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Luck be a Landlord

TrampolineTales

4.5 ★ 1,827 ratings 100,000+ installs

Our take

This is TrampolineTales’ well-regarded roguelike, and the pitch of beating capitalism with a slot machine is funnier and smarter than it has any right to be. The explicit no real-money gambling line matters a lot given how the genre usually gets exploited on mobile. If the port controls well, this is an easy recommendation for anyone who likes deckbuilders.

About Luck be a Landlord

Your landlord is knocking on your door. You have one coin left to your name. You insert the coin into your slot machine…and…JACKPOT! Luck be a Landlord, tonight!

Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.

Features: 152 Symbols 227 Items 186 Achievements 20 Apartment Floors

Google Play rating

4.5

1,827 reviews on Google Play ↗

Our editorial score

8.7 /10

Our independent opinion — not affiliated with Google.

Rating breakdown

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76%

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12%

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Our Editorial Score 8.7 /10 Our independent editorial opinion.

What we like

slot-machine-as-deckbuilder is a genuinely original mechanic
huge amount of stated content: 152 symbols, 227 items, 186 achievements
explicitly no real-money gambling or microtransactions

Watch out for

mobile port of a PC-first design, so touch controls could feel like an afterthought
roguelike run length may not suit players looking for very short mobile sessions

Verdict: A rare mobile port of an actual acclaimed indie game, and the no-microtransactions promise is worth taking at face value given the source.