Solitaire Grand Harvest

Yes, that really is Kevin Bacon on the farm — the actor is the current guest star of Solitaire Grand Harvest, and helping him build his dream farm is the frame for the whole game. Underneath the celebrity cameo sits a sturdy idea: TriPeaks Solitaire, dealt endlessly, with every win feeding a farm you slowly build and decorate.

TriPeaks is the friendliest solitaire variant there is. Three peaks of cards face you, and you clear them by picking cards one rank higher or lower than the card showing — long chains feel wonderful, and a level takes a couple of minutes. Wins pay out stars, credits, and gems, with boosters to rescue a stuck board and reward crates that upgrade the more you play.

The winnings have somewhere to go. The MyFarm feature lets you spend gems decorating and personalizing your farm, harvest crops for extra credits, and set up a cozy corner for the farm pets, while a companion named Sam pops up with bonus credits and surprises. Daily gifts, a prize wheel for boosters and gems, and daily challenges keep the loop topped up.

It plays online or offline, and there is a browser version as well. It is free with optional in-app purchases, and Playtika markets it to an adult audience even though nothing about it is edgy. If you want a card game that relaxes instead of competing, this is one of the most polished — and best-populated — TriPeaks games going.