Balatro is a deck-building roguelike built on the very basics of Poker. You’re given cards and you have to play those hands to earn points. Better hands earn more points. You can discard cards, but you only have a set number of hands to play each round.
Balatro News
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 dominates 2025 BAFTA Games Awards nominations
Astro Bot, Still Wakes the Deep and Thank Goodness You’re Here also lead the BAFTA nominations
Xbox Game Pass just added one of last year’s best games
Balatro has been added to Microsoft’s subscription service
Balatro has reportedly made over $4 million on mobile since release
Balatro saw a huge increase in sales following its Game Awards nominations
Hit deck-builder Balatro is now available for mobile
The card roguelike is out on iOS, Android, and Apple Arcade
Apple Arcade gets eight games this month including Balatro+
The plus edition has no upfront price, microtransactions or ads
In Brief
Balatro is coming to mobile later this month
The critically acclaimed poker roguelike is already on consoles and PC
Balatro is getting The Witcher, Vampire Survivors, Among Us and Dave the Diver decks
The free update is out today
Balatro’s first major gameplay update teased as it hits new sales milestone
Two "surprises" coming this summer, followed by a major, free update next year
In Brief
Balatro is getting a physical special edition
Each copy will come with a pack of Joker / booster cards
Balatro’s first major update tweaks difficulty, adds new Joker types
Update 1.0.1 is now available for testing on PC