Balatro
Strategy
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Indie
Card & Board Game
86
User Score
339 ratings
91
Critic Score
5 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
152,957 reviews
February 20, 2024
Released 796 days ago
2
Hype
Xbox Series X|S
PlayStation 4
Nintendo Switch 2
Android
PC (Microsoft Windows)
iOS
PlayStation 5
Mac
Xbox One
Nintendo Switch
About
Balatro is a deck-building roguelite in which players construct poker hands to earn chips and overcome enemy blinds. The game features mechanics for enhancing a deck of playing cards, purchasing Jokers that modify hand effects, and discovering synergies to progress through increasingly challenging encounters.
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Artwork
Videos
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Release Dates by Platform
Xbox One
Worldwide
Feb 20, 2024
Xbox Series X|S
Worldwide
Feb 20, 2024
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Worldwide
Feb 20, 2024
PlayStation 5
Worldwide
Feb 20, 2024
Nintendo Switch
Worldwide
Feb 20, 2024
PlayStation 4
Worldwide
Feb 20, 2024
Mac
Worldwide
Mar 1, 2024
iOS
Worldwide
Sep 26, 2024
Android
Worldwide
Sep 26, 2024
Nintendo Switch 2
Worldwide
Feb 25, 2026
Game Info
- Developer
- LocalThunk
- Publisher
- Playstack
- Engine
- LÖVE
- Game Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Genres
- Strategy Turn-based strategy (TBS) Indie Card & Board Game
Languages
- Text / Subtitles
- English, French, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, Chinese (Simplified), French, Japanese, Spanish (Mexico), Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese (Traditional), Italian, Italian, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Spain), Dutch, Dutch, Polish, Polish, Spanish (Mexico), Korean, German, German