This game is amazing. It's one of the best roguelike games ever created. Ever since I first played the demo for Steam Next Fest I knew this one was special. Now that the full release is out and I've put in over 20 hours already, including many "I can fit just one more round" moments; I'm hooked.

The concept is so smart using poker hands and deckbuilding/hand manipulation to score. There's an awesome balancing act between going for specific hands, chips, and mult. It's incredibly satisfying building an engine and there's nothing better than seeing the number go up and up. If you get the little fire thing too? Oh we COOKING now.

You can sweat and really try to calculate hands or you can just play purely off vibes and have fun throwing cards around.

The emerging gameplay elements are fantastic. The complexity and different decks slowly ramps up and you start creating more and more busted builds. When you're doing well it feels like you've broken the game and are doing something unique. That's a feeling many roguelikes try to create and Balatro nails it.

This is up there with Slay The Spire and Inscryption as far as deckbuilding roguelikes go. We have our holy trinity. It'll only get more amazing with future updates whenever they come.

It's also an A+ steam deck game. God forbid this ever drop on mobile. I may genuinely develop a problem at that point.

Anyway, gotta go play another round.