that never runs out: this is the pyramid solitaire we always wanted to hand you.
▶ Play Pyramid Pairs 🎮 See All Free GamesLast updated: November 7, 2026. Pyramid Pairs v1.0 — the first release of our original pyramid solitaire game, with 30 solver-proven levels in three ranges, a date-seeded Daily pyramid, endless Practice deals, a Relaxed toggle, streak scoring, undo and hint tokens. An original GameOLL browser game. Found a bug? Tell us in the comments and we will fix it in the next version.
