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Balatro

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App ID 2379780
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Playstack
Franchise Playstack
Supported Systems Windows macOS
Technologies Love2D Engine
Last Changenumber 28602901
Last Record Update 22 April 2025 – 14:18:32 UTC ()
Release Date 20 February 2024 – 14:46:00 UTC ()
🤩 96.69%
145k reviews
14,737
In-Game

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.

Additional Information

Developer LocalThunk
metacritic_name Balatro
controller_support full
metacritic_score 90
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/balatro?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Playstack
Store Release Date 20 February 2024 – 14:46:43 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/5mH3dNhjx2
https://x.com/BalatroGame
https://www.youtube.com/@playstack/
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Casual (4), Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 20 February 2024 – 14:46:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 22 April 2025 – 14:18:05 UTC () (1745331485)
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review_score 9
review_percentage 98
Detected Technologies (?) Love2D Engine, Lua SDK, OpenAL SDK, SDL SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • 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
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • test_timestamp: 23 February 2024 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 13515300
  • configuration:
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    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 31 March 2023 – 05:14:41 UTC (), in changelist #18277370

Supported Languages

15 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Dutch Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Latin America Yes Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes
Russian Yes
Indonesian Yes

Tags

🃏 Card Game 🎴 Roguelike Deckbuilder 👻 Roguelike 🎴 Deckbuilding 👤 Singleplayer 💡 Strategy 👾 Pixel Graphics 🔄 Replay Value 👻 Roguelite 🎲 Turn-Based 🃏 Card Battler 😌 Casual 🧞 Choices Matter 😓 Difficult 🏽 2D 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🧘 Relaxing 🌱 Indie 🕹 Arcade 🔀 Procedural Generation

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support DualSense Controllers (USB Only) DualSense Controllers

Assets

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timestamp22 April 2025 – 14:18:28 UTC
Trailers
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Steam charts

  • 14,737 players right now
  • 19,311 24-hour peak
  • 43,905 all-time peak 5 January 2025
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Store data

  • 86,671 followers
  • #119 in top sellers
  • 142,491 positive reviews
  • 2,863 negative reviews
  • 98.03% positive reviews

Twitch stats

  • 598 viewers right now
  • 2,875 24-hour peak
  • 57,881 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive
  • 96.69% SteamDB Rating
  • 142,491 98.0% positive reviews
  • 2,863 2.0% negative reviews

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How many players are playing Balatro right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 14737 players live playing Balatro on Steam.

Balatro had an all-time peak of 43905 concurrent players on 5 January 2025.

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