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Scratcher Simulator

Scratcher Simulator is a roguelike engine-builder about scratch cards. Buy tickets, scratch them for cash, and hit a rising target, or the run is over. Score and money are one wallet: every purchase cuts into your survival. Stack lucky charms, chain multipliers, break the machine.

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Fantastico Studio
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Fantastico Studio
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About the Game

One machine. One wallet. One target that keeps rising.

You're alone in a dark room with a ticket vending machine. Buy scratch cards, scratch them with your cursor, and reveal the cash underneath. Reach the target, and you move on. Miss it, and the run is over.

Your score is your money

There is only one wallet. The dollars that count toward the target are the same dollars you spend in the shop. Every charm, every reroll, every upgrade is paid out of your own survival. Spend now to build a stronger engine, or hold your cash and scrape past the target. That decision is the whole game.

Scratch for real

No menus. The whole interface is the machine: drop the coin, twist the knob, press the buttons, and physically scratch 3D tickets to erode their foil. A paper receipt prints your winnings and snaps with every payout.

Build a money engine

  • 26 ticket families across 6 archetypes: number matches, symbol hunts, slots, bingo, dice, blackjack, and more. Upgrade them from Base to PRO to TURBO to raise their prize ceilings.

  • Dozens of lucky charms in 4 categories: bend the odds, pad the base value, stack multipliers, earn compound interest. Only 5 slots, so every pick defines your build.

  • 7 tactical consumables for surgical plays, like guaranteeing the best prize on your next scratch and then doubling it.

  • Chain it all together and turn pocket change into hundreds of thousands of dollars in a single turn.

Survive the bosses

Every third phase the machine fights back: hidden values, doubled prices, cursed symbols, a cramped hand, unscratchable cells. Each handicap attacks a different pillar of your build, so no single strategy carries you through.

Lose, unlock, go again

Every run earns Stars, win or lose. Spend them to unlock new tickets, charms and consumables, then go back in with a wider arsenal.

Scratcher Simulator is a fictional, single-player game. No real money, no cash-out, no microtransactions. Just you, the machine, and the math.

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