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Luck be a Landlord

Luck be a Landlord

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.

Released Jan 6, 2023 Developer TrampolineTales Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Roguelike DeckbuilderDeckbuildingRogue-liteStrategyProcedural Generation
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

93.4%positive10,630 reviews
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“A great deckbuilder game, comparable to Crop Rotation which I also greatly enjoyed. Luck be a Landlord (LbaL) has a lot more RNG to it, which is appropriate considering the slot machine mechanism for determining placements of symbols. 5 columns with 4 rows totals 20 symbols…”

— a player, Steam review · 43 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“played for 6 hours straight. reached a billion coins. my gambling itch has been satisfied for the next decade.”

— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“Unique spin on a roguelike deckbuilder, interesting to know that this is the game that inspired Balatro. There are a lot of fun little achievement challenges to do after you beat the game. The 777 wins one does make 100% a chore but it does give the game a ton of long term…”

— a player, Steam review · 52 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:37 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

177playing at last check
17824-hour peak
2,447all-time peak
0 1k 2k 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 1.2k avg · Mar 2021

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

186achievements
13.4%median completion
0.2%rarest: 777 Wins
59.0% of players 49.0% of players 43.4% of players 41.0% of players 37.4% of players 36.6% of players 34.6% of players 33.4% of players 33.0% of players 32.0% of players 31.3% of players 30.0% of players 29.5% of players 28.7% of players 26.7% of players 25.5% of players 24.9% of players 23.4% of players 23.2% of players 20.4% of players 20.2% of players 19.5% of players 18.9% of players 17.8% of players 17.5% of players 16.7% of players 16.4% of players 16.0% of players 14.9% of players 14.7% of players 13.8% of players 13.4% of players 13.2% of players 12.7% of players 12.3% of players 11.7% of players 10.8% of players 10.6% of players 9.5% of players 9.2% of players 9.1% of players 8.5% of players 8.4% of players 8.2% of players 7.5% of players 6.5% of players 6.0% of players 5.9% of players 5.7% of players 5.1% of players 4.6% of players 4.3% of players 4.2% of players 3.7% of players 3.4% of players 3.0% of players 2.7% of players 2.2% of players 1.9% of players 0.9% of players 59.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
59.0%Apartment Floor 1 — Win a game on floor 1.
53.0%Chick — Have a Chick not grow into a Chicken for 12 or more spins.
50.0%Lucky Capsule — Add a Common symbol from the choice after destroying a Lucky Capsule.
Rarest badges of honor
0.2%777 Wins — Win 777 games.
0.3%Guillotine Essence (77) — Be destroyed by Guillotine Essence 77 times.
0.3%Guillotine Essence (50) — Be destroyed by Guillotine Essence 50 times.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$7.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-13
US9.99 USD
EU9.99 EUR
UK8.99 GBP
Australia14.99 AUD
Canada12.99 CAD
Japan1,200 JPY
Brazil32.99 BRL
China42.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$6.2 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$12

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Nov 07, 2025
I'll be at MAGFest!

Luck be a Landlord and Maze Mice will be at MAGFest 2026! I'll be showcasing my games as part of the MAGFest Indie Video Games Showcase (MIVS), so stop by my booth if you're attending the convention i

Jan 08, 2025
v1.2.24

The game has been patched to fix a few bugs. Changes Added a wishlist button for my next game! Made the game revert to its previous windowed resolution when disabling fullscreen Updated the credits me

Jul 20, 2024
v1.2.23

The game has been patched to update the licenses under the legal section. Changes Updated the licenses under the credits menu's legal section

Jul 16, 2024
v1.2.22

The game has been patched to add an Arabic localization. Changes Added Arabic localization (thanks to Eman Abdo, Montassar Ghanmi, and Mohammed Seif Eddine Chaib) Fixed a bug where color-tagged string

Jul 01, 2024
v1.2.21

The game has been patched to fix a few bugs. Changes Updated splash logo Fixed a bug where the Mod Uploader was crashing when selecting .LBAL files Fixed a bug where the Screen Reader was sometimes ru

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsRoguelike Deckbuilder · Deckbuilding · Rogue-lite · Strategy · Procedural Generation · Simulation · Pixel Graphics · Rogue-like · Capitalism · Resource Management · Auto Battler · Casual (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Adjustable Text Size · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Portugal, Turkish, Vietnam…
ControllerFull support
Achievements186
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Processor: 2.0 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Storage: 165 MB available space