A physical Balatro playing card deck is now available to preorder for $16. The deck consists of 52 standard cards and four of Balatro's signature Jokers: Joker, Juggler, Blueprint, and Gros Michel.

Balatro creator LocalThunk has remained pretty ... "I have talked about this a tiny bit in the past, but I really struggled with my physical and mental health from this time onward all the way ...

Balatro is the surprise deck-building game taking the world by storm. Many gamers have become addicted to the deck-building roguelite, praising the simple yet deeply strategic game. Others in the ...

TL;DR: Balatro, the hit roguelike deck builder, suffered from a huge security hole in its original demo back in 2023, whereby the full game was unlocked using just a simple text editor.

Here’s what to know. Balatro is based (very loosely) on poker, and has a simple premise: play a game of poker, using a standard deck of playing cards, against the computer. When a player begins the ...

the roguelike deck-building game contained mitigating fantastical elements that warranted a PEGI 12 rating." At the time of writing, Balatro is still showing its 18+ rating on the Nintendo Switch ...

Balatro seemingly can't stop scoring victories ... DLC brings another eight sets of card flavor to the poker-inspired roguelike deck-builder — and does so completely for free.

Released in February 2024, the poker-themed digital card game was an instant hit, and Balatro is now one of the top played games on Steam Deck and even took home a number of awards. Another game ...

“Balatro” won Game of the Year at the 2025 ... “Life is Strange: Double Exposure” (Deck Nine Games / Square Enix) which won the Social Impact Award and “Final Fantasy VII Rebirth ...