Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · Published August 12, 2024 · Updated August 10, 2024

Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers Review, Begin your adventure in a tavern that is home to a very unique, corrupted version of blackjack you have never played before. You will need to pick up the rules and adapt to them as you progress through the tavern, challenging a colorful cast of blackjack-addicted townspeople.

Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers Review Pros:

Decent pixel art graphics.
469.11MB Download size.
Steam achievements.
Full controller support.
Graphics settings – fullscreen, and window size.
Game settings – animation speed, glitch intensity, smoking, card hover ticks, and unlock all.
Blackjack Card-playing gameplay.
18 starting decks to unlock and use on each run. (each deck has a unique trait or ability attached to it)
The goal of the game is to get to 21 or as close as you can by drawing random cards and beating your opponent.
As you or your opponent wins a hand you do damage to each other.
After winning a game you choose a reward from a set of rewards.
Cards can have special abilities or buffs attached to them.
You don’t just play cards from the random pile, you also get to use a card from your personal deck.
With simple controls, you get button prompts.
On your turn, you can hit (take a card) or stand (don’t take a card).
You choose from a set of random people who you will face next, they could be a gambler or power player they could be a drunk but either way they will have different tactics and hands.
Events can appear instead of an opponent and they will trigger a self-contained event like staying the night, drinking, shops, etc.
Win chips from playing.
Heal yourself by staying the night at the local establishment for a cost.
You do damage equal to your winning hand.
Very easy to get into.
Buy new cards for your hand in shops.
It’s cool the way you and your opponent play cards that mix up the scoring, kill cards and generally give the game a unique twist.
At the end of a table run you face off against the manager, basically a boss match.
Scoring 21 heals you, your opponent can do it too.
Your ID photo card can be customized for – hair, glasses, facial hair, clothes, accessories, hat, background, and border art.
Cardbacks can be earned and you select which one to play with.
Your collection will show all unlocked cards, stickers, and deck stickers. It also houses your stats.

Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers Review Cons:

The controls are not that snappy.
Menus are not smooth in terms of scrolling through them.
No actual tutorial.
The cards you buy are not always clear on what they can and cannot do for you.
I don’t get a sense of atmosphere from the game, it just feels flat and I’m just playing cards, the opponents have no life to them.
Manager fights are just tedious as they heal way too frequently and always seem to have a counter.