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CloverPit Review: Balatro's Cousin Locks You in a Cell With a Slot Machine

Spin, Pay the Debt, Break the Machine Before It Breaks You

The room is the whole game: a rusty cell, a slot machine, an ATM, and a deadline. Each round you spin with limited pulls, deposit coins against a debt that climbs — and buy charms and prizes from a dispenser that change the reels' rules: extra symbols, multipliers, combos that snowball into a jackpot cascade. More than 150 items and their synergies are the build space; memory cards add run modifiers; meta-progression unlocks charms between runs; there are multiple endings and an Endless mode with leaderboards. A January 12, 2026 App Store five-star from an avid Balatro player calls it complex, engaging and surprisingly balanced; a July 25 five-star ranks it among the most cleverly designed roguelikes on iOS, scratching the Balatro and Luck Be a Landlord itch; a September 12 Play five-star with 11 votes says it plays like a real game, not a money-leeching experience.

The RNG, the Consumable Modifiers, and a Camera With a Mind of Its Own

The critics accept the premise and argue the odds. A December 23, 2025 five-star says a robot playing perfectly would still lose half its runs — without luck charms or a fake coin and a very lucky spin, deadline one can kill you — and a February 26 one-star calls it a tiresome RNG in search of a purpose. A June 9 Play three-star with five votes finds it baffling that memory cards, the run modifiers, are consumable and RNG to obtain, so a bad run burns them. An August 22 five-star answers the chance objection: it looks like pure luck for a few minutes and turns into something else as items and cards unlock. The port notes are practical: a January 18 four-star wants camera settings, since the free 360-degree view swings during play; a September 7 four-star wants a portrait mode; a September 4 three-star with the game on PC too wants cross-progression; a September 6 four-star has come back after hours away to find deposited coins gone.

$6.99 Once, a $1.99 Expansion, No Ads, Nothing Collected — Half the Steam Price

The price is $6.99 on both stores, paid once, with one optional purchase — the Unholy Fusion expansion at $1.99, which a September reviewer calls really cool — and no advertising. Google's data-safety card declares nothing collected or shared; Apple lists no tracking. A December 25, 2025 five-star bought it on the phone because it was half the Steam price and wanted a real game rather than the scummy ninety-five percent. Cloud save arrived in June 2026. The iOS build is 440 MB on iOS 13 or later, with iPad and Apple Vision listed; Android needs 6.0; nine languages; rated 18+ by Apple and Teen by Google for simulated gambling, blood and tobacco. Nine months in it shows 100,000-plus installs and 21,400 reviews at 4.8 on Play, and 6,017 App Store ratings at 4.9. Prices are regional.