#01Balatro
2024Play stylePoker & score-building / Deckbuilding
Supporting signalsPoker & score-building · Deckbuilding · Roguelike
Run-based play with poker or scoring combinations and deck or pool building.
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Find your kind of run
A shared run structure can feel very different in your hands. Hades centers on direct combat; Slay the Spire builds battles around cards; Balatro turns poker hands into scoring combinations. Explore those differences without losing the wider collection.
What resets? A failed run usually resets much of the current attempt. Generated layouts, changing rewards, or new combinations make the next attempt different.
What persists? Some games carry upgrades, unlocks, or story progress between attempts. Others emphasize learning and mastery. A roguelike label alone does not tell you which.
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#01Play stylePoker & score-building / Deckbuilding
Supporting signalsPoker & score-building · Deckbuilding · Roguelike
Run-based play with poker or scoring combinations and deck or pool building.
#02Play stylePoker & score-building
Supporting signalsPoker & score-building · Roguelite
Run-based play with poker or scoring combinations.
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Why these games appear
Run-based play with procedural variation and meaningful persistent progression between attempts.
Include when
Short repeatable runs contain procedural or variable content and meaningful persistent unlocks, upgrades, or meta-progression between attempts.
Leave out when
Do not include a game merely because it has random levels; the repeatable run-plus-persistent-progression loop must be central.