With its satisfying card designs, gratifying multipliers, and occasionally stratospheric high scores, Balatro has cemented itself as one of the all-time great dark horse games. A single developer turning poker into a roguelike deckbuilder and taking the world by storm is a story for the ages, and as with all great successes, we may soon start to see a flurry of games that riff off of its concept. Well, here's one of the very first Balatro-likes, Aotenjo, which takes the popular game of mahjong and gives it that roguelike twist. It's just hit early access, and already players are singing its praises.
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Balatro and mahjong meet in Aotenjo, a roguelike with a new Steam demo