Balatro
Fun little game, that mixes a deck builder/rogue lite...thing, with poker. If you know poker, you can play this game. The whole goal is to beat the house ante, which starts at a mere $300 chips, and progresses from there. You earn money by scoring points with poker hands with a hand of 9 or so cards. Where it gets interesting, is when you get rewarded with stat boost cards, that can give you multipliers and whatnot for your hands. "Jokers" are the big game altering cards, that can and will alter any given run. You might get one that gives you extra points for any face card you play, for example. It's also got other "one and done" stat boosting cards, that help you out along the way.
Only place where it fails, is that it's extremely random. The best run in the world won't matter, if you don't get the cards you need to cash in on your bonuses. It's a blessing and a curse, as every run is unpredictable and fresh, but it's no true deck builder where you can get a feel for a successful run, like "Slay the Spire" for instance, where you go in knowing the cards you're looking for.
Still though, great time waster. One for the bus, train, or plane, to make the time fly by.
8/10
