The Solitaire Conspiracy
Bithell Games · 2020 · Card Game, Solitaire, FMV, Conspiracy, Cyberpunk
PC
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About The Solitaire Conspiracy
✦ AI summary
Master tactical card powers to guide spy crews home in a solitaire-inspired strategy game wrapped in a full FMV spy thriller featuring Greg Miller. Five distinct game modes from story-driven campaign to endless skirmish offer gameplay that fits your pace, with beautiful cyberpunk aesthetics and zero microtransactions.
High Stakes, Highly Powered
Protego, the world’s leading spy agency, has been destroyed. Only one person can wield C.A.R.D.S to take control of Protego’s scattered spy crews and save the world.You.Guided by Protego’s only remaining analyst, Jim Ratio (Greg Miller), you must master the unique powers of each crew in a game of tactical Solitaire like none you’ve ever played before. Guide your crews home in a tale of intrigue where nobody can be trusted. Keep your cool in a world of AI spies and cyber-enhanced operators.Once you’ve taken back control of Protego, choose from five different modes for endless replayability that fits your preferred play style.Key Features
- Five modes to suit your play style:
- Campaign - A tightly packed story that introduces the game’s mechanics.
- Campaign Plus - Limited turns and locked tables require optimal tactics to solve.
- Countdown - Test your endurance with wave after wave of unique decks.
- Skirmish - An infinite playground to enjoy unlocked crews.
- Daily Hotspot – Bite-sized challenges for your crews to face every day.
FAQs
Is this a solitaire game?Yes-ish. The Solitaire Conspiracy is inspired by a variant of solitaire called Streets and Alleys, but with some small adjustments and the big addition of suit based powers. Campaign, Campaign Plus, Daily Hotspots and Skirmish (choose your own suits and powers) are take-at-your-own-pace experiences that fit into your schedule. Countdown mode is a place to test your skills with nuanced powers against a ticking clock. This game is endlessly replayable.Are there microtransactions?Nope.
Is this Bithell Short an entry in the “Circular” series?No. While our previous Bithell Shorts (Subsurface Circular and Quarantine Circular) have been twists on the text adventure, The Solitaire Conspiracy is a new take on solitaire. We love storytelling and world-building, so it absolutely contains a full narrative experience, which we’re telling via full-motion video (FMV) and in-game lore. We decided to use the Bithell Short name to signal something digestible and original. Thanks for continuing to support these odd experiments between our larger projects.
Do I need to have played other Bithell Shorts games to enjoy this one?Not at all. The Solitaire Conspiracy is an entirely different game from Subsurface Circular and Quarantine Circular. It tells its own self-contained story set in a world of spies and intrigue. Of course, our games are all set in a shared universe, so expect some mentions of old friends.
If this game is ‘short’, what’s to stop me getting a refund when I’m done?The Solitaire Conspiracy is our third Bithell Short (and with continued support from the player base our biggest). Our previous two games, Subsurface Circular and Quarantine Circular, both have a return rate of less than 2%. Steam players have shown us that they understand the work that goes into games, and are up for paying for ones that entertain them. Thank you (again).
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Really fun and engaging take on Solitaire--the aesthetics, story and evolving gameplay really strikes a chord with me. Highly recommended!
This game was every spy dream I ever had. As someone who loves a card game and sucks at combat games this let me live out my spy dreams with an incredible story with gorgeous design and great gameplay. Played like a dream on my Steamdeck and I look forward to playing more rounds now that I’ve completed the game too. Great game 10/10 would recommend to anyone who wants to play solitaire with some added fun and little twists to mix things up as well.
I had fond memories of playing this game and few years later i bought it again it is not as fun as i remember or i am worse at solitare than ever before. gud game
Brilliantly beautiful solitaire game with a short entertaining enough story that doesn't overstay its welcome. I find myself revisiting this game every few years or so. It's like sitting down and enjoying that old nostalgic movie you haven't seen in a little while. Just finished my third run through of the campaign as of this review. It's genuinely a little evergreen gem.
Just kind of a nice chill game.
TL;DR: One of the best solitaire games I've played, and I play a LOT of solitaires (Zachtronics, A Solitaire Mystery, Solitaire Master (Android)). - An engaging, unique, and challenging solitaire variant thanks to the mechanics in the various crews and their respective face cards - Presentation is so surprisingly high effort for what one would come to expect from a Solitaire game: stylish and customizable UI, music that dynamically responds to gameplay, FMV cutscenes - Story is melodramatic, campy, but takes itself just seriously enough to be fun The only thing I can think to take it over the top would be to go full Supergiant with side-mini games (not present in this iteration) and on the narrative (now that I mention it, I wonder if Transistor was an inspiration for this game?).
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