There are three main levels of difficulty in this game, "Beginner" (one suit), "Intermediate" (two suits) and "Advanced" (four suits).

Spider Solitaire starts with two decks of cards to be dealt, i.e. 104 cards, but certain suits are taken away from the beginner and intermediate levels. At the beginning of the game, ten stacks of cards are dealt, with only one card in each stack face up. The four stacks on the left have six cards in each stack, the six stacks on the right have five cards in each stack, and the rest of the cards are placed in the five stacks in the bottom right corner of the window (these cards are used when the player wants to deal a new column of cards).

The cards are moved by pulling them directly onto another row of stacks by dragging and dropping them. The rules for moving cards are as follows.

You can move any card at the bottom of the stack to an empty stack.

The bottom card of the stack can be moved to the next highest card in the deck (regardless of suit or color).

A stack of cards of the same suit, arranged in numerical order, can be moved as one card (the cursor must be pointed at the top card of the stack to be moved).

After completing a row of cards from K to A (with A at the bottom and in the same suit), the group will move to the bottom and the row will be completed.

When there is no way to continue the game (i.e. there are no more cards to move), press the stack in the lower right corner to deal the next row of cards. In addition, there must be at least one card in each stack before a new row is dealt (i.e., no empty stacks).

This game allows the player to recover the previous action, except when eliminating a row