Poker Quest: Swords and Spades

If you like Balatro and you like high fantasy, you’ll love this game. While it doesn’t have the crazy “build jokers for silly big numbers” part of Balatro, the fact that you need to maximise different hand types for your various items (sword, shield, etc) every turn, while balancing your resources to mitigate the enemies own hands leads to some high level cerebral gameplay. I’ve only just scratched the surface of this game, but can tell it’s gonna be a staple for me. Big thanks to Olexa for bringing it to my attention!

遊玩時數:30.78小時 卡牌爬塔遊戲 爬塔選路線的基本規則, 對敵, 各類商店, 城堡據點, Boss 用錢可以買新牌組或升級屬性(每回合抽卡牌數) 過完一個區域可以選擇事件是否見好就收, 獲得廠外經驗解鎖其他職業 利用場上撲克牌來, 啟用技能(牌組), 進行攻擊防禦 每次都是從同一副牌中發牌, 所以可以依據場上明牌推斷其餘抽卡或對方暗牌的可能應 敵人永遠從最左方技能先放, 不會有隨機性, 基本可預測對手行動 二十多個職業等待解鎖, 玩法變化差異大 永遠都能解鎖期待新職業, 讓遊戲不無聊 每個職業都有天賦技能(基本每次移動增加2), 是主要手段 難度偏高, 拿到好壞技能(牌組)影響很大 元素拆解: 卡牌爬塔經典組合 牌組, 職業非常多 場外解鎖遊玩價值高 有難度的挑戰 主要學習點: 算牌能力, 防禦的重要 -推斷剩餘卡牌, 賭機率對方暗牌是甚麼, 決定風險是否防禦 -同理花寶石抽卡, 是否有高機率抽到想要的牌 -防禦技能的投資, HP永遠是最重要的資源 -爬塔卡牌遊戲基本策略 缺點: 美術UI動畫比較稍微陽春, 注重這塊可能些微失望 但遊戲內容深度是好的

Hard as nails, and wildly compelling. Sucking up my free time like nobody's business.

TLDR: It's a good game. It's worth the price (albeit a little less octane than Slay The Spire). However, the game has one fault that I think would fix many problems if tended to: the 'card pull upgrade' costs too much at the start--BUT--it is so essential to get that you end up getting it (likely twice) before considering any of the (really fun/thought out) items/consumables/upgrades. I WANT to get items/consumables/upgrades, but the obvious risk/benefit analysis is to get an extra card. Sadly it doesn't make you much stronger, it just makes getting screwed less likely. Which isn't as much fun as getting an item/upgrade. That said, if you play past character victory (you can claim victory or continue), then this problem dissipates.

EDIT (12/08/2025) I underestimated this game. I quote a few words from my original review 'Waste a few hours on...' - that was a little naive. At the time of writing I have 95.6 hours logged and that will definitely increase. Once you become familiar with the mechanics and all the iterations possible, in conjunctions with the different abilities of the characters you end up unlocking, then the game offers a huge wealth of tactical possibilities. In fact, I can't get my head around how they thought it all up and would love to read a developer's blog on the initial inception and subsequent development of the game. I love it ! ORIGINAL REVIEW BELOW I'm giving this a positive review purely down to the sale price that I bought it for - £2.55. If I had paid the full price of £12.79 I would have felt cheated a little, due to issues of graphics, presentation, ease of navigating menus etc. However, if you can get it for the sale price mentioned then I would say go for it. It's a solid little card-based strategy game that you can waste a few hours on.

Poker Quest surprised me. It has a slow progression system which keeps you going for way longer that i thought. For some people maybe it's too slow, especially if you want to unlock everything. For me it was fine, but half of the achievements are ridiculous and i'm not that invested to go through with them. Still a fun casual game for most.

Take a while to wrap my slow ass brain around it all, but off to a good start. For £1.27 absolutely. Get it quick before the sale ends.

Fun game with balancing issues

ROGUE LIKE + POKER? Poker Quest. Although the luck factor is pretty high, strategy makes a lot of difference in coming forward. The game is addicting.

fantástico. inova bem e tem classes diferentes. Precisa de um RNGzinho bem expressivo quando a gente erra e não otimiza alguma coisa que poderia ter sido otimizada, mas normalmente tem jeitos múltiplos de mitigar por mais algumas partidas