Survival roguelike · iOS
Reels
You're not betting money.
You're betting your run.
Free trial. One purchase unlocks the rest, for good.
Surviving isn't luck. It's reading the machine.
REELS is a slot machine you take down into the pit. The reels spin, your weapons fire on whatever they land on, and the souls you reap pay the toll.
The toll climbs faster than you do. Every run is a race between the build you're assembling and the arithmetic trying to end you.
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The machine changes under you.
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Charms rewrite the spin
A charm doesn't hand you more damage. It changes the rules of the spin itself, and charms stack until the machine barely resembles the one you started on.
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Every floor runs its own machine
Each one drops the reels differently. The build that carried you this far is the one that gets you killed on the floor below.
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You choose the way down
Every door says what it costs and what it pays. Choose badly and you'll find out fast.
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Bosses turn
Partway through, a boss drops into its rage phase, and the fight you'd just learned stops existing.
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Three ways in
A campaign of forced builds, an endless mode, and a daily challenge run on one seed, the same for everyone who plays it.
What you'll never find in it.
This matters more than any feature on the list above, so here it is in plain words.
- No ads. Not between runs, not to revive, not ever.
- No lives, no continues, no energy, no timers.
- No currency to buy, no loot boxes, no battle pass, no login bonus.
- No account, no tracking. It runs offline.
Play free for as long as the trial lasts, and whatever you earn there stays yours. One purchase unlocks the rest, permanently. The machine is rigged in your favor, never against your wallet.
The ones people actually ask.
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Is REELS a gambling game?
No. You never wager money and you never win any. There is no chip, token or currency to buy, and nothing in the game pays out. The slot machine is the combat system: the reels decide what your weapons fire on, and that is the only thing they decide.
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Is REELS free?
There is a free trial, and whatever you earn during it stays yours. A single purchase then unlocks the whole game permanently. No subscription, no second purchase, no ads.
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Does it have ads or energy timers?
Neither. No ads between runs, none to revive, none at all. No lives, no continues, no energy bar, no daily login bonus.
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Can I play offline?
Yes, all of it. There is no account and no sign-in, and the game never needs a connection.
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How does the daily challenge work?
One seed per day, identical for every player in the world, with a ranking. Everyone gets the same machines, the same charms and the same beasts, so the only variable is how you play it.
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Is it like Balatro or Vampire Survivors?
It shares their appetite for short runs and builds that snowball, and it will feel familiar if you liked either. What it does differently is put a slot machine at the centre: the reels are not a reward screen, they are what fires your weapons.
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Is there an Android version?
Not today. REELS is on iPhone only.
- iPhone. One hand, offline, in short runs.
- English, French and Spanish, all the way through.
- Built by one person, Illan Knafou.
- Out since 2 September 2026.