Balatro Has Officially Sold 1 Million Copies

Yes yes, it's on my list. If I don't get a coupon for my birthday next week I'll get it anyways.

You guys talked me into this one and I don't regret the purchase at all. As addicting as Vampire Survivor but not quite as life-consuming.

Yes!!! I know I've directly caused at least four of those purchases lol

This may be the only game I'm actually holding out for a release on mobile for. I think the creator said it's in beta

Great game ! Didn't think I'd fall for it that hard...

@JohnnyMind It is

I don't "get" this game at all (the hell is a roguelike card game???), but I can be a sucker for card games, so I'll definitely keep my eye out for a physical release.

Kind of wish there was a demo out for this. All the same, I’m thinking of getting this for Steam (sorry Switch).

Any tips on how to make this less frustrating? I can’t seem to clear the last blind of a run. At a certain point my bonuses just aren’t enough.

Game is fun but man, it can drive me crazy too lol

@Waluigi451 I found that multiple jokers giving xMult rather than + Mult are the key (especially ones that increase over time with your actions, e.g. +0.25 for every enhanced card, or steel card, or every tarot card played) - that and opening every planet pack to upgrade your base chips and mult can rack up huge scores in later antes. I picked up a lot of tips watching the Balatro University channel on Youtube and have now beaten both Red and Blue decks on base difficulty. Getting a joker or two that give extra gold or tarot cards early on is also very helpful.

Love this game, but I'm terrible at it. After about 15 hours of play time, I've only completed one run!

All the bad PEGI-press has helped sales, I'd reckon.

My wife loves it, and I have no idea what's going on, but good for Balatro!

Finally beat a couple of runs now, loving the game. Took me far too long to realise I could swap around the order of jokers to benefit from the X multipliers!

I returned this as it was very boring and uninteresting.

Best game created by humans ever, deserve 50 millions sales at least for real.

My family hates this game. They want their dad back.

@sanderev : The 18+ rating probably got everyone thinking it was some strip poker game.

GOTY already, it's gonna be something REALLY great that knocks it off, if anything does. ❤️❤️ 11/10, i got all my friends hooked on it too!

@Sisilly_G

"the hell is a roguelike card game?"

what is a roguelike, but a videogame that "shuffles the deck" between plays? 🤔

IMO, its a match made in heaven, especially and specifically with the poker rule set!

I hope it ends up "clicking" for you, its a really great, wonderfully designed game! and I fn hate everything! 😂

@-wc- : I have a feeling I'll be completely bowled over once I actually play it. I've watched a bit of gameplay footage earlier and I still don't know what the hell is going on.

Man, what a bunch'a jokers! Now I'm just waiting on the inevitable Reyn Time DLC

@Sisilly_G that checks out. you won't "get it" til you are in control and all of the decisions are yours. even then, it'll take a couple rounds 😊👍

@Sisilly_G It's basically poker but using stuff like Jokers and Tarot cards to alter everything. Tarots allowing you to enhance your deck with various effects, and Jokers basically changing how Poker is played to give you a higher score. (and planet cards to increase the level of hand types)

It's random, and there's hundreds of Joker cards. I do feel like it has some balance problems and it's annoying that everyone tells me it's skill issue when...really, it's not. SOME skill is involved, yeah...but it's still random, I could have the best combination of jokers and yet one boss blind or whatever screws me over because I kept getting bad hands, or the boss itself just ruins everything.

Game is fun, but can also sometimes be infuriating.

@Waluigi451 It's more of a roguelite than a roguelike so like most roguelites, lose until you unlock the good power ups(jokers), then pray to the RNG gods. I win like half the time now that I have unlocked several xMult jokers.

I like good deck-building games, but besides the card play they need to have at least some kind of plot and characters to keep me interested. Apparently this has neither, so it's not for me. But good for them for selling so many copies of a modest-looking indie game.

@Sisilly_G It is a deckbuilder. You do not have a permanent deck of cards. Instead, you start with a basic deck and build a winning deck by adding cards and buffs after each round. The card game itself is loosely based on poker rules but with power ups.

@Sisilly_G Honestly, now I want a strip poker game. We used to have one decades ago on PC, before age ratings were a thing, but in recent years they have almost all disappeared.

(yes, I know there is a very special section of the Steam store just for that kind of game)

@sanderev true story. I used to play strip poker over the net with a girl from college. I lost every single round and didnt get to see anything 😂😂

On topic. I just dont know what to make of this game. Im crap at card games (see above) but literally everyone saying its a master piece makes me want to take a punt.

@chiefeagle02
That's where I bought it
(Not played yet lol)

Missed opportunity to cite Xenoblade in the subheader.

@sanderev : There was one in the Wii Shop called Sexy Poker, but the Australian R18+ classification had not yet been legislated for games (finally taking effect from January 2013), and any game that was deemed to exceed the parameters of the MA15+ classification was "Refused Classification" (i.e. banned).

In response to the Australian ruling, the game was censored internationally. Funnily enough, the uncensored version was rated 15 in the UK, and more absurdly, both versions were rated M in the US. The censored version eventually received an Australian M classification (equivalent of T/12 ratings elsewhere) citing "Sexual references". Considering that the Australian R18+ classification places "virtually no restrictions on nudity", it's absolutely asinine that mere bare breasts linked an incentive would get the same rating as a (theoretical) game/film where everybody is completely nude 100% of the time.

More recently on Switch, there have been some Europe exclusive physical releases featuring card games with nudity. Publishers have shied away from releasing such games in the US at the risk of being branded with an AO rating, which all major platforms prohibit, but adult ratings in other markets aren't held to the same standard.

Incredible game and am yet to win the final blind.....so close but so far aaaah

Absolutely awesome game. Just pure fun! Once I did beat it though, I didn't necessarily feel compelled to go back for more runs (like I did in Slay the Spire and Hades).

@nhSnork Came here to say the same thing.

I wonder if delisting it and re-rating the game despite not having the content it was re-rated for helped sales?

Good for them, it's a really unique game! Unfortunately I feel like the behind the scenes gimmicks used to thwart you are a bit too much at times. Plus things like straights being near useless shows it coulda used some more planning. Still, looking forward to any updates or DLC that might change it up some since I've lost most of my excitement to hop in for another run at this point.

@Desrever Runs great on yuzu android.

I bet the total hours played by everyone would be a really impressive stat. I'm addicted to it and seem to play for hours at a time! Great game

Be a real shame for it to win game of the year. It’s fun and worth $15, but with so much of the gameplay requiring luck it isn’t more than a little time killer. It’s a very solid 7 out of 10, but a perfect game for streamers because they can just chat the whole time they play. Anything that’s can catch on with streamers will sell

@Nidorom I found some money left over on a gift card and got it on Switch. I’m really enjoying it!