You simply will not believe this: a new roguelike putting an addictive twist on classic mechanics has popped right the heck off on Steam. Slots & Daggers, which marinates gambling rules in some D&D sauce, has sold 100,000 copies in its first 10 days, according to its stunned solo creator. Following recent roguelikes like [deep breath] Megabonk, Ball x Pit, Super Fantasy Kingdom, Hades 2, Clover Pit, Shape of Dreams, and frankly too many more to list, Slots & Daggers has gotten impressive mileage out of a pretty simple gameplay loop. There are, I have reason to believe, slots and daggers. It's basically a tactical fantasy RPG played via slot machine – gearing and battles viewed through the lens of coins and levers. It's immediately fun, hits your brain a bit like Balatro, and our own Ali Jones was smitten with it on sight. The last time I was this obsessed with a Balatro-like, it sold 750,000 copies in 2 weeks – and this one has a D&D twist so it's easily my favorite roguelike in Steam Next Fest After dodging Silksong, this Balatro-style slot machine roguelike smashed even my highest expectations by shipping 100,000 copies in a single day Right after Silksong, a day before Borderlands 4, and just ahead of Hades 2, a new dev's co-op roguelike threaded the needle to become a top 10 seller on Steam with 100k copies sold in a day Sharing the sales news, solo dev Friedemann Allmenröder, previously known for Summer House and Pizza Possum, says he "was not expecting" 100,000 copies sold "when I sent this message to [publisher] Future Friends (was also not expecting to work on it for longer than 6 weeks so I guess I've got bad expectation skills)." In March 2025, it seems Allmenröder bashed together a primitive prototype showing a "very silly" idea. "I was surprised by how addictive it is, given that I've worked on it for one day," he said at the time. "Feels like something I could potentially get all the way to release in about 6 weeks and just see how it does," he added. I'll spoil it for you now: it did well. On Steam, Allmenröder teases more to come for Slots & Daggers. For one, he says, "I’ve decided to dial back the 'aggro stop-hand' mechanic a bit, a lot of you found it frustrating and after thinking it over I agree." You'll see it less often in runs, and won't see it at all in Arena Mode. Looking ahead, "The build is now feeling very stable and in a great place overall, so I’ll be slowing down the update pace a little over the next days. I want to take a bit of time to recover from the intense launch and then start shifting focus toward new playable content and features!" PUBG creator's roguelike survival game with machine learning-generated worlds hits Steam early access next month – the first step toward "realistic Minecraft" for "millions of players"