The Solitaire Conspiracy

The Solitaire Conspiracy

Released Oct 2020

We need your help, Spymaster. Join a world of near-future spies and take on a supervillain in this supercharged take on classic Solitaire. Precision engineered for replayable espionage action.

89% positive · 769 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Evaluation

The Solitaire Conspiracy launched on October 6, 2020 and received a steady stream of free post-launch updates. Bithell Games committed early on to a regular update cadence, delivering new game modes (Campaign Plus, Daily Hotspots), quality-of-life improvements, and most importantly two new crews via their own FMV mini-campaigns: The Merry on December 8, 2020, and The Atlantis Project on June 11, 2021. The January 2021 roadmap explicitly described these two updates as the planned content for the first half of 2021, and the February 2021 patch notes confirmed The Atlantis Project as the next (and implied final) planned crew addition. After The Atlantis Project shipped on June 11, 2021, no further content announcements, roadmaps, or developer communications have appeared. The developer's prior pattern was to always announce what was coming next — every update post included a "Planned Features for Next Update" section — but the June 2021 Atlantis Project post contains no such forward-looking section, marking a clean stop in that communication pattern. With no unreleased DLC on the store, no announced future content, and no developer posts since June 11, 2021, the game appears to have concluded its post-launch content cycle with the delivery of its tenth and final crew.
Evidence
The Atlantis Project crew launched as the tenth crew, with its own FMV mini-campaign. This is the last developer post on record, and unlike all prior update posts, it does not include a 'Planned Features for Next Update' section.
news post · Jun 11, 2021 source development ending
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Developer roadmap for first half of 2021 outlines exactly two updates: the TLC quality-of-life patch (February) and The Atlantis Project crew (summer). No content is described beyond these two items.
news post · Jan 20, 2021 source content planned
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Details

Developer
Publisher
Bithell Games
Achievements
20
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

High Stakes, Highly Powered

Protego, the world’s leading spy agency, has been destroyed. Only one person can wield C.A.R.D.S to take control of Protego’s scattered spy crews and save the world.

You.

Guided by Protego’s only remaining analyst, Jim Ratio (Greg Miller), you must master the unique powers of each crew in a game of tactical Solitaire like none you’ve ever played before. Guide your crews home in a tale of intrigue where nobody can be trusted. Keep your cool in a world of AI spies and cyber-enhanced operators.

Once you’ve taken back control of Protego, choose from five different modes for endless replayability that fits your preferred play style. 

Key Features

  • Five modes to suit your play style:

    • Campaign - A tightly packed story that introduces the game’s mechanics.

    • Campaign Plus - Limited turns and locked tables require optimal tactics to solve.

    • Countdown - Test your endurance with wave after wave of unique decks.

    • Skirmish - An infinite playground to enjoy unlocked crews.

    • Daily Hotspot – Bite-sized challenges for your crews to face every day.

  • Beautiful original character artwork and atmospheric design put you at the heart of your own cyberpunk conspiracy.

  • No heightened game of Solitaire would be complete without full FMV cutscenes, featuring Greg Miller and Inel Tomlinson in an original story from the team behind Thomas Was Alone, Volume, Subsurface Circular and John Wick Hex.

  • FREE UPDATES The Return of The Merry and The Atlantis Project add new crews, new cards, new music, and new FMV cutscenes featuring Samantha Béart (North Star Rising, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - BBC Radio) and Alanah Pearce (Afterparty, Cyberpunk 2077).

  • Original soundtrack composed by Jon Everist (Battletech, Shadowrun: Hong Kong, Shadowrun: Dragonfall).

FAQs

Is this a solitaire game?

Yes-ish. The Solitaire Conspiracy is inspired by a variant of solitaire called Streets and Alleys, but with some small adjustments and the big addition of suit based powers. Campaign, Campaign Plus, Daily Hotspots and Skirmish (choose your own suits and powers) are take-at-your-own-pace experiences that fit into your schedule. Countdown mode is a place to test your skills with nuanced powers against a ticking clock. This game is endlessly replayable.

Are there microtransactions?

Nope.

Is this Bithell Short an entry in the “Circular” series?

No. While our previous Bithell Shorts (Subsurface Circular and Quarantine Circular) have been twists on the text adventure, The Solitaire Conspiracy is a new take on solitaire. We love storytelling and world-building, so it absolutely contains a full narrative experience, which we’re telling via full-motion video (FMV) and in-game lore. We decided to use the Bithell Short name to signal something digestible and original. Thanks for continuing to support these odd experiments between our larger projects.

Do I need to have played other Bithell Shorts games to enjoy this one?

Not at all. The Solitaire Conspiracy is an entirely different game from Subsurface Circular and Quarantine Circular. It tells its own self-contained story set in a world of spies and intrigue. Of course, our games are all set in a shared universe, so expect some mentions of old friends.

If this game is ‘short’, what’s to stop me getting a refund when I’m done?

The Solitaire Conspiracy is our third Bithell Short (and with continued support from the player base our biggest). Our previous two games, Subsurface Circular and Quarantine Circular, both have a return rate of less than 2%. Steam players have shown us that they understand the work that goes into games, and are up for paying for ones that entertain them. Thank you (again).

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