Balatro
About Balatro
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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Balatro on Wikipedia
Balatro is a 2024 poker-themed roguelike deck-building game developed by solo developer LocalThunk, and published by Playstack. It was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on February 20, 2024, with a port to macOS on March 1. Ports for Android and iOS were released on September 26, 2024. A dedicated Nintendo Switch 2 version was released on February 25, 2026. In the game, the player must score points by playing poker hands from a starting 52-card deck, with a limited number of hands and discards each round.
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Game details
- Developer
- LocalThunk
- Publisher
- Playstack
- ESRB rating
- E10+
- Game modes
- Single player
- Official site
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Balatro player count
Balatro has 7,201 players in-game on Steam right now — up 13% from 24 hours ago. Its 24-hour peak was 8,166 concurrent players. Updated hourly.
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