diff --git a/.changeset/dirty-teachers-hug.md b/.changeset/dirty-teachers-hug.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..97aacb1d7fd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dirty-teachers-hug.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-svelte': patch
+---
+
+Added the option to add Vitest to new projects
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/bin.js b/packages/create-svelte/bin.js
index 94c3dc529d9e..32db8d6e08e9 100755
--- a/packages/create-svelte/bin.js
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/bin.js
@@ -110,6 +110,14 @@ async function main() {
 					initial: false,
 					active: 'Yes',
 					inactive: 'No'
+				},
+				{
+					type: 'toggle',
+					name: 'vitest',
+					message: 'Add Vitest for unit testing?',
+					initial: false,
+					active: 'Yes',
+					inactive: 'No'
 				}
 			],
 			{
@@ -150,6 +158,11 @@ async function main() {
 		console.log(cyan('  https://playwright.dev'));
 	}
 
+	if (options.vitest) {
+		console.log(bold('✔ Vitest'));
+		console.log(cyan('  https://vitest.dev'));
+	}
+
 	console.log('\nInstall community-maintained integrations:');
 	console.log(cyan('  https://github.com/svelte-add/svelte-adders'));
 
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/scripts/update-template-repo-contents.js b/packages/create-svelte/scripts/update-template-repo-contents.js
index 60f3cbee84e0..1eb7a07dc7db 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/scripts/update-template-repo-contents.js
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/scripts/update-template-repo-contents.js
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ await create(repo, {
 	eslint: false,
 	types: 'checkjs',
 	prettier: true,
-	playwright: false
+	playwright: false,
+	vitest: false
 });
 
 // Remove the Sverdle from the template because it doesn't work within Stackblitz (cookies not set)
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+default+vitest/src/routes/sverdle/game.test.ts b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+default+vitest/src/routes/sverdle/game.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..99028b6f561e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+default+vitest/src/routes/sverdle/game.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { Game } from './game';
+
+describe('game test', () => {
+	it('returns true when a valid word is entered', () => {
+		const game = new Game();
+		expect(game.enter('zorro'.split(''))).toBe(true);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright+skeletonlib/tests/test.ts b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright+skeletonlib/tests/test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4e579377eed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright+skeletonlib/tests/test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
+
+test('index page has expected h1', async ({ page }) => {
+	await page.goto('/');
+	expect(await page.textContent('h1')).toBe('Welcome to SvelteKit');
+});
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright+typescript/playwright.config.ts b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright+typescript/playwright.config.ts
index 6ad3a7faa279..2d5a65aee723 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright+typescript/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright+typescript/playwright.config.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
 	webServer: {
 		command: 'npm run build && npm run preview',
 		port: 4173
-	}
+	},
+	testMatch: 'tests/**/.*(test|spec).(js|ts)'
 };
 
 export default config;
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright-typescript/playwright.config.js b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright-typescript/playwright.config.js
index ea17df6ed35d..99422c1de342 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright-typescript/playwright.config.js
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+playwright-typescript/playwright.config.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ const config = {
 	webServer: {
 		command: 'npm run build && npm run preview',
 		port: 4173
-	}
+	},
+	testMatch: 'tests/**/.*(test|spec).(js|ts)'
 };
 
 export default config;
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+vitest+skeleton/src/index.test.ts b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+vitest+skeleton/src/index.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e07cbbd72507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+vitest+skeleton/src/index.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+
+describe('sum test', () => {
+	it('adds 1 + 2 to equal 3', () => {
+		expect(1 + 2).toBe(3);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+vitest+skeletonlib/src/index.test.ts b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+vitest+skeletonlib/src/index.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e07cbbd72507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+vitest+skeletonlib/src/index.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+
+describe('sum test', () => {
+	it('adds 1 + 2 to equal 3', () => {
+		expect(1 + 2).toBe(3);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+vitest/package.json b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+vitest/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fea2892af5e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+vitest/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+	"devDependencies": {
+		"vitest": "^0.23.4"
+	},
+	"scripts": {
+		"test:unit": "vitest"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+vitest/vite.config.js b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+vitest/vite.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..652979fb41bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+vitest/vite.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { sveltekit } from '@sveltejs/kit/vite';
+
+/** @type {import('vite').UserConfig} */
+const config = {
+	plugins: [sveltekit()],
+	test: {
+		include: ['src/**/*.{test,spec}.{js,ts}']
+	}
+};
+
+export default config;
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/shared/vite.config.ts b/packages/create-svelte/shared/vite.config.js
similarity index 67%
rename from packages/create-svelte/shared/vite.config.ts
rename to packages/create-svelte/shared/vite.config.js
index 60ef89c74357..8747050534d8 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/shared/vite.config.ts
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/shared/vite.config.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { sveltekit } from '@sveltejs/kit/vite';
-import type { UserConfig } from 'vite';
 
 /** @type {import('vite').UserConfig} */
-const config: UserConfig = {
+const config = {
 	plugins: [sveltekit()]
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/templates/default/src/routes/sverdle/+page.server.ts b/packages/create-svelte/templates/default/src/routes/sverdle/+page.server.ts
index b95dbde04d00..9e8075993ab6 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/templates/default/src/routes/sverdle/+page.server.ts
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/templates/default/src/routes/sverdle/+page.server.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { invalid } from '@sveltejs/kit';
-import { words, allowed } from './words.server';
+import { Game } from './game';
 import type { PageServerLoad, Actions } from './$types';
 
 /** @type {import('./$types').PageServerLoad} */
@@ -69,79 +69,3 @@ export const actions: Actions = {
 		cookies.delete('sverdle');
 	}
 };
-
-class Game {
-	index: number;
-	guesses: string[];
-	answers: string[];
-	answer: string;
-
-	/**
-	 * Create a game object from the player's cookie, or initialise a new game
-	 * @param {string | undefined} serialized
-	 */
-	constructor(serialized: string | undefined) {
-		if (serialized) {
-			const [index, guesses, answers] = serialized.split('-');
-
-			this.index = +index;
-			this.guesses = guesses ? guesses.split(' ') : [];
-			this.answers = answers ? answers.split(' ') : [];
-		} else {
-			this.index = Math.floor(Math.random() * words.length);
-			this.guesses = ['', '', '', '', '', ''];
-			this.answers = /** @type {string[]} */ [] /***/;
-		}
-
-		this.answer = words[this.index];
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Update game state based on a guess of a five-letter word. Returns
-	 * true if the guess was valid, false otherwise
-	 * @param {string[]} letters
-	 */
-	enter(letters: string[]) {
-		const word = letters.join('');
-		const valid = allowed.has(word);
-
-		if (!valid) return false;
-
-		this.guesses[this.answers.length] = word;
-
-		const available = Array.from(this.answer);
-		const answer = Array(5).fill('_');
-
-		// first, find exact matches
-		for (let i = 0; i < 5; i += 1) {
-			if (letters[i] === available[i]) {
-				answer[i] = 'x';
-				available[i] = ' ';
-			}
-		}
-
-		// then find close matches (this has to happen
-		// in a second step, otherwise an early close
-		// match can prevent a later exact match)
-		for (let i = 0; i < 5; i += 1) {
-			if (answer[i] === '_') {
-				const index = available.indexOf(letters[i]);
-				if (index !== -1) {
-					answer[i] = 'c';
-					available[index] = ' ';
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		this.answers.push(answer.join(''));
-
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Serialize game state so it can be set as a cookie
-	 */
-	toString() {
-		return `${this.index}-${this.guesses.join(' ')}-${this.answers.join(' ')}`;
-	}
-}
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/templates/default/src/routes/sverdle/game.ts b/packages/create-svelte/templates/default/src/routes/sverdle/game.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d5cbe932e4cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/templates/default/src/routes/sverdle/game.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { words, allowed } from './words.server';
+
+export class Game {
+	index: number;
+	guesses: string[];
+	answers: string[];
+	answer: string;
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a game object from the player's cookie, or initialise a new game
+	 * @param {string | undefined} serialized
+	 */
+	constructor(serialized: string | undefined = undefined) {
+		if (serialized) {
+			const [index, guesses, answers] = serialized.split('-');
+
+			this.index = +index;
+			this.guesses = guesses ? guesses.split(' ') : [];
+			this.answers = answers ? answers.split(' ') : [];
+		} else {
+			this.index = Math.floor(Math.random() * words.length);
+			this.guesses = ['', '', '', '', '', ''];
+			this.answers = /** @type {string[]} */ [] /***/;
+		}
+
+		this.answer = words[this.index];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Update game state based on a guess of a five-letter word. Returns
+	 * true if the guess was valid, false otherwise
+	 * @param {string[]} letters
+	 */
+	enter(letters: string[]) {
+		const word = letters.join('');
+		const valid = allowed.has(word);
+
+		if (!valid) return false;
+
+		this.guesses[this.answers.length] = word;
+
+		const available = Array.from(this.answer);
+		const answer = Array(5).fill('_');
+
+		// first, find exact matches
+		for (let i = 0; i < 5; i += 1) {
+			if (letters[i] === available[i]) {
+				answer[i] = 'x';
+				available[i] = ' ';
+			}
+		}
+
+		// then find close matches (this has to happen
+		// in a second step, otherwise an early close
+		// match can prevent a later exact match)
+		for (let i = 0; i < 5; i += 1) {
+			if (answer[i] === '_') {
+				const index = available.indexOf(letters[i]);
+				if (index !== -1) {
+					answer[i] = 'c';
+					available[index] = ' ';
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		this.answers.push(answer.join(''));
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Serialize game state so it can be set as a cookie
+	 */
+	toString() {
+		return `${this.index}-${this.guesses.join(' ')}-${this.answers.join(' ')}`;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/types/internal.d.ts b/packages/create-svelte/types/internal.d.ts
index 8571807655d2..612d1cd3ceba 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/types/internal.d.ts
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/types/internal.d.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export type Options = {
 	prettier: boolean;
 	eslint: boolean;
 	playwright: boolean;
+	vitest: boolean;
 };
 
 export type File = {
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ export type Condition =
 	| 'typescript'
 	| 'checkjs'
 	| 'playwright'
+	| 'vitest'
 	| 'skeleton'
 	| 'default'
 	| 'skeletonlib';