Balatro

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Cards swirl in an interdimensional vortex in Balatro's trippy intro sequence.
'I hate the thought of Balatro becoming a true gambling game': LocalThunk is making sure casinos can't get their hands on his game even after he dies by literally writing it into his will

By Mollie Taylor Published

news Taking the phrase "over my dead body" to another level.

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A collage of key art from Content Warning, Abiotic Factor and other weird games
The future of gaming belongs to weird little games

By Evan Lahti Published

opinion After Balatro, Animal Well, Content Warning, and Abiotic Factor in 2024, small games from small studios are innovating as well as anyone else.

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Cards swirl in an interdimensional vortex in Balatro's trippy intro sequence.
Balatro's first big balance patch fiddles with Fibonacci and makes a mod to Odd Todd

By Andy Chalk Published

news No, I don't know what any of that means, but it's live now on Steam.

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An image of a card from Balatro denoting its 1 million sales in front of a psychadelic background.
Top-tier deckbuilder Balatro hits 1 million sales in less than a month, which hopefully justifies all the hours we've collectively lost to it

By Harvey Randall Published

News Upping the ante.

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A flush in Balatro
'Balatro is the first deckbuilder I ever played,' says developer who singlehandedly made Balatro

By Phil Savage Published

news Despite this, over 1,500 years of Balatro have collectively been played on Steam.

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Balatro - Small Blind: Score at least 500,000
Poker roguelike sensation Balatro sells more than 500,000 copies in just 10 days

By Andy Chalk Published

news People sure do like their Balatro.

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A flush in Balatro
Poker-themed deckbuilder Balatro gets delisted from some stores after its PEGI rating absurdly jumps from 3 to 18+ over 'gambling imagery'

By Christopher Livingston Published

News "I do not condone gambling," says Balatro developer LocalThunk, "nor do I believe that Balatro contains gambling."

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Cards swirl in an interdimensional vortex in Balatro's trippy intro sequence.
19 essential Balatro tips to make you a master of the blinds

By Robin Valentine Published

HANDY Get to Ante 8 and beyond with these key strategies.

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A card game
'I don't play poker at all' says solo developer who made the poker roguelike I can't stop playing

By Christopher Livingston Published

Big Deck Energy Developer LocalThunk says his deckbuilder, Balatro, is actually based on a game called Big Two, not poker.

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A flush in Balatro
Even if you don't like deckbuilders, you need to try Balatro

By Phil Savage Published

poker face This poker-based roguelike is a cheat code to experiencing the best of deckbuilding.

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