Balatro
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.
- Price:$13.49
- Release Date:2/20/2024
- Franchise:Playstack
- Developer:LocalThunk
- Publishers:
- Last Updated:12/23/2024
- Steam App Id:2379780
Balatro
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Verified)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Balatro has 26,099 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 31% lower than its previous all-time peak of 37,977 players achieved on 3/10/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Balatro. It has received a total of 100,559 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 97 (Overwhelmingly Positive).
Price History Chart
Track historical price changes and trends for Balatro. Right now, it costs $13.49 in the Steam Store.
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Balatro and its growth over time. It currently has 66,184 followers on its community page.
About Balatro
Balatro is a Simulation, Indie, Casual, and Strategy game developed by LocalThunk. On 2/20/2024, it was released on the Steam Store by LocalThunk, and Playstack.
Players have rated Balatro as "Overwhelmingly Positive" out of 100,559 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 98,789 positive reviews and 1,770 negative reviews — an overall 98% positive review rating. Additionally, Balatro has earned a metascore of 90 on Metacritic.
It is available for gamers to download and play for $13.49 which is a 10% discount off its base price. It can also be purchased through Balatro & Peglin, Balatro + Slay the Spire, Can't Put it Down Bundle, Dave and Friends, Not A Real Casino Bundle, and Balatro x Wildfrost - Kind of a BIG DEAL which give a discount off its base price.
It can be played and ran on both Windows and Mac systems. It is verified by Valve as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
It also supports 12 languanges in-game including English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish (Spain). Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Balatro supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Full controller support
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Single-player
From the Steam community, Balatro has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Card Game
- Roguelike
- Difficult
- Procedural Generation
- Roguelite
- Turn-Based
- Pixel Graphics
- Deckbuilding
- Choices Matter
- Replay Value
- Roguelike Deckbuilder
- Simulation
- Arcade
- Card Battler
- Strategy
- Casual
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Relaxing
- Singleplayer
- 2D
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Balatro and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Balatro is referenced by 1 other related app in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Balatro Soundtrack | Music | 2/20/2024 | View |
Related Bundles
Balatro is included in 6 bundles in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Balatro & Peglin | 2 | 2 | $23.83 | View |
 | Balatro + Slay the Spire | 2 | 2 | $19.78 | View |
 | Can't Put it Down Bundle | 2 | 2 | $23.83 | View |
 | Dave and Friends | 3 | 3 | $31.38 | View |
 | Not A Real Casino Bundle | 3 | 3 | $35.97 | View |
 | Balatro x Wildfrost - Kind of a BIG DEAL | 2 | 2 | $31.48 | View |
Related Packages
Balatro is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
Supported Languages
Balatro is available in 12 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | No | Yes |
| French | Yes | No | Yes |
| Italian | Yes | No | Yes |
| German | Yes | No | Yes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Dutch | Yes | No | Yes |
| Japanese | Yes | No | Yes |
| Polish | Yes | No | Yes |
| Portuguese-Brazil | Yes | No | Yes |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Balatro data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2024, December 23). Balatro on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379780
- Valve Corporation. (2024, December 23). Balatro. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/2379780
- Metacritic. (2024, December 23). Balatro for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/balatro
- LocalThunk. (2023, July 21). Balatro. Balatro. https://www.playbalatro.com/