its a poker-themed roguelike deckbuilder. sort of like slay the spire but with playing cards. jokers give effects and theres tarot cards, planet cards, spectral cards and so on and your goal is to get more and more poker chips through chaining things together or adding effects, playing different strategies. its really fun. its rather addictive once you get going
It’s a procedurally generated perma-death deck builder, where the only thing you unlock after death are new decks (which are essentially this game’s characters, of which I believe there are 10) and harder difficulties for each deck. You complete short 15-ish minute runs, where the only thing that makes the game easier is your own skill as you get better.
I like roguelikes and deckbuilders, and I LOVE slay the spire but I’m pretty ambivalent on poker. I’ve had my eye on this but is it just “poker but a little quirky” or would it be worth my time as a non poker fan?
its a poker-themed roguelike deckbuilder. sort of like slay the spire but with playing cards. jokers give effects and theres tarot cards, planet cards, spectral cards and so on and your goal is to get more and more poker chips through chaining things together or adding effects, playing different strategies. its really fun. its rather addictive once you get going
Has “roguelike” lost all meaning now?
It’s a procedurally generated perma-death deck builder, where the only thing you unlock after death are new decks (which are essentially this game’s characters, of which I believe there are 10) and harder difficulties for each deck. You complete short 15-ish minute runs, where the only thing that makes the game easier is your own skill as you get better.
Sounds like a roguelike/lite to me.
I like roguelikes and deckbuilders, and I LOVE slay the spire but I’m pretty ambivalent on poker. I’ve had my eye on this but is it just “poker but a little quirky” or would it be worth my time as a non poker fan?
I’ve never played a single game of poker IRL and I have 50+ hours in Balatro. It’s good.