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NERTS! Online

NERTS! Online

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!

Released Jan 5, 2021 Developer Zachtronics Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux SolitaireMultiplayerCasualPvPCard Game
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

95.4%positive1,562 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Matt Matt go away, spike my cortisol another day”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Addictive as heck! Love to Nerts on my friends.”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“super cut throat, so much fun with multiplayer solitaire”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:19 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

4playing at last check
1924-hour peak
369all-time peak
0 100 200 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 139 avg · Jan 2021

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Nov 12, 2021
UPDATE: Fix for secret scoring bug

Today's update fixes the secret scoring bug where you could get an extra two points by holding one of your Nerts cards when you click the "LOCK IN" button. I probably should have fixed this months ago

Mar 14, 2021
UPDATE: Ping times and ready overrides

Today's update adds ping times to the lobby list and an "override ready" button that the host can use to force uncooperative players to ready up.

Feb 02, 2021
UPDATE: Fix for holographic effect on OpenGL

Just a quick update to fix the holographic card backs on Mac and Linux, which use OpenGL instead of DirectX. Oops!

Feb 01, 2021
UPDATE: House rules, "Sponsorship Package" DLC

Today's update brings back the Nerts bonus as one of three new "house rules" that can be enabled in non-public lobbies. You can now change the Nerts bonus (0, 5, or 10 points), change the length of th

Jan 25, 2021
UPDATE: High-visibility card faces

Today's update adds an option to toggle between standard card faces and new high-visibility card faces, which have larger numbers and a single large suit symbol in the center.

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Casual, Free To Play, Indie
Player tagsSolitaire · Multiplayer · Casual · PvP · Card Game · Tabletop · Free to Play · 2D · Indie · Family Friendly · Action · Top-Down (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · PvP · Online PvP
LanguagesEnglish
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.zachtronics.com/nerts-online
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 Processor: 2.0 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 1366 x 768 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 250 MB available space