NERTS! Online
Released Jan 2021
NERTS! Online is a fast-paced competitive solitaire game for you and up to five of your friends, played the same way we play it at the Zachtronics office!
95% positive · 1,695 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
NERTS! Online is a free-to-play competitive card game released on January 5, 2021. The developer (Zachtronics) shipped a flurry of updates in the weeks following launch — adding lobby features, matchmaking, and high-visibility card faces — and released the only DLC, the "Sponsorship Package," on February 1, 2021. The last developer communication of any kind was a bug fix on November 12, 2021, which addressed a scoring exploit. There have been no updates, announcements, or developer posts since that date. The store description frames the game as a complete, passion-project release ("Have fun!"), and the developer's own tone throughout was that of a small team shipping a finished, internally-used card game to the public. Zachtronics has since announced the studio's wind-down, which is consistent with the cessation of updates. The single DLC is released and there are no unreleased DLC entries, no roadmap, and no outstanding commitments. The game launched as a complete product and all post-launch activity had concluded by November 12, 2021.
Evidence
Bug fix for a secret scoring exploit — the final developer update to the game as of June 2026.
Major update adding house rules and the Sponsorship Package DLC, the only paid content ever released for the game.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Zachtronics
Achievements
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Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Multiplayer · PvP
About this game
Nerts is a fast-paced competitive solitaire game for you and up to five of your friends!
Unlike the rest of our solitaire games, we did not invent Nerts. We learned about it from our artist Kyle, who has played it for years, and started playing it after lunch in the Zachtronics office. Over time we added more to it, including house rules, longer tournaments, and even a theme song.
When we started working from home in early 2020 we made a rough version of the game to play over the internet, which eventually (nine months later) was cleaned up and turned into this. The game includes a few Zachtronics additions, like players being allowed to move cards between their Nerts pile and their tableau after Nerts has been called. It's free, but you do technically unlock card backs by owning our other games, so let's pretend that's a legitimate monetization strategy.
(UPDATE: We've also added an optional "Sponsorship Package" DLC you can purchase, which unlocks a NERTS! Online themed card back and a special holographic foil effect you can use with any of the other card backs.)
Have fun!
Unlike the rest of our solitaire games, we did not invent Nerts. We learned about it from our artist Kyle, who has played it for years, and started playing it after lunch in the Zachtronics office. Over time we added more to it, including house rules, longer tournaments, and even a theme song.
When we started working from home in early 2020 we made a rough version of the game to play over the internet, which eventually (nine months later) was cleaned up and turned into this. The game includes a few Zachtronics additions, like players being allowed to move cards between their Nerts pile and their tableau after Nerts has been called. It's free, but you do technically unlock card backs by owning our other games, so let's pretend that's a legitimate monetization strategy.
(UPDATE: We've also added an optional "Sponsorship Package" DLC you can purchase, which unlocks a NERTS! Online themed card back and a special holographic foil effect you can use with any of the other card backs.)
Have fun!
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Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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