As I watch my friends fall in to the hellscape that Poker Fate is, I feel my heart fill with dread.

Even at first glance it is obvious that the game is a cesspool of degeneracy: a gacha game about poker with lewdly dressed and/or practically naked anime girls, some of whom are disturbingly young in appearance. In an inversion of normal societal practices, the player must spend money for the characters to have fewer belongings.

The chips in Poker Fate cannot be converted to anything else, not even any of the games numerous in-game currencies. They serve purely as a means to gamble for absolutely nothing. It is a miracle that such system works, as the game lacks the core incentive of gambling. Skillful play won't reward you with anything other than the capability to place larger bets; your success cannot be turned into anything that improves your life in any way. Winning and losing are both illusions, rendering the act of playing meaningless; a desperate attempt to simulate the rush of monetary irresponsibility and the desublimation of money that real gambling provides.

A friend of mine has reached 40 hours of playtime in less than four days. He has become a husk of a man, having cast aside all his responsibilities as he places bets with his other hand while jerking off with the other. His auditory cortex bombarded by aphrodisiac jazz tunes and moaning girls. It is not my dad liking Instagram posts of AI-generated OnlyFans models or the rapid rise of fascist ideologies that has caused me to lose hope, it is Poker Fate - ACG Texas Hold'Em.

Fairness Warning: A Pay-to-Win Game with Zero Certification

This game is operated by a company under Japanese jurisdiction (as stated in Terms Section 20), and its user interface bears a striking resemblance to the Japanese mahjong game “麻雀一番街” (officially known as “Riichi City” in English).

More importantly, the terms of service contain no mention of any third-party fairness certification for its Random Number Generator (RNG), such as GLI certification.

Critical issues in the terms reveal its pay-to-win nature:

Article 5 (Paid Services) only describes the purchase process. It completely omits whether payment affects card dealing or win rates, leaving clear room for paid advantages.

Article 14 (Disclaimer) explicitly states that "the Company shall not guarantee the completeness, accuracy, validity, [or] usefulness" of the service—meaning it does not guarantee fairness.

This aligns perfectly with the flood of Steam reviews complaining that non-paying players consistently receive bad hands.

For a game involving real-money purchases, its fairness is less transparent than some blockchain games that publicly use “verifiable fair algorithms.” With zero guarantees on fairness.

It is a clear pay-to-win game. Get rid of it.

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