Merge Maestro

Pretty darn fun little roguelite, easy to learn harder to master. You combine squares in a limited 4x4 area, to higher tiers - with higher tiers having stronger effects. There are a lot of combo's and strategies. The art is reminiscence of Super Auto Pets, and in some ways the gameplay feels a bit similair-ish too. That said, near the top-end of the difficulties many strategies do seem to fall off pretty hard and you become more rng dependent which kinda sucks. Another point, this game would do VERY well to have a rewind button undo the last action - as I've often done something by mistake or weird interaction I didn't understand (cause there is a lot of reading). Last complaint is the lack of controller support? Seems a bit odd to be honest. That said, the game is 4 bucks, and it's definitely worth 4 bucks. I'm still enjoying my time, but not sure for how much longer. Like a solid 7/10.

Excellent game, on par with Slice & Dice. I've primarily played both of them on my phone, but decided to buy Merge Maestro on Steam as well simply because it's cheap and the dev deserves more good reviews. My only complaint is that you can hit integer overflow and end up causing your tokens to do zero damage.

I'm straight up merging it and by it...... haha i mean my hammers

The craziest combo synergy game I've ever played! An insane level of variety across all the builds and just an absurd amount of different engines you can create in this seemingly simply roguelike. There's a massive layer of depth here hiding behind a surface of what feels like RNG, and once you conquer it even the hardest difficulties can be won consistently.

for 3 dollars this is a steal

Solid simple premise which has a surprising amount of depth to it. Probably not the kind of thing that you're going to play for 500 hours, but has enough depth and variety that you could put considerably more time into it than I have. The main potential issue is that there is a lot of luck involved. While I think the game gives you enough tools that you probably could get consistent on the highest difficulty levels, the vast majority of people will never get there. Even having beaten all of the content the game offers, my win rate on the hardest modes probably wouldn't be over 15-20%. Some people may find this frustrating, though I personally didn't.

lots of fun