Tag: Deckbuilder
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Balatro is Coming to Mobile Devices & Will Receive Future Content and Updates
After conducting a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything), LocalThunk has confirmed that Balatro will be coming to mobile devices and receive future content updates, among other things. After a meteoric launch in late February, Balatro reached over $1 million USD in just its first eight hours of release and went on to sell 500,000 copies…
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Balatro Removed From Storefronts Over Gambling Allegations
Balatro, the breakout hit from LocalThunk and Playstack, has been removed from digital storefronts after receiving gambling allegations. For the uninitiated, Balatro is not a gambling-themed game but instead a poker-inspired roguelike deckbuilder. The game is incredibly addictive (we can’t stop playing it) and has received critical acclaim, sitting at 90/100 on Metacritic. Unfortunately, all…
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Inventory Management Roguelike, Backpack Hero, Coming Soon
The incredibly unique inventory management roguelike game, Backpack Hero by developer Jaspel is coming to Steam Early Access soon. After raising a whopping $223,893 across 9,346 backers on Kickstarter, the plucky indie roguelike, Backpack Hero has finally finished its long journey to Steam Early Access. Through the unwavering support from fans and the dedicated hard…
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Unique Tower Defence Deckbuilder, Shapebreaker, Available Now
Solo indie developer Alexander Van den Bulck has released his tower defence deckbuilder, Shapebreaker onto Steam Early Access. Shapebreaker is like if Balloon Tower Defense and Slay The Spire had a baby. It takes both the tower defence genre and the roguelike deckbuilder genre and smushes them together to create something quite unique. It is…
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Feudal Japan Deck Builder, Castle Morihisa, Coming To Switch & PC Soon
Developer Smokingbear Studio has announced that their fantastical feudal Japan-based deck builder, Castle Morihisa, will be coming to PC and Switch this February. Castle Morihisa is the debut title from indie developers Smokingbear Studio and is being published by veteran publisher Thermite Games. Following in the footsteps of the seminal deckbuilding games that have come…