Alonitaire

This game rocks! I've played a lot of "weird roguelites" in my day, and after playing the demo for two hours, it was such an easy decision to purchase this for such a cheap price. It's pretty straightforward - play the tutorial, learn the rules of the "actual" game, and piece together how you take the next step with each round of Solitaire to progress the story. I'm excited to see where it goes, especially given the backstory behind why this game was made in the first place. These are the kind of games we should be giving our money to. A smart idea with good execution from a few passionate people at a super reasonable cost.

It was a fun game to play. There's enough here that it isn't 'just solitaire' without it being overwhelming. I liked aspects of the story, even if it got a little too saccharine for some of the ending. There are a handful of bugs, with some people mentioning being soft locked out of continuing (I didn't encounter it personally), and there are a few issues with achievements if you played the demo (you do need to restart completely if you played the demo first). Overall I would still recommend it, especially if the issues are patched.

I have finally beaten Solitaire.

Over the last few years, an entire industry of Balatro-likes have appeared. Poker, Slots, Billiards, Chess, etc. It's an unending run of games that are remarkably similar with a different shape. With every one of these gaming trends, a handful of games come out of the woodwork and you can see the inspiration they took from the trend -- but it is in no way what defines their work. Alonitaire is what those games want to be. Puzzle elements, strategy elements, a game loop that will be given a 'rogue-lite' tag, but is actually not at all -- all wrapped up with a compelling, charming, and beautiful story. Easily one of my favorite games of the year and I hope this is the beginning of an amazing career. I really mean it when I say that Alontaire is why I play independent games. Congrats on this.

This game is excellent, certainly anyone who likes Balatro, Inscryption or Solitaire will have fun with this one. Am about 1/3rd of the way through after about 7 hrs but wanted to recommend this, well done.