Hearts - Expert AI - Customizable card strategy

Experience a wide range of enjoyable versions: Standard, Omnibus (Ten or Jack of Diamonds), Team, Spot, Hooligan, Pip, Black Maria, and others!

Create your personalized Hearts version by assigning point values to the cards. Allow the AI to play your chosen variant!

If you’re new to Hearts, the NeuralPlay AI will provide suggested passes and plays to help you learn as you participate!

Are you an advanced Hearts player? Engage with six different levels of AI difficulty presented by NeuralPlay’s AI.

Key features encompass:

• Undo functionality.

• Helpful hints.

• Offline gaming capability.

• Comprehensive statistics tracking.

• Hand replay option.

• Hand skipping feature.

• Customization options including deck backs, color themes, and more.

• Play checker to supervise your passes and plays during the game and identify discrepancies.

• Review gameplay trick by trick throughout the hand.

• Varied levels of computer AI tailored to suit players from beginners to experts.

• Innovative thinking AI designed to be a formidable opponent across different rule variations.

• Claim mechanic for securing remaining tricks when holding high cards.

• Achievements and leaderboards to track progress.

Rule customization options include:

• Pass directions. Determine which pass directions to incorporate: hold, left, right, or across.

• Number of cards for passing. Decide whether to pass between 3 to 5 cards.

• Initial lead. Select if the Two of Clubs leads or the player to the left of the dealer starts.

• Points on the first trick. Choose whether points should count in the initial trick.

• Hearts lead anytime. Decide if hearts must be broken before they can be led.

• The Queen of Spades and hearts. Choose if playing the Queen of Spades breaks hearts.

• Customize point values for the cards. Create your own variant of Hearts.

• Team setup. Opt to have players seated directly opposite each other on the same team.

• Shooting the Moon rules. Choose to add points, subtract points, or turn off the Shooting the Moon feature.

• Exciting scoring mechanisms. Set up conditions to revert scores back to 0 after reaching either 100 or 50 points.

• Shooting the Sun.

• Double points card option.

Review: Your Ultimate Digital Card Table – Where Hearts Becomes an Obsession

Forget basic solitaire – this isn't just a card game; it's an endlessly engaging, masterfully crafted portal into the world of Hearts that has utterly captivated me. What elevates it above any other digital card app is the sheer depth: NeuralPlay's AI feels astonishingly human, actively teaching you strategy with smart hints and passes when you're learning, then ruthlessly punishing misplays across six escalating difficulty tiers once you're hooked. The ability to create my own bespoke Hearts variants blew me away – assigning unique point values to cards, tweaking moon shooting rules, or setting wild "Double Points" conditions transforms familiar gameplay into something thrillingly personal. Playing Spot? Omnibus? Hooligan? It handles obscure rulesets flawlessly.

Features I adore: the "Play Checker" is a genius tutor that validates moves and catches errors in real-time, the "Claim" mechanic adds satisfying speed to late-game tricks, and reviewing gameplay trick-by-trick offers invaluable insights. Combined with beautiful custom themes, comprehensive stats tracking, offline reliability, and seamless rule customizations (passing 5 cards? Making the Two of Clubs optional? Team play?), this is the pinnacle of digital card craftsmanship. It's not just Hearts; it's your perfect, pocket-sized card club.

Key Features & FAQs Answered:

Q: How "smart" is the AI really?

A: NeuralPlay’s AI is exceptional. It learns, adapts, and strategically pressures players at 6 distinct difficulty levels. The "Thinking AI" engine analyzes probabilities, opponents' likely holdings, and complex variant rules to offer deeply challenging competition far beyond simple algorithms.

Q: Can I really invent ANY rule variation?

A: Almost! Go deep: Assign custom point values to any card (make Jack of Diamonds worth -5? Ace of Hearts +20?), modify Shooting the Moon effects (subtract points, add points, disable it), decide if Hearts/QoSpades break automatically, force players to pass 3-5 cards in specific directions, enable "Shooting the Sun", activate Double Points cards, and much more. The customization is staggering.

Q: How does the "Play Checker" and replay work?

A: Play Checker: During your turn, it monitors the legality of your intended plays according to the variant's rules. If you try an illegal move (leading hearts unbroken when forbidden), it alerts you before you commit. Hand Replay: After a hand, you can replay every trick move-by-move to analyze strategy, see what cards opponents played, and understand how the hand unfolded – a phenomenal learning tool.

Q: What's unique about "Claiming"?

A: If you hold all remaining high cards in a suit (e.g., Ace, King, Queen of Spades with 3 tricks left), you can "Claim" the remaining tricks without playing them out. It acknowledges your guaranteed wins, significantly speeding up late-game play in long sessions.

Q: Is it good for beginners AND experts?

A: Perfectly. Beginners: Enable Hints and let the AI suggest passes/plays to learn core concepts. Experts: Disable hints, crank up AI difficulty, dive into complex variants (like Spot or Black Maria), compete on leaderboards, and master statistical probability tracking. The robust statistics covering pass effectiveness, moon shot success rate, and scoring distribution cater to serious players.