Balatro

Released on February 20, 2024 by Playstack

Developed by LocalThunk

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.

Balatro is one of the hottest Indie games to come out in quite sometime and continues to win big after earning five nominations at The Game Awards 2024. This holiday I was gifted Balatro on Steam and on Christmas Day I decided to install it and give it a go.

First thing, I am not a Poker expert and as such don't have any particular winning strategies. I didn't feel like that was a huge deal and if you don't know much about Poker like me, there is an easy chart in Balatro to let you know what kinds of hands you can win. Balatro is a poker based deck building game where you try and level up your cards and collect enough Jokers to score big during enough rounds to win a... Read All