Pokermancer turns poker into a grid-based roguelike puzzler on iOS

If Balatro and a poker puzzler had a baby, it would likely be Pokermancer. The visuals are immediately familiar. Card-heavy, stylish, and clearly taking notes from one of the most celebrated roguelikes of recent years. Whether that's inspiration or coincidence is hard to say, but if you loved Balatro and want something in a similar vein on mobile, Pokermancer is out now on iOS. So, how is Pokermancer not your average poker game? Well, instead of building a standard poker hand, you're tracing paths through a 4x4 grid of cards to form hands and hit a target score here. Cleared cards cascade away, and new ones fall from your deck, which sounds simple until you realise that where you drag matters just as much as the hand you make. Positioning is half the game. ... [MORE]