Balatro
Developer LocalThunk
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,… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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60 of 129 · most liked firstBalatro launched one year ago today I often say I made this game for myself and friends, but seeing so many people connect with Balatro has filled this past year with joy. Thank you players, your love and support have kept Balatro thriving! I appreciate you all naneinf! 🍌
unlabelledView post →Honestly fuck the Game Awards for nominating Balatro. Ever since they did it got me interested enough to play it and now I'm so addicted to it that it's impossible to do anything productive. This is all their fault for nominating a game so good
unlabelledView post →Crazy crazy day, so many messages of love and support from amazing people I have had the pleasure to meet these past couple years. In total disbelief Balatro Game Awards nominations for: Best Mobile Game Best Independent Game Best Debut Indie Best Game Direction, AND Game of the Year
unlabelledView post →Now imagine my game yells BALATRO at you on startup but every person has a different pronunciation of Balatro depending on their user ID to sew chaos
unlabelledView post →This is 100% a fucking 2000's game magazine ad for Balatro
unlabelledView post →Balatro is a fun card game ( @playbalatro.com @localthunk.bsky.social )
unlabelledView post →GOTY nominees for The Game Awards -Astro Bot -Balatro -Black Myth Wukong -Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree -Final Fantasy VII Rebirth -Metaphor: ReFantazio Vote: thegameawards.com
unlabelledView post →Yeah so Balatro is just like a dumb card game or whatever, but have you considered:
unlabelledView post →Balatro wins the Game of the Year award at GDC Awards. Winners: Best Audio - Astro Bot Best Debut - Balatro Best Design - Balatro Best Narrative - Metaphor: ReFantazio Best Technology - Astro Bot Best Visual Art - Black Myth: Wukong Audience Award - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
unlabelledView post →GDC was dope Highlight for me was playing the first ever card game using the Balatro playing cards with a bunch of really awesome indie dev friends I had met over the past couple years!
unlabelledView post →Game of the Year nominees at #TheGameAwards • Astro Bot • Balatro • Black Myth: Wukong • Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Metapahor: ReFantazio
unlabelledView post →One of the most nerve-wracking, astonishing gaming feats I've seen performed live. Somehow makes Balatro into an actual gambling game and then, through sheer knowledge of the mechanics, forces the house to lose. youtu.be/A7Go7IXlYLg?...
unlabelledView post →"Balatro" (also known as Windows Joker) was a scrapped roguelite deck-building game slated to be one of the Premium Games included in the Ultimate and Home Premium editions of Windows Vista. (concept)
unlabelledView post →Honestly just skip Balatro, go to the Arco page and buy that game twice instead Have I mentioned how good Arco is recently? Arco is amazing. Go play Arco
unlabelledView post →PRINCESS IN BALATRO??? (REAL?) GAME IS 25% OFF ON STEAM TO CELEBRATE
unlabelledView post →Balatro has me in a chokehold what crack did they put in that game
unlabelledView post →Balatro wins formal appeal to reclassify poker game as PEGI 12 www.eurogamer.net/balatro-wins...
unlabelledView post →Balatro has made the long list in 5 categories for the BAFTA Game Awards: - Best Game - Debut Game - Game Design - Music - New IP Thank you BAFTA for letting us continue the BALATRO SWEEP into 2025 🃏 www.bafta.org/stories/best...
unlabelledView post →This week's video is about how game investors want "The Next Balatro" but are doomed to never find it because they have no foresight, no imagination, and a parasitic aversion to actually investing in games: youtu.be/9JO3xKbzcuA
unlabelledView post →It's left card into right card man @rtgame.bsky.social #rtgamefanart #balatro #art
unlabelledView post →Balatro won Best Independent Game in the PlayStation Blog GOTY 2024 Awards! 🃏🔥 blog.playstation.com/2024/12/17/p...
unlabelledView post →A few nominations for the Indie Game Awards for Balatro!!! Love the celebration of indie games, some absolute bangers in these nominations
unlabelledView post →BREAKING: Local Idiot Plays Worst Recorded Game of Balatro in History; "Absolute Dogshit" Exclaim Observers
unlabelledView post →Balatro has been shortlisted for Pocket Gamer People’s Choice award in the Mobile Game Awards! Throw your (hanging chad) vote here: www.pocketgamer.com/peoples-choi...
unlabelledView post →Have you played Balatro yet? Everybody's playing it. Cmon, just one game
unlabelledView post →#GuiltyGear x #Balatro is now a real-life game you can play at Frosty Faustings.
unlabelledView post →Imagine if Balatro was an arcade game and you had to pay money to play a round.
unlabelledView post →Balatro Joker idea: Mahjong Turns the game into Mahjong with Balatro rules You instantly either win or lose because you don't know how to play Mahjong
unlabelledView post →Jokers wild. Congratulations to @localthunk.bsky.social on taking home Game of the Year for Balatro at The Indie Game Awards 2024! Category Breakout: youtu.be/HHXjy-KSi1k
unlabelledView post →I really enjoyed chatting with Balatro designer @localthunk.bsky.social for @crossplayblog.bsky.social about whether he's okay with kids playing his poker-inspired game (he is), what card games he played growing up, and more. patrickklepek.substack.com/p/is-balatro...
unlabelledView post →Balatro is just another number go up game and I’m addicted to the dopamine
unlabelledView post →To the Joker, Balatro is just a normal card game
unlabelledView post →Your favorite game that didn't get nominated is worse than Balatro. Hope this helps.
unlabelledView post →I know it’s just code for monetizing everything but I like how it’s always put in terms of “engaging the player for long periods of time” and “becoming a lifestyle”, you know what game does that? Balatro. You can just make a good normal videogame like Balatro that people enjoy.
unlabelledView post →What's Game of The Year, and why is it Balatro?
unlabelledView post →I can safely say, especially after finally getting this achievement, that Balatro is easily in my top 5 games all time. Just a remarkable game, man.
unlabelledView post →Can’t stop playing the stupid Balatro style slot machine video game
unlabelledView post →Yesterday was productive. I went back to Balatro and actually completed a run. Quite the game, that Balatro.
unlabelledView post →Balatro on Xbox Game Pass starting today 🐐
unlabelledView post →Watching a guy play real life Balatro while I play video game Balatro.
unlabelledView post →Somebody should make a game that's like Balatro except for the Monty Hall problem
unlabelledView post →This game is Balatro with horsegirls. Straight up.
unlabelledView post →LIVE: Vinesauce Game Awards, Big Natural Balatro twitch.tv/vinesauce
unlabelledView post →👎 Balatro SUCKS 👍 5/3 game
unlabelledView post →Game idea: Balatro, but im not addicted to ivermectin
unlabelledView post →So we now have a Balatro but chess game, a Balatro but solitaire, a Balatro but pool/billiards, a Balatro but pinball, scrabble, roulette, golf, so on so forth. At some point we might need to create a Balatro but Balatro that infinitely recurs...
unlabelledView post →Balatro in the Cloud via Xbox Game Pass
unlabelledView post →Pride Month Balatro update just dropped #VideoGames #Pride #PrideMonth #Balatro
unlabelledView post →My wife has bought Balatro on Steam and also on her phone and now she wants to play it on the TV so she bought it for our Switch. This is how it became the most successful game of all time; autistics looking at other screens going, "what if I played it here, too?"
unlabelledView post →This Balatro game might be fire actually
unlabelledView post →I won my first Balatro game!!!
unlabelledView post →Balatro update delayed as developer preserves "hobbyist" approach to ensure this isn't the last update the game gets www.eurogamer.net/balatro-upda...
unlabelledView post →Stop playing and feed me. #cats #caturday #balatro #gaming
unlabelledView post →The video game Balatro was taken down from sale briefly because it recieved an 18+ rating from the European ratings board PEGI. The reason? It used playing cards as a mechanic in the game. It had no actual gambling (unlike some other games). But somehow Polymarket stays up on the app store.
unlabelledView post →Fruitbearer by @apexmangostudio.bsky.social & @coghdev.bsky.social is so good I can't fit all I want to say into a post here, so please accept my Steam review instead. If you like Balatro, this is for you. If you like Suika, this is for you. If you don't like any of that—it's still for you!
unlabelledView post →Skyrim That one Zelda game Peggle Peggle Nights Balatro Slay the Spire Slay the Spire 2 Portal that's it I've never played anything else (lying)
unlabelledView post →OHHHHH SHIT DICEVADERS IS OUT!!! GOOD GAME GOOD BALATRO DICELIKE store.steampowered.com/app/3917700/...
unlabelledView post →The moment I beat the final Balatro challenge deck after also completing all the other decks on hardest difficulty. I don't think I've ever 100% a game before
unlabelledView post →If anyone wants an update on what games I'm playing, I'm deep in the WoW Forever beta, some Overwatch, and very much wanting to play Deadlock (And of course Balatro for my phone game of choice)
unlabelledView post →It's been a while, but I've been hard at work! I just put FOUR new cross stitch patterns onto my PayHip, all inspired by jokers from the game Balatro! Plus, my first ever pattern bundle where you can get all four for a discount. Check them out! stitchesandstringtheory.com/collection/b...
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