Spin to fight and win in Roulette Hero, a rather unique strategic roguelike deck-builder

Combining elements of Slay the Spire and Luck be a Landlord, the roguelike deck-builder Roulette Hero is out now and it will likely spin your hours away. Note: a key was sent to GamingOnLinux.

Here you pick a character and face off against various different types of enemies in turn-based battles. However, it's often based on a fair amount of luck and just a little skill. The board is basically a fancy roulette wheel covered in various animals and coins, with each animal having a different effect on the enemy. As you pull the lever, the cost to do so will increase until you need to end your turn where the enemy will attack and reset the cost to pull the lever. It's a proper cleverly designed game, one that really does hook you in like a cat with sharp claws.

Each time you end the turn not only does the enemy attack, but the board evolves too with new animals added to it. As at the start of a run, most of the board is covered in rocks. The deck-building comes in here, as you have a shop to spend some of your coins to upgrade or swap the animals around. When you defeat an enemy, the game progresses onto the next but the board stays with you for you to keep upgrading.

Additionally, when you win a battle, you'll also get to pick a cartridge that acts as a special upgrade for your character and run by giving you various buffs. You get things like a boost to max HP, gaining shields when you get coins, a chance to get an additional spin and all sorts.

The enemies do get steadily more difficult to overcome the longer you go through a run, which is where a bit of skill from the player really comes in. It's about making the most of every spin across every turn, to not blow through all of your coins too quickly. Making use of upgrading animals from the shop, and the fun over-powered combos that can happen. The first spin on a turn is always free though, so even if you run out of coins, it's not instantly the end.

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And in true deck-builder style, as you plan and win or lose you'll unlock more content to add into future runs.

The game works perfectly on Desktop Linux with Proton 9. No issues encountered at all. It might even be a new favourite of mine and so I think it's well worth picking up if you like the sound of it. A true genuine delight of a game, an expected gem.

For £8.50 you can't go wrong with it.