Microsoft used Hearts to showcase the new NetDDE technology by enabling multiple players to play simultaneously across a computer network.

As part of the operating system, it is deleted upon upgrading to Windows 10 from an earlier version.

On The Microsoft Hearts Network for Windows for Workgroups 3.1, the default opponent names are Anna, Lynda, and Terri.

In later versions, the three default opponent names, Pauline, Michele, and Ben, were specified by the program's developer.

Gameplay follows the rules of a version of the Black Lady variant of Hearts.

The user is given thirteen pseudo-random playing cards, and selects any three of them to pass.

The concept of revoking, failing to follow suit when able, does not exist in the computer version of Hearts.

In real-life card play there is a penalty for any revoke that is discovered to have taken place; in the computer version the computer does not permit players to revoke and instructs the player to follow suit.

When the game ends, the score of the winning player(s) is shown in red.