Cardwheel

Some runs end quickly if you fall on a bad boss, but the runs are fast enough that it never feels frustrating. Seems a bit too easy to get the balls to fall where I want them. Worth playing if you like roguelites.

This game scratches the same itch as other quick roguelites. Dropping balls into the wheel feels oddly satisfying and watching the chips stack up is addictive. Every run makes me think I’m a genius… until the next boss.

Soulless baltaro variant

Picked this up because the idea sounded weird and interesting. After a few runs I started to see how the jokers and multipliers interact and that’s when the game really clicked for me. It’s the kind of roguelite where a run can suddenly explode with points if the right combo shows up. I’ve had a few moments where the score just goes crazzyyy. Definitely worth trying if you enjoy experimenting with different builds.

This game is really great. The core mechanic works very well and there are lots of things you can modify during a run. Each run feels very different due to what jokers are available. Like one joker will give a bonus the more modified balls you have, but another will only give a bonus if no balls are modified. So the way you play completely changes depending on what jokers are available. The same with the slots, like one joker will give you a bonus if all the balls fall on one color, so in that run I’ll to make the wheel all one color. But then in a different run I’ll have a joker that only gives a bonus if the balls fall on multiple colors, so keeping the wheel jumbled up suddenly becomes a bonus. Then there are the bosses, which require you to completely change the “hand”. Like one boss will disable all the slots of the most used color, so I always need to check for what the next boss is going to be and plan accordingly. All in all its a fun, addictive game.

Great little strategy game. I love the mix of luck and planning. You can get some crazy multipliers if you get the right jokers. The boss rounds also shake things up in a good way. Easy to learn but hard to master.