This week on the channel +3.1M views this week

Dicevaders' designer drops by as Northernlion asks about the next Balatro

Fifteen uploads ran from Slay the Spire 2 to a Pokémon-style Batomon Showdown, and the creator of the dice game turned up in the comments to answer questions.

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NorthernlionStory of October 3, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Is this 2026's Balatro? (Dicevaders)

Among the let's-play and variety channels around his size, Northernlion is one of the busiest right now: his daily views are running well above their usual level, and only CashPlays added more over the past seven days. Blarg and OneyPlays are also having lively stretches, while Failboat is right at its usual pace.

The week brought fifteen uploads, in the long-running Northernlion style of short daily episodes across several games. The most watched new one asks, in its title, "Is this 2026's Balatro? (Dicevaders)". It is a roguelike built around dice, and its designer, who also made Starvaders, showed up in the comments, offered to take questions while putting off some bug fixing, and politely turned down the Balatro comparison as too much pressure. Plenty of viewers took the chance to mourn Starvaders, a game he played only briefly. One admits they stopped watching those episodes because they bought it and played it for a month. Others point out how often he touches his face in this one.

Around it, the series kept rolling. Slay the Spire 2 and Batomon Showdown each got several entries, and the newest of both, "Let's redo those energy calculations" and "Win early, win often," are already among the channel's busiest videos a day after going up. Curve Fever Pro, billed as perhaps the best free game of the year, had a strong start too, along with a business-speak episode of Stick It To The Stickman.

The subscriber count held steady at about 1.4 million, while the views kept coming in.

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What viewers say

Sup everyone, I'm the designer of dicevaders & starvaders!

i dont like the balatro comparison lmao, too much pressure, i think we're more of a tumbleseed

feel free to ask me anything, im procrastinating fixing bugs
@axolotl-pengonautsSee it on YouTube
I stopped watching the starvaders videos because I bought the game and binged it for a month
@Kaoss134See it on YouTube
Noticing he touches his face a lot in this one
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