What is CloverPit?

What do you get when you combine roguelike mechanics with a devilish slot machine that feeds off your greed? Well, you get CloverPit. Developed by Panik Arcade, the game is a wonderful slot machine-based roguelike that will test your insatiable lust for one more spin. Despite its simple presence and setup, CloverPit will take you to the depths of a hellish gambling nightmare that doesn’t let up.

Developer & Publisher // Panik Arcade, Future Friends Games

Platforms // PC

MSRP & Release Date // $9.99, September 26th, 2025

Reviewed On // PC

The Setup of CloverPit

Players awaken in a hellish, claustrophobic room. In front of them stands a highly tantalizing slot machine with a mustached devil sprite taunting them. To your right is an ominous ATM that demands you to clear your debt with golden coins, and behind it sits a table stacked with charms (more on that later), a retro computer, and a creepy red phone that is eerily quiet, except when it is not. 

Looking below, you see a wobbly grate that can open at any minute and drop you deep into a filthy end. A mysterious voice calls you to gamble, but what’s at stake is your life. You have to clear your debt across five deadlines, each with three rounds, to clear your debt by winning at the slot machine and banking your earnings in the ATM.

Of course, the more you deposit, the more interest you will earn, which helps meet your deadline amount. However, failure to meet the deadline amount will result in opening the floor grate and down you go into a hole of hellish imaginations.

Despite clearing your first five deadlines, you will feel that itch, and a voice will call to you to continue your run. Each complete series of deadlines opens a new drawer and closer to your release from your hellish prison. Though light on story, CloverPit’s menacing setup is extremely unsettling and addictive, just like its slot machine. Unraveling the mystery was extremely satisfying and added immense depth to what initially appears as a simple premise.

Pushing Your Luck

Each round, players can select whether to opt for more spins or more Clover ticket payouts to pay for charms. There is a lot of strategic decision-making during each run, and it adds to that gambler mindset that always pushes your luck. 

There is an enticing, massive Red Button nestled right next to the slot machine. Pressing the buttons activates certain charms that have different attributes, such as: 

• Granting additional luck in your next spin
• Restoring charge on charms that are linked to the Red Button
• Temporarily increasing the base values of the different slot machine symbols
• Retriggering symbol patterns for more gold

The Red button not only adds to CloverPit’s strategic depth, but is necessary to ensure your run’s longevity, especially when you are in dire need of a jackpot to meet deadline goals.  

Lucky Charms (Marshmallows Not Included) 

CloverPit features 15 different charms, which players can purchase with tickets and only last for each turn. Though there is a caveat that you can store charms in the drawers that can be accessed in subsequent runs. Charms have different effects when pulling the lever. These effects include:

• Increase in luck
• Adds spins 
• Increasing interest payouts from the ATM
• Adds total charm inventory space
• Pattern multipliers 
• Adds one more Phone power-up option

Some charms have limited uses, such as lasting for only a certain number of spins, recharges, or limited Red Button uses before they expire. In addition, charms also have different rarity levels that have bonuses, such as:

• Gaining additional Clover tickets at the end of deadlines
• Enhanced Red Button activations and bonuses
• Random charms force additional spins

When you first start in CloverPit, you can only equip one charm. But with each level up, you can equip more charms. You can use gold to reroll available charms to purchase. You unlock more charms with achievements. There’s even a handy retro computer that will update you on all the new charms you unlocked.

Phone Power-Up For Your Trouble

After completing a deadline, the mysterious phone rings. The caller offers different power-ups players can choose from:

• Changing the chances of certain symbols appearing or not appearing
• Providing instant Clover tickets
• Randomly makes some of the charms free
• Pattern boosts

Some of the phone power-ups have some risky buffs and debuffs, which again makes decisions so much harder, yet enjoyable. It all ties in nicely into the gambler persona that CloverPit is clearly going for. Naturally, these mechanics add immense replayability when players are in the mood to pull the lever for a spin.

At first, it can be confusing on how to put together builds for your run. But it’s always safe to start prioritizing luck and increasing payouts for 7s. Eventually, you’ll understand all the mechanics and find synergies for specific payouts. 

Since a lot of the game revolves around luck, there are limitations in active engagement. In other words, most of your choices come from charms, the Red Button, and the phone power-ups. The rest is up to Lady Luck. In contrast to other prominent roguelikes, such as Balatro, where you actively build hands for nice multiplier payouts.

In CloverPit, your run is about cheating the payouts and pulling a level to bring the odds in your favor. This is not inherently a bad thing; it just means that the strategic decision-making is placed on external features, rather than active engagement, because of the very luck-centric nature of slot machines. For some, this may cause them to get bored quickly, but during my playthrough, it was always entertaining.

CloverPit Graphics

Graphically, CloverPit resembles early 32-bit PlayStation 1 era games. The sharp polygons and dark, demented vibes give off an ominous and dreadful atmosphere. Not to mention the half-broken toilet, which players can use at their leisure (which always gave my five-year-old quite a chuckle), only adds to the miserable, yet addictive, nature of CloverPit.

Audio Design

Maintaining that 32-bit era, the sound effects of CloverPit are basic, yet atmospheric at the same time. The muddy sound effects of interacting with buttons and the retro sound effects from the slot machine add to the eerie charm that CloverPit gives off. The constant pulsing sound from the overhead fan emanates throughout your run adds to the claustrophobic misery.

It’s a simple audio design executed well, complementing the horror themes the game is clearly going for. Overall, the soundtrack is minimalist, where its primary purpose is to elevate the eerie mood rather than put on some catchy tunes.

Accessibility Options

CloverPit accessibility features are limited, mainly focusing on text size, wobbly polygons, screen shake, and text effects. However, the game does have some clever game designs that make the game more accessible. In the claustrophobic room, you will find posters of the symbols’ payouts and the payouts for the patterns. Of course, any change from your charms and phone power-ups will be reflected on the posters.

Exiting mid-run will save your run the next time you boot CloverPit. This is a godsend, especially as a father of three young children. Bonus tip: If you want to calm your baby down, make them watch you pull the lever. Though they might end up slot machine seniors by the time you’re done with your run.

Conclusion on the CloverPit Review

CloverPit will literally drag you down a dark, deep, and remorseful metaphorical hole. The game is insatiably addictive, and before you know it, you will naturally push your luck. The eerie atmosphere and mysterious story are the cherries on top. Though the roguelike mechanics are not groundbreaking, they function as expected and will leave you always longing for just one more run. That, in essence, is the hallmark of a great roguelike. 

Final Score: 8.0 / 10

Pros:

• Addictive Roguelike Gameplay Mechanics
• Creepy Atmosphere
• Mysterious Story
• Strategic Depth in Each Run
• Immense Amounts of Replayability
• Cleaver Built-in Accessibility Options
• Affordable Price

Cons:

• Tough Onboarding
• Limitations of Slot Machine Engagement