Jesus Christ, this thing has its claws in me, but good! I was immediately hooked, and the last few days have been me playing a few hands of this whenever I have a spare minute, with sessions going way past the midnight hour. This is the game I needed to fill the big Inscryption size hole in my heart, and I'm loving the hell out of it. A story would be nice, or some characters of some sort, and that's where Inscryption has the edge, but its still an absolute banger. I could have spent $125 on a new AAA game, but I took a chance and bought Balatro. Best $17 I ever spent. Just give it a chance people, you wont be disappointed.

Edit: Bumping it to 5 stars. 50 hours in now am I'm only just starting to feel a touch burned out, which for a game this simplistic in its gameplay is a miracle. Fiendishly clever, deep and almost insidiously addictive. Determined to get every Joker, deck, and beat every challenge there is. Can easily see myself putting in another 50 hours.

Edit: Just hit 100 hours on Balatro and somehow still don't feel like I've totally mastered the game yet (how you get to Ante 12, get $400, or hit 100,000,000 in one hand is a fucking mystery to me). The last 10 or so Jokers and last few vouchers is the TRUE grind, real ones only need apply.