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Balatro - Steam Game

4.9 out of 5
31 User Ratings
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98% | Overwhelmingly Positive
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Balatro is a poker-inspired roguelike deck builder all about creating powerful synergies and winning big.
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About Balatro

About this game

Balatro is a poker-inspired roguelike deck builder all about creating powerful synergies and winning big.

Combine valid poker hands with unique Joker cards in order to create varied synergies and builds. Earn enough chips to beat devious blinds, all while uncovering hidden bonus hands and decks as you progress. You’re going to need every edge you can get in order to reach the boss blind, beat the final ante and secure victory.

  • The definitive poker roguelike experience.
  • Endless possibilities - every pick-up, discard and joker can dramatically alter the course of your run.
  • In-depth campaign mode complete with 8 difficulties, as well as challenge, daily and seeded runs.

Deftly deploy an array of potent tools: different Decks, Jokers, Tarot cards, Planet cards, Spectral cards, and Vouchers. Use these versatile instruments to ignite a combo frenzy and turbocharge your poker hands, crafting electrifying, adrenaline-fueled synergies.

  • 150 Jokers, each with their own unique abilities
  • 15 Decks with distinct modifiers to choose from for each run
  • 5 potential variants of each Joker which add further abilities
  • 22 Tarot cards variants that can enhance your regular playing cards
  • 11 Planet cards that help level up your possible poker hands
  • 32 Voucher cards to help provide permanent buffs for your current run

Immerse yourself in Balatro’s distinctive psychedelic world. Let the synthwave soundtrack wash over you - wind down, escape the daily grind and prepare to enter the ultimate roguelike flow state.

  • Improve your collection and discover new cards and secrets with every single run.
  • Make use of the in-depth stats screen to study your best hands, most used Jokers, and more!
  • Immerse yourself in the CRT fuzz and enjoy detailed, hand-crafted pixel art.






Game Details

Platform:
steam
Release Date:
February 20, 2024
Developer:
LocalThunk
Publisher:
Playstack
Supported Languages:
English
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Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10, 11 x64
  • Processor: Intel Core i3
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 2.1 compatible graphics card, integrated graphics
  • Storage: 50 MB available space

Recommended:

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Critic Reviews

91

Het Nieuwsblad

100 / 100
"The result is a surprisingly layered and extremely addictive game, with pixelated retro graphics. Cleverly designed too, as all the bleeps and effects constantly provide little...

SomosXbox

97 / 100
"Balatro is as good as Slay the Spire was. It's a roguelike deckbuilder, but beginning from a poker deck. The concept is both original and fun. Its modifier cards offer almost...

Games.cz

90 / 100
"A unique and damn addictive card-based roguelite that borrows basic rules from poker, only to effortlessly turn them on their head using jokers, tarot cards, and celestial...
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Balatro Statistics

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~4 Hours
11.86%
~8 Hours
11.86%
~12 Hours
6.78%
~20 Hours
22.03%
~40 Hours
11.86%
~60 Hours
13.56%
>= 80 Hours
20.34%
Achievement Hunter?
20.34% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!

Difficulty Statistics

Difficulty Rating

Simple
1.32%
Easy
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Just Right
61.84%
Tough
34.21%
Unforgiving
2.63%
Relax & enjoy! 61.84%  of players consider this game to be Just Right

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Play Behaviour

Tried It
2.82%
Played It
14.08%
Halfway
14.08%
Beat It
60.56%
Conquered It
8.45%
Completionist! 8.45%  of players have Conquered It

Balatro User Reviews

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User Rating

Average score from 31 ratings
82% of users would recommend this.
4.9

User Ratings Breakdown

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Wampa Lover
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Love the game such a fun time killer..
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Poker, but not as you know it

Ian
Staff Review
Dangerously addictive game with a surprising amount of depth
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Recommended

It never ends
Verified purchase
Game is amazing rouge-like in disguise of a card game. Once you start you can't put it down.
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We finally got Poker 2

EXiLE
Verified purchase
This game is crack, I don't even really know how to play poker and I still love it. When the Jokers proc and the multiplier catches fire it's so satisfying. My only complaint is that it's very RNG heavy but that's kinda expected with a game based on Poker.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Somewhere in the middle. 62% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 37% of GameFAQs users said Balatro is Tough or Unforgiving.
Yes, Balatro is Steam Deck Verified. Valve’s testing indicates that Balatro is Verified on Steam Deck. This game is fully functional on Steam Deck, and works great with the built-in controls and display.
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10, 11 x64
  • Processor: Intel Core i3
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 2.1 compatible graphics card, integrated graphics
  • Storage: 50 MB available space
Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 38 hours. 75% of users played Balatro for over 12 hours.
Yes, Balatro has broad critical consensus. 100% of critics on Metacritic recommend Balatro. The Metascore is 91 out of 100.
82% of Fanatical users recommend Balatro. The average review score is 4.9/5
Yes, 82% of Fanatical users and 100% of critics on Metacritic recommend Balatro.
Balatro was released on February 20, 2024
Balatro is published by Playstack
Balatro was developed by LocalThunk
Fanatical users tagged Balatro as Roguelike, Roguelike Deckbuilder, Card Game, and Deckbuilding
Fanatical users tagged Balatro as Replay Value, Difficult, Relaxing, and Pixel Graphics
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Balatro as having Singleplayer
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Balatro as Roguelike
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Balatro as Roguelike Deckbuilder
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Balatro as Card Game

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