I love this game soooo much!!! I originally had it for steam and when I found out that they were making it for my phone I knew I was going to grab it. I love that it’s free to play the first deck and you can purchase the game after trying it. You will get addicted to the game and the other decks are 1000% percent worth it!

Way too easy to get sucked into playing this for hours, even with only the free version. Nothing motivates you to play another game of dog balatro like almost-but-not-quite winning a game of dog balatro. Tactile gameplay, fun art style, and deceptively complex strategy options. One complaint is that, as another review noted, the "eyeball" button doesn't work, so you can't view your yard while in the shop. Also, the mechanics are 99.9% consistent, but occasionally a power-up will fail to trigger. Some dogtag descriptions could stand to be clarified, like the tennis ball that "rouses the hounds", and nearly half have so little effect as to be virtually useless. I also feel like endless mode ramps up the difficulty much too fast; the curve should be a bit more gradual. Finally, the game does seem to drain your battery pretty fast for what it is, so optimizations in that area would be nice.

Still really awesome and will definitely keep playing. But it might be a good idea to mention that there’s more content locked behind a paywall cause some people might be upset finding that out only after downloading

I love this game so much. The designs are super cute and it’s really simple but in a good way. The only problem though is that every once in a while, the tags won’t really work and certain trainer items (non dog cards) won’t do what they say they’ll do… but other than that, it’s such an amazing cute game to play, even without the expansion pack!!!