Games like Balatro on mobile
By the Lootero team. Published .
Balatro is on phones. It costs $9.99 on the US App Store and on Google Play, with nothing else to buy, and it has been on iPhone and Android since September 2024. If you have won with every deck you care about, or you want more of the moment when a weak hand suddenly scores far more than it should, these are the seven games we would play next. Dice of Kalma plays the most like Balatro, and it is free to play with ads. CloverPit is the one we would buy first, because its charms change the rules of the slot machine itself, and finding two that feed each other is the closest thing on this list to finding a pair of Jokers that multiply each other.
In Balatro you play poker hands to reach a score target. Jokers, special cards you buy between rounds, change how your hands score, and the fun is finding Jokers that multiply each other. Each attempt is called a run: when you miss a target, the run is over and you start again from the beginning. Every game below has runs like these, and items that grow much stronger when you combine them well. What changes is the thing you play with, from a slot machine to a chessboard. All seven are on iPhone and Android, and each game's section says how it plays differently from Balatro.
Short answer
Prices are paid once, with nothing else to buy, unless the line says otherwise.
- A slot machine you fill with symbols to earn your rent: Luck be a Landlord, $4.99.
- A darker slot machine in a locked cell, with a growing debt to pay: CloverPit, $6.99, plus a $1.99 add-on.
- Poker hands made with dice: Dice of Kalma, free with ads, or $6.99 on iPhone to remove them.
- Chess where you buy rule-breaking upgrades between fights: Gambonanza, $5.99.
- A claw machine that grabs your weapons: Dungeon Clawler, $6.99.
- Words scored like Scrabble tiles, with multipliers: Letterlike, $4.99.
- An action game where you fuse bouncing balls: BALL x PIT, free to try, then $14.99 for the full game on both stores, plus a $6.99 expansion.
Luck be a Landlord
- Made by
- TrampolineTales
- On phones
- 2023
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android
- Price
- $4.99 on the US App Store and Google Play, paid once (also free with Google Play Pass, the game subscription from Google)
Why you might like it
Luck be a Landlord gives you a slot machine and a landlord who wants rent. Every spin, the symbols on your machine pay out coins, and as you go you add new symbols and items to the machine. Symbols work together, such as a cat that drinks milk or a bee that pollinates a flower, and some symbols remove others you no longer want. The rent keeps going up, and you win by paying it twelve times. Its store listing counts 152 symbols and 20 apartment floors, which are harder levels you reach by winning. An App Store reviewer who first played it on PC wrote that a phone suits it perfectly.
How it differs from Balatro
In Balatro you choose which cards to play. Here you pull the lever and the machine decides where everything lands, so your choices all happen between spins, when you decide what goes into the machine, and each spin is more down to luck. The size of the symbol pool makes that worse at times. A Google Play reviewer in July 2026 kept being offered the watering can and the fertilizer and never a seed, so the plan the game had suggested never came together. Google Play has also restricted the game in thirteen countries under its rules on simulated gambling. Wikipedia, which reports this, doesn't name the countries, so check that it shows up in your store before you plan on it.
CloverPit
- Made by
- Panik Arcade, published by Future Friends Games
- On phones
- 2025
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android
- Price
- $6.99 on the US App Store and Google Play, plus the $1.99 Unholy Fusion add-on (the game is also free with Google Play Pass)
Why you might like it
CloverPit locks you in a rusty cell with a slot machine and an ATM. Each round you put coins into the machine to buy your spins, and you choose how: more coins get you more spins and one ticket, fewer coins get you fewer spins and more tickets. Tickets buy charms from a shop in the cell, and charms change how the machine works, such as how many spins you get or what each symbol is worth. When the deadline comes you must pay your debt at the ATM, and if you can't, the floor opens under you. There are more than 150 charms, and finding two that work together feels like finding the right pair of Jokers. An App Store reviewer who plays Balatro a lot called it complex and surprisingly well balanced.
How it differs from Balatro
CloverPit is a horror game, seen through your own eyes from inside the cell, with a story that has several endings and an endless mode. The ticket choice gives every round a decision before you spin, between more spins now and more charms later. The $1.99 Unholy Fusion add-on brings a Surgery Machine that fuses two charms into one stronger one, with 30 fusions to find, more charms and a new ending. The complaint we saw is about speed. An App Store reviewer in July 2026 found that late in a strong run a single spin can take over a minute to score, even at the fastest setting. Saves used to stay on your phone only, and the June 2026 update added cloud saves.
Dice of Kalma
- Made by
- Pepperbox Studios
- On phones
- 2025
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android
- Price
- Free, with ads and in-app purchases ($6.99 removes the ads on the US App Store; Google Play does not name its purchases)
Why you might like it
In our view Dice of Kalma is the closest to Balatro's rules on this list, played with dice instead of cards. You roll your dice to make poker hands such as a full house or a straight, and you can reroll the dice you don't want. Skulls do the job of Jokers: you collect them into a deck, and each one adds to your score when its condition is met, such as a die showing a six. You can also upgrade the hands you play most. The games site GameSpew counted 25 rounds, each with a higher target than the last, and gave it 7 out of 10. The Google Play listing counts more than 70 skulls.
How it differs from Balatro
What grows during a run is your deck of skulls and the hands you upgrade. An App Store reviewer in December 2025 wished they could change the dice too, and another, in April 2026, found it repetitive after the first few wins. GameSpew felt it may stick a little too close to Balatro. It is also the only game here you can play to the end for free, and Google Play reviewers disagree about the ads: one in September 2026 found them rare, while another, in August, saw one every few rounds and had to watch three to reroll the skulls on offer. On the App Store $6.99 removes the ads. Google Play lists purchases from $0.99 to $19.99 without naming them, so we can't tell you whether an ad-free option is among them there.
Gambonanza
- Made by
- Blukulélé, published by Sidekick Publishing and Stray Fawn
- On phones
- 2026
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android
- Price
- $5.99 on the US App Store and Google Play, paid once (also free with Google Play Pass)
Why you might like it
Gambonanza turns chess into a run of short battles on small boards. Between battles you buy Gambits, more than 150 of them, which bend the rules of chess the way Jokers bend the rules of poker. You can upgrade the squares of the board itself and keep spare pieces in reserve to bring out at the right moment. Bosses wait along the way, and if you waste too many moves the board starts to crumble under you. Its developer says you don't need to be a chess expert, and an App Store reviewer agreed that people who have never played chess can enjoy it, because the game marks which pieces you can take.
How it differs from Balatro
You win each battle by outplaying an opponent on the board, so in our view it rewards planning more than any other game here. That is also why its luck stands out. An App Store reviewer in May 2026 found many Gambits to be pure chance in a game this tactical, and the game's balance tilted toward queens. The computer opponent goes easy on you: another reviewer could leave a piece undefended in later levels without losing it. It plays with the phone held sideways, and a Google Play reviewer in August 2026 asked for an upright mode.
Dungeon Clawler
- Made by
- Stray Fawn Studio
- On phones
- 2024
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android (also Apple Arcade, the game subscription from Apple, as Dungeon Clawler+)
- Price
- $6.99 on the US App Store and Google Play, paid once (also free with Google Play Pass)
Why you might like it
In Dungeon Clawler your weapons and shields sit in a claw machine, and each turn you steer the claw to grab some of them. Whatever you drop into the slot is what you play that turn against the monsters in front of you. As you go deeper into the dungeon you add new items to the machine, and the best runs come from items that make each other stronger, much like a good Balatro deck. It came to phones in November 2024 as an early access version, still being finished, and left early access with version 1.0 in 2026, which has 26 characters and a Daily Challenge mode. Its store descriptions still call it early access.
How it differs from Balatro
Balatro never asks for a steady hand, but here your aim with the claw matters as much as your choices, and a bad grab can cost you a fight. Small items are the hardest to land: an App Store reviewer in June 2025 found that daggers and rings can come to rest on the ledge between the machine and the drop slot. Some of your progress carries over, too: winning with a character earns its Lucky Paw, and you can take three Lucky Paws into later runs. A Google Play reviewer in September 2026 felt the runs lean too much on luck, and the developer answered that rerolls and your choice of path help steer which items you are offered.
Letterlike
- Made by
- Puzzlelike
- On phones
- 2024
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android
- Price
- $4.99 on the US App Store and Google Play, paid once
Why you might like it
Letterlike is Balatro for people who like word games. You make words from the letters you draw to reach a points target in each round, with a limited number of words to do it, and you can discard letters you don't want. Each run has random items and random bosses. Gems you earn buy lasting upgrades, such as more points per letter or a multiplier for your word score, and before each run you choose five of the upgrades you own to take with you. A Google Play reviewer compared the scoring to Scrabble.
How it differs from Balatro
Your vocabulary does more for you than luck does, though the letters you draw still matter. One Google Play reviewer lost runs early because no vowels came up however many consonants they threw away, and the developer replied that the game can't promise vowels. The listing says the whole game works offline, and its last update came in July 2025. Earlier that month an App Store reviewer found that some achievements and rewards stayed locked after being earned, and the update fixed what it calls a bug related to unlocking bags, so we can't say whether every part of that problem is gone. It also has the fewest ratings here, 122 on the App Store.
BALL x PIT
- Made by
- Kenny Sun and Friends, published by Devolver Digital
- On phones
- 2026
- Platforms
- iPhone, Android
- Price
- Free to try with no ads, then $14.99 for the full game, plus a $6.99 expansion on the US App Store (Google Play lists purchases from $6.99 to $14.99 without naming them)
Why you might like it
BALL x PIT is the pick if you want to watch your combos play out in real time. Your hero shoots balls that bounce off the walls and into rows of monsters walking toward you, as in a brick-breaking game. You find special balls with effects such as lightning or poison, and you can fuse two of them into a new one: the game has more than 60 balls and hundreds of possible fusions. Between runs you rebuild a town above the pit, with more than 70 buildings, and new characters who each play differently. On phones you can let the balls fire by themselves and steer only your hero.
How it differs from Balatro
Nothing happens in Balatro until you play a hand, while here the monsters keep walking toward you as you aim, so your reflexes count as much as your build. Between runs you spend what you gathered in the pit on the town, and its buildings give you bonuses for the next run. The $14.99 purchase buys the main game, and the Risen Ballbylon expansion is $6.99 more. Keep an eye on your saves. An App Store reviewer in July 2026 lost their progress when they moved to a new phone, and a Google Play reviewer in August found that buildings bought just before closing the game were gone when they came back.
Is Balatro on mobile?
Yes, Balatro has been on iPhone and Android since 26 September 2024. It costs $9.99 on the US App Store and on Google Play, and neither store lists any in-app purchases. On iPhone and iPad it is also part of Apple Arcade as Balatro+, which costs $6.99 a month or $49.99 a year in the US. It is not part of Google Play Pass.
It is rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store from more than 108,000 ratings, and 4.7 on Google Play. The phone version has over 150 Jokers and touch controls remade for the phone. One complaint we found is heat: a Google Play reviewer with a Galaxy S23 Ultra said it made the phone hot and drained the battery even with the graphics settings turned down.
Free games like Balatro on mobile
Dice of Kalma is the only game on this list that is free to play all the way through, with ads. Three more let you try before you pay. BALL x PIT has a free trial with no ads before its $14.99 purchase. Peglin, a game where you bounce an orb through a board of pegs, gives you the first third of the game for free and asks $9.99 on the US App Store for the rest; on Google Play its purchases cost $4.99 to $9.49. Letterlike has a free demo on its developer's website, playletterlike.com, which opens in a phone's browser.
If you already pay for a subscription, Apple Arcade includes Balatro+ and Dungeon Clawler+. Google Play Pass includes Luck be a Landlord, CloverPit, Gambonanza and Dungeon Clawler. If you want more games where you fight with dice, our list of games like Slay the Spire on mobile has Slice & Dice and Dicey Dungeons, as well as Peglin.
Which games like Balatro can you buy once?
Luck be a Landlord, Gambonanza, Dungeon Clawler and Letterlike are one purchase with nothing else to buy, on both stores. CloverPit sells one $1.99 add-on, and BALL x PIT sells an expansion on top of its full game. These are the prices on 2 November 2026:
| Game | US App Store | Google Play |
|---|---|---|
| Balatro | $9.99 | $9.99 |
| Luck be a Landlord | $4.99 | $4.99 |
| CloverPit | $6.99, plus $1.99 add-on | $6.99, plus $1.99 add-on |
| Dice of Kalma | Free with ads, $6.99 removes them | Free with ads, purchases $0.99 to $19.99 |
| Gambonanza | $5.99 | $5.99 |
| Dungeon Clawler | $6.99 | $6.99 |
| Letterlike | $4.99 | $4.99 |
| BALL x PIT | Free trial, then $14.99 | Free trial, purchases $6.99 to $14.99 |
Google Play marks CloverPit, Dice of Kalma and Dungeon Clawler as games you can play offline, and Letterlike's own listing says the whole game works without a connection. Google Play doesn't mark the others either way, and the App Store has no offline label, so we can't promise how the rest behave on a plane.
How do the stores rate these games?
Almost every game here sits between 4.7 and 4.9 out of 5 on both stores, so the stars won't choose for you. Luck be a Landlord is the exception at 4.2 on Google Play, where its reviews return to the luck problem in its section. Letterlike's stars rest on far fewer players than the rest. These are the ratings on 2 November 2026, with the number of ratings on the App Store, and of reviews on Google Play, in brackets:
| Game | US App Store | Google Play |
|---|---|---|
| Luck be a Landlord | 4.7 (337) | 4.2 (1.9K) |
| CloverPit | 4.9 (6.4K) | 4.8 (24.1K) |
| Dice of Kalma | 4.8 (2.1K) | 4.8 (7.8K) |
| Gambonanza | 4.9 (2.9K) | 4.8 (11.5K) |
| Dungeon Clawler | 4.9 (2.2K) | 4.8 (26.7K) |
| Letterlike | 4.7 (122) | 4.7 (165) |
| BALL x PIT | 4.9 (4.2K) | 4.7 (14.3K) |
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Sources
- App Store listings for every game above, Peglin and the Apple Arcade versions Balatro+ and Dungeon Clawler+ (seller, price, release date, star rating and number of ratings, description, version notes, screenshots) and their In-App Purchases lists, checked 2 November 2026: CloverPit sells the Unholy Fusion add-on for $1.99, and its June 2026 update notes say it added cloud saves; Dice of Kalma sells Remove Ads for $6.99 and supporter packs; BALL x PIT sells the full game for $14.99 and the Risen Ballbylon expansion for $6.99; Peglin gives the first third of the game free and sells the rest for $9.99; Luck be a Landlord, Gambonanza, Dungeon Clawler, Letterlike and Balatro list no purchases; Letterlike's last update (July 2025) fixed a bug with unlocking bags. Reviews on the App Store pages of Luck be a Landlord (November 2023), CloverPit (January and July 2026), Dice of Kalma (December 2025 and April 2026), Gambonanza (May 2026), Dungeon Clawler (June 2025), Letterlike (July 2025) and BALL x PIT (July 2026).
- Google Play listings for the Android versions, checked 2 November 2026 (price, star rating and number of reviews, Contains ads, in-app purchases and their price range, Play Pass, the Offline tag, descriptions, and reviews with developer replies: Luck be a Landlord from July 2026, Dice of Kalma from August and September 2026, Gambonanza from August 2026, Dungeon Clawler from July and September 2026, Letterlike from December 2024 to September 2026, BALL x PIT from August 2026, Balatro from February 2025).
- Apple: Apple Arcade ($6.99 a month or $49.99 a year in the US), checked 2 November 2026. playletterlike.com: the Letterlike demo, opened in a phone-sized browser on 2 November 2026.
- Wikipedia: Balatro (LocalThunk, published by Playstack; Android, iOS and Apple Arcade on 26 September 2024; Jokers; chips and mult). Wikipedia: Luck Be a Landlord (TrampolineTales; phones in July 2023; symbols that work together, such as cats drinking milk and bees pollinating flowers; twelve rent payments to win; restricted on Google Play in thirteen countries, not named, under its rules on simulated gambling).
- Wikipedia: CloverPit (Panik Arcade, published by Future Friends Games; iOS and Android on 17 December 2025; a debt paid at an ATM, a trapdoor for those who miss it). Engadget: CloverPit hits iOS and Android on December 17 (Kris Holt, 10 December 2025; more than 150 charms bought with tickets). GamingOnLinux: Pull the lever to gamble and break the machine in CloverPit (Liam Squires-Hand, 29 September 2025; more coins for more pulls and one ticket, or fewer pulls and more tickets). Pocket Gamer: CloverPit launches new DLC (Iwan Morris, 13 April 2026; the Surgery Machine fuses charms into 30 new fusions, plus new charms and a new ending).
- GameSpew: Dice of Kalma review (Kim Snaith, 14 November 2025; 7 out of 10; 25 levels with rising targets; perhaps too close to Balatro).
- Pocket Gamer: Gambonanza has launched for iOS and Android (Stephen Gregson-Wood, 1 May 2026; $5.99, no in-app purchases, pieces kept in reserve, the developer says you don't need to be a chess expert). Pocket Gamer: Dungeon Clawler officially launches (Tanish Botadkar, 1 May 2026; out of early access at version 1.0, 26 characters, a Daily Challenge mode, $6.99).
- Engadget: Ball x Pit will land on iOS and Android on March 12 (Kris Holt, 23 February 2026; a free trial with no ads, balls that fire by themselves, a town rebuilt between runs). Pocket Gamer: Ball x Pit is out now on mobile (Iwan Morris, 12 March 2026; developed by Kenny Sun and Friends, published by Devolver Digital).