Worth it for the right player.
At $14.99. It has been as low as $9.74.
- Gameplay: 65 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Steam Deck: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Monetization: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 2k player reviews · updated 3 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
that said, this game is almost cynical in its blatant balatro-biting while failing to analyze most of the intelligent design of balatro and being even a quarter as good. this game desperately needs to listen to more of balatro's ideas to be worth coming back to. it has less going on - and for a game to be balatro-priced with somehow much less polish, mechanics, replayability, and innovations than balatro did at launch (and be based on an infinitely more complex and intellect-demanding base game like chess) comes across as a bit tone-deaf.
For those of you who like comparing games, it's definitely a lot more like Balatro than Passant in terms of graphics and how the roguelike elements play out.
I can also confirm that the "Playable" status for Steam Deck is spot on.
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Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $9.74.
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