Satirical roguelike ‘not a slots simulator’, CloverPit, just passed a major milestone, selling over 300,000 copies in only four days. That’s an impressive figure for any game, let alone one built by a two-man indie outfit out of Italy. You could say they really bet on themselves and won the jackpot.
In the post where they announced this impressive achievement, they attribute a lot of CloverPit’s success to the game being picked up by popular streamers. Apparently, there was one point when the game had more viewers than that streaming monolith Fortnite, which is an insane thing they can now brag about.
Comparisons with the similarly addictive Balatro are unavoidable, of course. Both are viral indie hits based on modified versions of casino staples. Both have been forced to plaster ‘this isn’t gambling’ to ward off censors. Both have dug their claws into me and won’t let me go.
The post ends with a word of warning to those trying to play the game on their smartphone. The game isn’t available on mobile yet, so the phone games you find online claiming to be CloverPit are scam games.
CloverPit is available on PC via Steam.
