These games will infiltrate your reality.

Some games however, hook you thoroughly.

However, Slay the Spire somehowtook each of theseand made a cohesive, understandable and engaging gameplay loop.

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Balatro took home some awards, too, sweeping the indie awards and taking home Best Mobile Game.

If you enjoy playing Balatro, you’ll love these games too.

How did this plucky little gem reach such great heights?

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Simple, its just really difficult to stop playing.

The games actually dev apologized when it wasported to mobile.

Win, lose, it doesnt matter, its all about luck and the chase.

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Riot, however did something special with TFT or rather its variant, Hyper Roll.

That last bit is a large amount of the games appeal and staying power.

Its awesome to pick up talents and curate the perfect build, testing both your skill and luck.

Left to right: Close-ups of two jokers in Balatro, The Archer surrounded by a swarm of missiles in Talented, and a chaotic board in TFT Hyper Roll.

Succeed, and youll be mowing down enemies with ease.

Fail, and youre crushed under theteeming hordesand get to start over.

Either way, win-win.

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On its face, its a simple formula.

There are already plenty of cheap Vampire Survivor copycats, but also plenty of gems!

Here are our favorite Vampire Survivor-like games that follow beautifully in the 2022 hit’s footsteps.

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Though were spoiled for choice in that genre, this game still remains among the best of them.

Vampire Survivors is fun, easy to play, and takes abit of grindingto master all its secrets.

All the elements that keep you coming back for more.

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That you’re able to play it on your phone gives it an even bigger draw.

Whether its the complexities of the genre or the cost, something drives away casual fans.

Pokemon TCG Pocket handles both those concerns pretty much in one fell swoop.

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While theyre the same graphically, this experience is far different.

Everyone from a toddler to your grandma can play this game, it has such a flat learning curve.

Its a game so very playable, that you even see it when youre not playing.

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A TFT board in its last match. Numerous units fire off projectiles, lasers, and effects in all directions in TFT.

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Top left: The Bandit shoots two slugs and a rocket. Bottom left: The Warrior swings his sword at an enemy. Right: The Archer firing many missiles, which swarm around him in Talented.

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A green field with a forest on the left and a cottage on the right. The field is littered with blue gems and enemies, as well as knives of light in Vampire Survivors.

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Three Pokemon cards: left to right: Vaporeon, Druddigon, Ninetales inn Pokemon TCG Pocket.

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A pixel art game where a skeleton (white) is surrounded by demons (red) in Path of Achra.

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