Free Card Game Downloads

Free card games can be a fun and effective way to kill time, relax or sharpen your skills. But finding free card game downloads can be tedious and difficult. Often many web sites advertise free card game downloads, but then limit game play or features. Here is a comprehensive list of five web sites that offer free card game downloads, which specific games each site offers and an overview of how to install the downloaded games onto your PC or laptop.

Winpcware

Winpcware is a site dedicated to free Windows downloads. Under the games section link there is a subheading labeled as "Card Games." By clicking on this link users are taken to a listing of several free card game downloads. Rummi is a popular free game download that is modeled after the Gin Rummy card game. The site also offers casino style card game. Other games are available for free download through this site, including slot machine style games.

To install the games from this web site users must first download them by clicking on the "Download" button, located just beneath the game description in each section. When the download dialog opens up users should click on the "Run" option. From here users are guided, step by step, with on screen instructions.

Although this site offers quite a few free card game downloads, some of the links may not work or be outdated. If this occurs users should contact the web site's administrator to have the game links fixed or removed from the listing.

Tucows

Tucows.com offers a free 500 card game download for Windows. The game is described as a blend of Spades and Euchre. The game boasts a training program, customizable characters and customizable rules.

AlexSoft

Alex-soft.net offers a large variety of free card game downloads. Some of the featured games are Empire Poker, Poker Lines, Jacks or Better and Pyramid Solitaire. All of the games in the freeware section of the website are available for free download and installation.

Anyone can install and run the games listed in this area of the site as long as they are running Windows 95 or newer. In order to download and install, simply click on the small "download" check box underneath the description of the game you want. When I checked the web site out, all of the games that were available for free download worked properly and downloaded fine.

The web site also offers a selection of non-card game style games and links to the webmaster's own series of games.

FreeFunFiles

FreeFunFiles lists both free and pay game downloads. Make sure to pay attention to the price listed below each of the game. Although there are several pay-to-download games (some costing upwards of $20) there are also several free card games that are offered for download.

Many of the game downloads that are offered at this site are collections of games. For example 123 Free Memory is a collection of 5 memory based card games. 1^st Free Solitaire is a collection of seven different solitaire games. As is the case with the other web sites, users must only click on the "download" button at the end of each game description. After clicking run, users are guided through the installation process step by step.

Make sure to check the required Operating System, labeled OS, at the end of each game description. Many of the games listed on this web site only work with Windows 2000 or XP.

Games-Soft

Games-soft offers a short list of free card game downloads. Although the list is short, it only features the web sites best free card games. 5 Card Deluxe, a game which combines poker and solitaire, Aloha Solitaire, a mix of solitaire and mahjong, and Mystery Solitaire, a solitaire game featuring 60 unique solitaire layouts, are just a few of the games listed on the web site.

By clicking on the card game name, users are taken to a download page where they can download and install the game.

The web site does not list compatible operating systems for the games. Due to this, some of the games may not work on older operating systems. Games may also be incompatible with newer operating systems such as Windows Vista.

A word of caution: Although I have downloaded and checked out most of the games available from these web sites, as always, users need to be careful about what they download and where it comes from on the Internet. It is advised that you create a save point before installing any product from unknown sources.