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The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

Balatro is a card game, roguelike deckbuilder and rogue-like game developed by LocalThunk and published by Playstack.
Released on February 20th 2024 is available on Windows and MacOS in 12 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 153,566 reviews of which 150,524 were positive and 3,042 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.7 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 13.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 8.44€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Balatro into these genres:

Card Game Roguelike Deckbuilder Rogue-like Deckbuilding Singleplayer Strategy Pixel Graphics Replay Value Rogue-lite Turn-Based Card Battler Casual Difficult Choices Matter 2D Turn-Based Strategy Indie Relaxing Arcade Procedural Generation

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • 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: 150 MB available space
MacOS
  • OS: macOS 11 (Big Sur) or later
  • Processor: Any Intel or Apple Silicon processor
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 4 GB RAM
  • Storage: 150 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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May 2025
Thanks to this game, I can experience what it is like to be addicted to crack cocaine. I would never have had this experience otherwise and it is very eye-opening.
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Jan. 2025
i have played a lot of games, for a long time. many different genres, design sensiblities, and art styles, across several decades, on so many different systems. from NetHack to Hades II, from SpaceChem to Cookie Clicker, from DOOM (1993) to DOOM (2016). this, for my money, might be the best game ever made. intuitively simple; exquisitely complex and deep. i have every achievement and still cannot see a future where i don't play this anymore. arguably, this video game's existence is a testament to the undying creativity of the human spirit --- that we make works of dear significance and utter perfection almost by accident simply by following those pursuits we enjoy most. furthermore, here i am, inspired to write all this pseudopoetic drivel about a video game next to meme reviews by accounts pretending to be Goku or whatever. but i wouldn't be sitting here calling it the best game ever made if it didn't also drive me to write "the undying creativity of the human spirit" in a steam review just buy it, and buy it again for whatever other platforms you have. it's really good
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Jan. 2025
Don't buy this game, unless you're okay with becoming consumed by an obsession you don't even understand. I blinked and 35 hours went by in 3 days... Send help.
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Nov. 2024
I intentionally avoided this game because: 1.) I never cared to play/understand poker. 2.) I don't like gambling. Everything I heard about this game made me want to play it less. I was wrong. This game is simple, elegant, addictive, endlessly replayable, and barely has anything to do with actual poker. It's a simple game where you do the following: 1.) Play card hands to increase your score. Beat a level's specific score to win the level and earn money. (The game lists the card hands you can play in a menu that you can reference any time.) 2.) Spend winnings on upgrades and new cards which make winning future levels easier. That's it. Once it clicks, this game becomes as quintessential as Tetris. From a person who was initially skeptical about playing Balatro, I highly recommend it.
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Nov. 2024
This game is actually addictive. I know that term gets thrown around a lot, but have you ever seen those videos of old people just wasting away their lives at a slot machine in a casino? That's me. That's me playing Balatro.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Balatro is currently priced at 13.99€ on Steam.

Balatro is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 13.99€ on Steam.

Balatro received 150,524 positive votes out of a total of 153,566 achieving an impressive rating of 9.67.
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Balatro was developed by LocalThunk and published by Playstack.

Balatro is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Balatro is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Balatro is not playable on Linux.

Balatro is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Balatro. Explore additional content available for Balatro on Steam.

Balatro does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Balatro does not support Steam Remote Play.

Balatro is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Balatro.

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Balatro
13.99€ -40% 13.99€ 8.44€ -16% 13.99€ 11.87€
9.7
150,524
3,042
Game modes
Features
Online players
16,877
Developer
LocalThunk
Publisher
Playstack
Release 20 Feb 2024
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