Balatro is a video game developed by LocalThunk and published by Playstack. It released on February 20th, 2024 on Steam (Windows and Steam Deck versions of Linux), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One (all versions), Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch. A mobile version was released for iOS and Android on September 26th, 2024.
Premise
Balatro is a deck-building roguelike where you must play poker hands and earn chips to defeat enemy blinds. Enhance your deck of playing cards, buy Jokers to modify each hand you play, and discover new and wild synergies to win!
Features
- Seeded and unseeded runs
- Stats to track your best hand, your favourite Joker card, your highest Ante, and more!
- Automatically saves your current run to continue later
- Handmade pixel art
- New Game +++
- Run-breaking synergies!
In-game Collectibles
- Discover 200+ items to complete your collection
- Includes 100+ unlockable items to improve your future runs
- 150 Joker cards, each with their own abilities and synergies
- 5 editions of each Joker to collect: Base, Foil, Holographic, Polychrome and Negative, each with their own powerful effect
- Each playing card can be enhanced eight ways, come in one of four editions, and/or have one of four seals applied to it
- 15 Decks to choose from for each run, with 8 difficulties
- 22 Tarot cards to enhance your playing cards
- 12 Planet cards to upgrade your poker hands
- 18 Spectral cards with wide-ranging effects
- 32 Vouchers to improve your run
- 30 Blinds with tricky abilities that require you to think outside the box
- 24 Tags giving you special bonuses, at the cost of skipping a Small or Big Blind
Technical Details
System Requirements
- 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
Supported Languages
The game interface currently fully supports 12 languages, with a further 3 in beta translation. Balatro does not have any verbal audio, so all sounds are language-agnostic.
More information on supported languages
Screenshots
Trivia
- The game's name is a reference to a "balatro," which means a jester.
Related Pages
External links
- Official site
- Balatro on Steam
- LocalThunk on Twitter/X
- Playstack's official website