- Forbidden Solitaire Deck Featured in The Art of Solitaire - 2 October 2026
New Deck: Forbidden SolitaireBy Night Signal Entertainment and Grey Alien Games Card designs from Forbidden Solitaire have crept into Art of Solitaire. The faces are plain on purpose: a suit symbol on grimy parchment and nothing else. Don't relax. Turn one over and the backs are covered in occult sigils, and one of them is looking at you. Check them out here:
- Announcing Forbidden Solitaire: The Discarded - 21 September 2026
Just when you thought the card-flipping horrors were over... new secrets are unearthed. Introducing a brand new story-driven DLC, Forbidden Solitaire: The Discarded!It's 2020. Play as Robyn Cierra, who excavates hidden files within the remnants of a cursed 1995 CD-ROM linked to a series of grisly events. A bizarre museum of scrapped content lies entombed deep within the code.You thought your sister was beyond saving. Until now...https://store.steampowered.com/app/5238350/Forbidden_Solitaire_The_Discarded/
- Forbidden Solitaire joins Tiny Teams! - 6 August 2026
Forbidden Solitaire is taking part in Tiny Teams - the world’s greatest Steam Festival celebrating small studios making big games.Exclusively featuring games from solo devs or micro studios, it is a week-long celebration on Steam, Twitch, and YouTube!To celebrate, you can pick up Forbidden Solitaire with a 25% discount!
- Forbidden Solitaire FREE Art Book Update! - 12 June 2026
If you love behind-the-scenes content for your favourite media, then we have a real treat in store for you. (There's no trick - it's not Halloween...yet!) Many of the amazing creatives who came together to make Forbidden Solitaire have contributed to the 50+ page digital art book, Forbidden Solitaire: The Making Of, which is jam-packed with insights into the weird and messy world of building a horror game with nothing but a few props, the internet, human ingenuity and nostalgia.Ever wondered what time signature is appropriate for a demon, how to stage a live-action scene with someone who is hundreds of miles away, or what makes a particular card-play sequence sing? We have crammed all this - and more - into our art book. And even better...it's completely FREE! That's right, if you own Forbidden Solitaire and have beaten the game, check Will's desktop. Click the new icon you find there t…
- V1.06 Update - 10 June 2026
- Fixed UI alignment if viewing shop on final level. - Added tooltips to New Game+ screen. - Added tooltips to Settings screen. - Made smaller tooltip for damage area when there are no extra modifiers. - Fixed Mana storm not playing background FMV + sound. - Fixed Mystic Missile not appearing in the shop as a free item in NG+ - In NG+ difficulty all items are now in the shop from the start so you can make a custom build.
- V1.05 Update - 24 May 2026
Just a small update as follows: - Fixed issue where Steam Cloud could cause the game's save data to reset if you had previously played the demo. - Player save data is now backed up every 10 levels. - "You found the secret" dialog no longer shows if tutorial is disabled.
- New Game+ Difficulty Mode Added - 22 May 2026
To celebrate National Solitaire Day, we have just updated Forbidden Solitaire with a New Game+ difficulty mode!It's balanced for players who own all gems+jokers, and features harder puzzle and combat levels. Enjoy!
- V1.04 Update - 22 May 2026
- Added NG+ difficulty to the New Game+ screen. This is balanced for players who own all gems+jokers and features harder puzzle and combat levels. - Combat only jokers will no longer spawn in NG+ mode if the Level Filter is set to Puzzle. - Prevented some tutorial dialogs from showing if tutorial is disabled in settings. - Fixed Messenger not showing on title screen if New Game+ story filter wasn't set to All. - Made title screen Messenger always show all messages if the player has beat the game.
- V1.03 Update - 15 May 2026
Just a small update as follows: - Hopefully stopped hand 57 from showing "failed to generate beatable layout" error on rare occasions. - Mana Storm is now allowed on hand 1 in NG+ - Victory credits no longer loop and the button changes to "Continue". - Fixed Menu button not being clickable on level 60 on Steam Deck. - Increased hitbox size for Menu button and Title Screen exit button on Steam Deck.
- 'New Game+' Update & Steam Trading Cards! - 9 May 2026
Many of you have been asking for some form of 'New Game+' mode in the reviews, comments and forums, and so the developers didst heed thy prayers!INTRODUCING 'NEW GAME+'Beat the main game, but still craving MORE solitaire? We've created a NEW GAME+ mode just for you! Go to The Forbidden Solitaire title screen and click the NEW GAME+ button. You can now replay any level, and adjust various parameters to create your own challenges. Check the pinned New Game+ post in the forums for more details.STEAM TRADING CARDS ADDED!In addition to all of the changes listed below, we have also now added Steam Trading Cards! Complete with unlockable Badges, Emoticons, and Backgrounds! CHANGES IN THIS UPDATE V1.02Added New Game+ button to 1995 title screen. This button only appears after you have beat the main game. It will allow you to replay any level and to adjust various parameters.Improved level gener…
- Forbidden Solitaire Merch Now Available! - 6 May 2026
Good news for fans of Heartblade Interactive's banned 1995 CD-ROM! We recently teamed up with the creative team at The Yetee to bring to life this wicked collection of Forbidden Solitaire MERCH! Including a 'Heartblade' keychain, a 'Jester' pin and a two-sided 'Heartblade Interactive' Staff tee! ⚔️💔🃏 Pre-order the collection here, if you dare: https://theyetee.com/collections/forbidden-solitaire
- Update V1.01 - 2 May 2026
Improved memory handling for FMVs.
- Thank You All For 10K Copies Sold! - 2 May 2026
It's only been 48 hours and Forbidden Solitaire hit a major milestone, selling 10 THOUSAND copies so far! 🤯💀 Thank you all so much for your support and for all of your kind reviews, feedback and enthusiasm for our strange little game. We're grateful to be able to keep doing what we do, and excited for things to come. 😊
- Forbidden Solitaire is AVAILABLE NOW! - 30 April 2026
FORBIDDEN SOLITAIRE is NOW AVAILABLE! You can finally dive into the lost 1995 CD-ROM that never should have existed, if you dare.We also have some killer bundles you won't want to miss: starting with the Deluxe Edition, which comes bundled with the game's Original Soundtrack, comprising 30 haunting tracks including the original single "Mirage" written for the game by occult rock group Graveyard Violet! If you have the appetite for two accursed card-based meta horrors at once - grab the Inscryption x Forbidden Solitaire Bundle:There's also a fantastic opportunity to pick up two strange titles that redefine classic casual genres, in the irresistibly bizarre form of our Titanium Court x Forbidden Solitaire Bundle:And if you want more strategic solitaire combat or more analog horrors from the creators of Forbidden Solitaire, we have you covered with these two studio bundles from Grey Alien…
- Forbidden Solitaire is launching NEXT WEEK, April 30th! (NEW TRAILER) - 23 April 2026
Thy end is nigh! Today, during the Second Wind Games Showcase we announced that Forbidden Solitaire is officially launching NEXT WEEK, on April 30th! To deliver this news, we dropped a new trailer from the archives - an in-universe advertisement that originally aired in 1995! When your mother sees this, she'll surely forbid you from going anywhere near this evil filth.Be sure to add Forbidden Solitaire to your wishlist, and go forth to help us spread the word!
- 50,000 Wishlists!!! - 25 February 2026
You vaguely remember seeing ads for this game, and some kind of controversy, but you never got the chance to play it... Until now.
- Over 10,000 Demo Downloads - 21 January 2026
Over 10,000 of you have downloaded the demo for Forbidden Solitaire since it mysteriously leaked to Steam on Friday. Don't forget to warn your friends and family - there's probably a good reason it was suppressed... ❤️♠️
- Forbidden Solitaire warns us to uninstall it 'before it's too late,' but I played the demo anyway and now I want more - 16 January 2026
The Steam page for Forbidden Solitaire warns you to uninstall it "before it's too late." I saw this a few moments after closing the demo that just dropped today, so it's possible my PC is now haunted by unimaginable horrors. But as a Windows user in 2026, I've probably seen worse , so I'm just going to go ahead and tell you why I think this haunted little card game is worth the risk and we'll see if I survive until the end... Read more.
- Forbidden Solitaire DEMO out now! - 16 January 2026
"Despite attempts at strict containment by Heartblade Interactive and censorship by ratings agencies and media outlets - a public demo version of banned 1995 CD-ROM ‘Forbidden Solitaire’ leaked to the public today on Steam."There's a 25-45 minute demo - and you can try it right now! Be among the first to set foot in the Forbidden Dungeon, grabbing any loot or upgrades you find. You might come across police reports or disturbing news from the game's release in 1995, but that's not going to stop you. You've wanted to play this for as long as you can remember...👇👇👇 PLAY THE DEMO 👇👇👇
- Disturbing New Forbidden Solitaire Trailer Unleashed - 7 August 2025
We're horrified to announce that a new unseen trailer for the banned 1995 title Forbidden Solitaire has surfaced. Bizarrely, it seems to contain some audio of the original developers at the now defunct Heartblade Interactive, along with grisly clips from the game itself.Tiny TeamsIn further concerning news, this title has been included in Yogscast Games' Tiny Teams 2025 event, which starts today. If you encounter any streamers in possession of a short demo build of the game, please exercise extreme caution.
