Pocketro
Pocketro brings poker-hand strategy to short, repeatable card runs across browser and store releases.
Entertainment · Webgames
Rising Pixel
Pocketro
HTML5 webgame
Pocketro brings poker-hand strategy to short, repeatable card runs across browser and store releases.
The objective
Rising Pixel wanted to test whether a roguelike deck-building poker concept could support short sessions across the web and mobile app stores.
The experience
Players build the best poker hand from their dealt cards to reach each round's score target.
Clearing a round offers a choice of three random upgrades before the next target rises.
The portrait-first design removes the shop and aims for runs of about five to fifteen minutes.
+150k
players on CrazyGames
15:57
median gameplay time per run
3
storefronts, from CrazyGames to the Microsoft Store via FRVR
The results
Pocketro launched as an HTML5 webgame on CrazyGames and sustained an unusually long median run for a browser title.
FRVR brought the same build to the Microsoft Store as Pocketro FRVR. CrazyGames also featured the title in a dedicated TikTok campaign.