Pairs & Perils

This game is initially very fun. Seeing the cards briefly before they are flipped allows the player to memorize as much as they can and heavily rewards players that can do this well. To some extent, it might reward the player too much since they are able to complete an encounter without giving the enemy a single turn. To combat this, higher difficulties take away this ability to memorize cards at the beginning of a round. First you don't the see cards when you redraw, then you don't see them at all without stumbling around for a few moves first. This is not a good difficulty curve, as it trades the player's skill with complete luck. I got 2 encounters into my first hard mode run before I realized the game wasn't fun without this mechanic. There also doesn't seem to be much here. The encounters are pretty basic and most cards just increase or decrease a number. This feels like a demo or a very early access. If you really love match pair games and want a tiny bit of roguelike flair sprinkled on top, give it a shot, but it's not for me.

A cute, unique little roguelike, but its simplicity causes it to lack much replay value. I've beat the game on normal difficulty multiple times already at just a few hours in, and not once have felt much incentive to try different strategies or optimize my deck in any way. I rarely even look at the enemies' special abilities because they don't affect my strategy at all. I'm three hours in and only see myself playing for one or two more before shelving this one.

Honestly, I'm really disappointed by this game - It is literally just a copy paste of every other roguelite deckbuilder out there (Slay the Spire, Wildfrost, Black Jacket) etc. But somehow took all the worst parts of those games and made something even worse. The level of ableism within this game is quite frankly astounding - if you do not have a ridiculously good short term memory and recall, with remembering what things are with only 2 or less seconds of screentime then this probably will be fine for you. If you have any type of cognitive proccessing delay, brain fog or memory issues that affect short term recall, this game is going to be a miserable experience and an entire waste of money. It's not about skill, or RNG when you can't physically progress because the game has NO consideration for disabled people, and that's even if you play on the easiest setting possible. The devs really messed up this one, and clearly only want the smartest with the most best memory havers to play this game and it's ashame because Roguelike Deckbuilders is something I pour thousands of hours into (AtO, Slay the Spire, Hellcard and Wildfrost are far superior to this game in every way.)

Simple game. As you can see, I have a small amount of time in this game, so I won't go on like I'm an expert. What I will say is that this game would be an amazing game to play on the go. Not a *mobile game*, but a game you want to play when you aren't fully committed to the session. If you know how to set steam up on your phone, this would be the type of game you'd go for when playing on the go.

sweet mechanics, sweet art style, nice as hek music and overall very cute gameplay. Hopefully more content in the future ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ

Keeps your brain sharp. Good game. Relaxing too. Worth every penny.