This game is excellent. Despite having a very simple game and progression structure, it is extremely easy to dump multiple hours in one session on this game. It is sad for me to say that I have dumped 25 hours in this game in the past week or so, it's that addicting—except it's not, it's dedication. Overall, the premise is simple, you are playing poker hands to gain chips and beat the required chip counts of each bind. Better hands give better chips in addition to a higher multiplier (mult). But then the twists come in.

Jokers

Jokers add to the game by giving different abilities. Some add mult, some multiply your mult, add chips to certain poker hands, give you money for free, or even destroy each other for some added benefit. The list goes on.

The Shop

This is only the surface though, in addition you have cards and packs you can buy in the shop:

• Tarot packs (tarot cards) allow you to delete cards from your deck, enhance them to give you additional chips, add/multiply mult, add a seal that gives you additional cards, or give you cash to use in the shop.
  
• Celestial packs (planetary cards) are used to level up each type of poker hand to give you additional base chips and mult.
  
• Standard packs give you regular and enhanced playing cards to add to your deck.
  
• Spectral packs allow you to put seals on cards, change a specific amount of cards to a certain rank/suit, enhance joker cards.
  
• Vouchers allow you to alter the shop so that you can buy playing cards directly, get discounted prices, have certain cards appear more frequently, it goes on.

Decks and Stakes

In addition, there's even more content. You have multiple decks that give you different advantages in-game such as an addition hand or discard, or additional money, or have you start out with particular vouchers. Once you beat the game, it's not over. There's numerous more stakes that only make the game more difficult and more addicting.


There's a common theme with this game, it's addicting, and it's deep for the price the devs are asking. 25 hours in so far, and while I've collected most of the cards, I have barely gone through the challenges, all the decks, and all the stakes. While at times, your RNG might be frustrating—especially at the beginning with little content unlocked, there's plenty of times where I can just sit down and enjoy playing poker, or have your monkey brain lit up with dopamine as you hit 100,000 or 1,000,000 chips in one hit.

Aside from gameplay, the older-style pixel graphics look great. It's simple and give the game a unique flavor. I also haven't experienced any bugs—the game runs great both on my PC and my Mac (so I can gamble instead of focusing on my bachelors). The only issue I have is the fact there is only one soundtrack, but it isn't enough for me to really gripe—I can turn on Spotify and listen to my music.

Overall, for the price of $14.99, buy this game. It already is overwhelmingly positive! This is my first time playing a rogue-like deckbuilder, and I am not disappointed. I had a friend who at first thought this game was going to be boring after a couple minutes, and is now DEDICATED, not addicted to playing. If you are one who wants to gamble without the crippling debt or busted kneecaps from loan sharks, this is a great alternative. Overall 9/10.