What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose
Lifetime units: ~40,948
(P10–P90: 16,379 – 90,086)
Gross revenue: ~$335,438
($134,173 – $737,966)
Estimate, method v1.0 — before Steam's ~30% share, refunds and VAT. The band means: we'd be surprised if the truth sat outside it. How we estimate
Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model
Gameplay & mechanics81% positive · 31 mentions
“Mahjong Soul had a temporary "roguelike mahjong" event and it was quite uninspired, but it showed to me that the idea had potential. This here does a much better job, though it does share some of the same failings of Balatro (overly long…”Recommended · Steam review · Mar 2025 · 2 h played
Difficulty & balance76% positive · 29 mentions
“The game is fun. I recommend it. I also recommend please for the love of god removing or changing the "unaided" boss. It sucks to spend the entire game getting awesome artifacts, getting an absurd amount of points and watching it crumble…”Recommended · Steam review · Jul 2025 · 6 h played
Content & longevity79% positive · 28 mentions
“Calling this Balatro with Mahjong isn't doing it justice. Despite being in very early access still, Aotenjo has rapidly shaped up to be just as addicting to me as Balatro is - if not perhaps a smidge more so, nailing a lot of the same…”Recommended · Steam review · Feb 2025 · 27 h played
Visuals & audio88% positive · 24 mentions
“This game is frustrating bc it is so fun but falls short of being a smash hit for 2 main reasons: 1. lack of cool visuals Obviously, balatro's flaming score counter comes to mind but I think this game could have done some cool things like…”Recommended · Steam review · Aug 2025 · 27 h played
Price & value92% positive · 12 mentions
“Highly recommended. This is one of these games like Balatro, CloverPit, Dungeons and Degenerate Gamblers or Slay the Spire, just to name a few, where I can just sink an infinite amount of hours in. Purchased it while it was on sale…”Recommended · Steam review · Dec 2025 · 22 h played
Controls & UI75% positive · 12 mentions
“sure, it's "just balatro but mahjong" but it is a ton of fun. The developers have made a game that is both easy to pick up and contains a lot of the complexities of mahjong (which I wasn't familiar with until I started playing this) It's…”Recommended · Steam review · Feb 2025 · 9 h played
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