# FreeCell

5 Hacker News commenters recommended FreeCell and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a classic Windows solitaire game that helped players improve; the most common caveat is that the modern version changed the card decks.

## Why people recommend it

- Enjoyable classic card game (2 comments): "I personally enjoy playing Free Cell with a deck of actual cards" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48298534)) "our only win was Freecell" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50251775))

## What people warn about

- Card decks changed in modern version (1 comments): "She hated the new version that came out somewhere along the way because the card decks changed." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50251964))
- Modern version considered worse (2 comments): "She hated the new version that came out somewhere along the way because the card decks changed." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50251964)) "She was right, the modern freecell sucks" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50252573))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Magic: The Gathering](https://hackerapproved.com/p/magic-the-gathering.md): 27 recommend
- [Dominion by Donald X. Vaccarino](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dominion.md): 14 recommend
- [Inscryption](https://hackerapproved.com/p/inscryption.md): 11 recommend
- [Solitaire Alone Together](https://hackerapproved.com/p/solitaire-alone-together.md): 11 recommend
- [Everdeck](https://hackerapproved.com/p/everdeck-a-universal-card-system.md): 9 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "FreeCell", https://hackerapproved.com/p/freecell/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).