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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 30093599
Last Record Update 16 July 2025 – 16:37:23 UTC ()
Release Date 20 February 2024 – 14:46:00 UTC ()
🤩 96.71%
162k reviews
9,807
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 10 July 2025 – 16:17:49 UTC () (1752164269)
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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
  • Steam Deck:
  • 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
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 23 February 2024 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 13515300
  • configuration:
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    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    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 🎴 Roguelike Deckbuilder 🎴 Deckbuilding 👤 Singleplayer 👾 Pixel Graphics 💡 Strategy 🔄 Replay Value 👻 Roguelite 🎲 Turn-Based 🃏 Card Battler 😌 Casual 😓 Difficult 🧞 Choices Matter 🌱 Indie 🏽 2D 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🧘 Relaxing 🕹 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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Assets
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timestamp10 July 2025 – 16:18:55 UTC
Trailers
256974582 ↴
trailer_nameBalatro - Gameplay video
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Bundles

ID Name % Set Created
37745 Not A Real Casino Bundle -10% No 8 August 2024 – 18:39:02 UTC
38429 Can't Put it Down Bundle Yes 25 March 2024 – 17:39:03 UTC
42016 Balatro x Wildfrost - Kind of a BIG DEAL -10% No 4 June 2024 – 11:19:03 UTC
45951 Dave and Friends -10% No 24 October 2024 – 07:29:02 UTC
46486 Balatro + Slay the Spire -10% No 29 October 2024 – 11:29:02 UTC
48459 Balatro & Peglin -10% No 19 December 2024 – 21:52:05 UTC
50631 Balatro + Arco -10% No 13 March 2025 – 19:49:21 UTC
50640 Balatro + Across the Obelisk -10% No 26 June 2025 – 20:34:49 UTC
51188 Don't Starve Together + Balatro -10% No 10 April 2025 – 18:09:03 UTC
53920 Balatro + Monster Train 2 Yes 21 May 2025 – 14:09:02 UTC
54907 Balatro + Dying Light 2 -10% No 26 June 2025 – 20:34:49 UTC

Store Packages

SubID Name Billing Type Last Update
856021 Balatro Store or CD Key 17 July 2025 – 17:00:09 UTC

Packages

SubID Name Billing Type Last Update
856020 Balatro for Beta Testing CD Key 27 February 2024 – 20:11:51 UTC
1014298 Steam Sub 1014298 CD Key
(Only 9 countries)		 2 March 2024 – 18:17:53 UTC
1014299 Steam Sub 1014299 CD Key
(Only 19 countries)		 2 March 2024 – 18:18:04 UTC
1014300 Steam Sub 1014300 CD Key
(Only 31 countries)		 2 March 2024 – 18:18:19 UTC
1014301 Steam Sub 1014301 CD Key
(Only 17 countries)		 21 October 2024 – 17:08:28 UTC
1023117 Balatro - Retail (ROW) CD Key
(Not in 76 countries)		 2 March 2024 – 18:17:27 UTC

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