CloverPit

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CloverPit
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Developer Panik Arcade
Publisher Future Friends Games
Platform Windows
ReleaseSeptember 26, 2025
Genre Rogue-lite
Mode Single-player

CloverPit is a 2025 rogue-lite psychological horror indie video game developed by Italian studio Panik Arcade and published by Future Friends Games. The game tasks the player with paying-off an increasing debt using a slot machine.

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The game released on Steam on September 26, 2025 and has since sold over 100,000 copies.

Gameplay

The slot machine giving points based on how many of given icon was displayed in a row CloverPit gameplay.jpg
The slot machine giving points based on how many of given icon was displayed in a row

CloverPit is a first-person rogue-lite with elements of strategy and psychological horror. Inspired by Balatro and Buckshot Roulette , the game takes place within a rusty cell with a slot machine. [1] The player is tasked with using the slot machine to pay-off an ever increasing debt in an ATM at the end of each round; failing to do so will result in the player being dropped through a trapdoor below them to their death. [2] To aid in the process, the player can encounter over 150 different items with varying effects to exploit the slot machine to their benefit. [3]

Development and release

CloverPit was announced on April 10, 2025, with a demo launched the same day. [4] The demo was later featured as a part of Steam Next Fest. [5] The game was later revealed to release on September 3 later that same year. However, following the sudden announcement of the release date for Hollow Knight: Silksong , CloverPit was delayed by a few weeks in order to not clash with the latter's release, [6] with Panik responding "We like a gamble, but this one is too risky lol." [7] The game was released on September 26, 2025. [8]

Reception

Critical reception

According to review aggregator website Metacritic, CloverPit received an average score of 80/100 based on 7 reviews. [9]

Sales

Following its announcement, the game received was wishlisted on Steam over 100,000 times. After its appearance at Steam Next Fest, the demo had been downloaded over 680,000 times, and was listed among the top 20 Next Fest demos as well as the top 100 most-wishlisted games on Steam. [11] Within a day of the game's release, CloverPit had sold 100,000 copies. [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wilson, Mike (September 28, 2025). "Psychological Horror Slot Machine Game 'CloverPit' Out Now on Steam [Trailer]". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  2. ↑ Evans-Thirlwell, Edwin (September 30, 2025). "CloverPit is a fun not-gambling roguelite satire of capitalism, but I would quite like us to stop cashing in on our own despair". Rock Paper Shotgun . Archived from the original on September 30, 2025. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  3. ↑ Allsop, Ken (27 September 2025). "Grimdark, Balatro-styled slots roguelike Cloverpit launches to a rave reception". PCGamesN . Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  4. ↑ Romano, Sal (April 10, 2025). "Slot machine roguelite horror game CloverPit announced for PC". Gematsu. Archived from the original on April 16, 2025. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  5. ↑ Jones, Ali (June 13, 2025). "This Balatro-style roguelike is Localthunk's nightmare, because it swaps Poker for a literal slot machine to really simulate that gambling feel and its Steam Next Fest demo is dangerously addictive". GamesRadar+ . Archived from the original on August 14, 2025. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  6. ↑ McNally, Paul (September 4, 2025). "Viral slot machine game CloverPit pushed back due to Silksong release". The Escapist . Archived from the original on September 13, 2025. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  7. ↑ Romano, Sal (August 13, 2025). "CloverPit launches September 3 [Update: Delayed to September 26]". Gematsu. Archived from the original on August 16, 2025. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  8. ↑ Carpenter, Lincoln (August 22, 2025). "'Silksong lol': CloverPit devs delay the slot machine Balatro-like by 23 days to escape the blast radius of Silksong's launch". PC Gamer . Archived from the original on September 24, 2025. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  9. 1 2 "CloverPit PC Critic Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved October 1, 2025.
  10. ↑ Kelma (October 6, 2025). "Test : CloverPit touche presque le jackpot" [Review: CloverPit almost hits the jackpot]. Gamekult (in French). Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  11. ↑ Macpherson, Rach (July 25, 2025). "Viral Balatro style horror roguelike with slot machines opens new playtest". PCGamesN . Archived from the original on July 25, 2025. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  12. ↑ Jones, Ali (September 30, 2025). "After dodging Silksong, this Balatro-style slot machine roguelike smashed even my highest expectations by shipping 100,000 copies in a single day". GamesRadar+ . Retrieved September 30, 2025.
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