Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers

Most runs you're stuck with >80% of your starting deck. StS, Balatro etc give you many opportunities to remove or edit cards - in D&DG, you get maybe 5 opportunities throughout the entire run. Have an idea for a build? Not going to happen unless you start with a small deck, or get lucky finding deck-altering cards. Remember, this is essentially blackjack, you don't get to draw-redraw dozens of cards each turn. You feel like you're playing regular blackjack while the opponents are playing D&DG. It's fun for a little while, there are plenty of funny references among the cards. When the novelty wears off and you've already won a few runs with the small decks, though...

A lot of the reviews have already covered a lot of the game's issues, but here's a short list: 1) (And the biggest) this game is 100% RNG. There's just no other way to put it. 2) The deckbuilding is basically non-existent which basically just feeds into problem 1. 3) There's very little variety. You pick between 2 paths right at the start. Completing them doesn't add more. There's also a lot of recycled characters and decks on either side you pick. There's a bunch of cards that would have good synergy, but good luck getting them with problem 1. 4) Even if you get a decent "build" the difficulty spikes at the end. All in all, it is a promising idea with execution that has just fallen short. The points where you feel like you actually planned and executed a good concept are few and far between. This leads to multiple runs of frustration follwed up by "I just got lucky".

This is a really fun game to have for your steam deck for when you're on the go. A lot of wacky cards. I definitely got my money's worth playing this. My only wish is to see more decks, more cards, and more pathways! Keep up the great work devs!

I like the vibes. The gameplay is like nothing else. easily my favorite deck building roguelike

Cute little game. Probably not as sophisticated as its "big brothers", but still fun. Sure, pretty random sometimes, but plays quickly.

This game is easier to play than balatro but has the same level of strategy level. Give it a try its worth it!

fun game so just blackjack with escargots (trust its fun)

very fun and interesting deck builder, i did find it somewhat difficult to play and understand at the beginning but i blame myself not the game. If you like rogue deck builders you will love this

Very fun roguelike. Good sounds & stimulating graphics, especially when you already know some different card games (many cute easter eggs). Takes a moment to get into, but with entertaining reward.

I played once at my boyfriend's house, got so hooked I played in one sitting till I lost. So addictive, I immediately bought it for myself once I got home, the gambling game has consumed me and I'm not surprised lol

If balatro was less restrictive in it's rules you'd get this much better game.

The game is pretty fun but has it's issues Early on it's better to reset if you don't get through in 1 or 2 rounds since you'll be down HP, There are so many situations where you will get into an unwinnable situation and it doesn't feel like you messed up deckbuilding or that you misplayed but just the game screwing you with RNG. If you really like blackjack this can be interesting

I love this game. See 193 hours. I'm still working through 100%ing it, and it's finally starting to get stale. D&DG is best if you love roguelikes with gamebreaks and love deckbuilding. Most winning runs will have far surpassed the benchmark of being functionally unkillable. Reviews that tell you that the game is too hard or too random are having a skill issue. At maximum difficulty, I can win consistently with 14/19 decks, and if you can't, you have more strategizing to do. If you want a roguelike that rewards careful strategy play with entertaining gamebreaks, play this game. It will not disappoint, and the flavor will keep you entertained until you figure out what good play looks like. If you enjoy finding strange and unexpected synergies that you've never seen before and may never see again, this is the game. They're everywhere, they're hard to realize, but they're rewarding in power and in fun. Now, those that say the game is unbalanced have more foothold. First, certain encounters are much easier than others, and so a lack of encyclopedic knowledge of what each enemy's deck is can be punishing. But, on the flip side, developing that knowledge is very rewarding, as being able to identify the general strategy and threats of a particular deck means I can prepare for it ahead of time. Second, many cards are flat out bad, while others are flat out incredibly powerful. This swingy balance is part of the identity of the game, though. Even your worst run might be saved by pulling very strong cards back to back, which can make barely hanging on throughout a run a very engaging experience: yes, I [i]look[/i] cooked, but the perfect card for me could be just behind this battle, so, it ain't over 'til it's over. Unfortunately, I think the most gutting criticism of this game is that there's an overcentralizing strongest strategy, and that once you reach success in this strategy, that the rest of the run becomes low-risk and bland. This is definitely not the only strategy, but it is easily accessible to most runs of most decks, and consistent in its domination. From a design perspective, this is because the groups of cards playing into different synergies have different strengths. You'll see intended strategies and groups of cards when looking through the collection: jack strategies, king strategies, aces & faces, self-damage, low-card, sevens, burnout, self-bust, shoving bad cards into your opponent's deck, disruption, etc., just to name off the top of my head the biggest sets of card types I can think of. The problem is that, well... most of these strategies have 5-10 key cards in them, and encourage you not to take cards outside the strategy. Except [spoiler]low-card[/spoiler], which is helped by nearly half the cards in the game, and which can be combined with several other strategies. The game is still fun, but... it does get a little easy. Hopefully, this strategy will get a little nerfed, and the high cards will be buffed. But, if you want a challenge, half and full deck runs are still available to make this strategy a bit weaker and reintroduce some more actual blackjack into the game.

I went into this expecting a chaotic blend of dungeon crawling and degenerate gambling. What I got was RNG hell with a side of Reddit-tier humor. Every fight is just a glorified slot machine. Strategy? Nah. Just pray to the RNG gods and hope your dice roll better than the AI’s (spoiler: they don’t). The card mechanics are shallow, the character progression is a joke, and the “story” reads like it was written during a caffeine crash at 3 AM.

Honestly not a fan on this game. It clearly wanted to be like Balatro, but I just don't see it being anywhere near as fun or addicting. I also went into it thinking it was going to be less RNG dependent, but literally everything is RNG dependent. That is a major downside to this game in my opinion.

Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers is fun! ...and frustrating! terribly, no good very bad frustrating! Souls-like is overplayed, but this damn thing feels like the souls-like of card games. How on earth do I have so many damn hours in this thing and only 5 wins? Skill issue? Probably. Imbalance? Probably, too. However, Purple Moss continues to update, tweak, and improve their product making it worth the ahem, wildly infuriating-at-times ride. Give it a shot, especially if you liked Balatro.

This took a while to grow on me, but now i enjoy it even more. In the beginning i was overwhelmed by the cards, and wondered why a 7 of hearts was only worth 6, until i understood the mechanics. They recently improved the deckbuilding aspect, anoher thing to look out for a succesful run is knowing powerful cards, and when to hit or stand, depending on your enemies cards and yours.

playing against bouncer is awful, ruins the whole experience when you get to that point

Balatro but black jack do i need to say more. Yes it also has jokes.

Rubbish design and game play. Requesting a refunded for this WOKE rainbow garbage.

Extremely fun but cute rogue-like if you're into blackjack/gambling

Its balatro but blackjack. 10/10 would play again

Easy to learn, difficult to master.

i FUCKING LOVE BLACK JACK AND NOW I CAN BE ADDICTED TO IT WITH OUT GAMBLING MY LIFE SAVINGS RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Never thought of myself as a degenerate gambler, but here we are

all jack in the box build goes hard

"Oh no, I did the maths wrong!" ah yes, the gambler's motto.

I cant stop gambling...

You can do tax evasion in this game

Insanely addictive

falls off hard after about 7 hours

As a wise person once said "Let's go gambling!"

fun game

it's fun

great game

Love this game.

Payday fears me.

I DON'T CARE IF IT SAYS 18, I SAID HIT

good

good

when do i crack

gambling

mid

PEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!

blackjack,,,