Overview
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
PlayStation Store
20th Feb 2024 — $14.99
20th Feb 2024 — £12.99
PlayStation Plus Essential (Subscription)
- 6th May 2025 until 2nd Jun 2025
- Also Available On
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- Controller Support
- Feature Support
- Official Site
- playbalatro.com
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org
Reviews
Mini Review Balatro (PS5) - Roguelike Poker Ain't No Joker
You wanna know how I got these cards?
Balatro is a fantastic roguelike deckbuilder that hides delicious depth behind its simple, recognisable exterior. With a deck of 52 standard playing cards, you need to earn enough chips to defeat each Blind, and to do so you must play valid poker hands — to start with, anyway. The game quickly shuffles away...
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Balatro News
Random Balatro's Brilliant Charity Calendar Is About as Silly as Gaming Merch Gets
2026 is Jimbo's year
It's easy to forget the cultural impact Balatro had in 2024, but the roguelike card game really did grip the world — and it's been getting some cracking merch off the back of its success. The latest item might be the best yet; it's a 2026 wall calendar, with Ben Starr posing as various jokers from the game, and it's available...
News PS5, PS4 Architect Mark Cerny Among the 0.1% to Platinum Indie Sensation Balatro
There's no stopping him
PlayStation system architect Mark Cerny – the man behind the cutting-edge PS5 and PS4 hardware designs – will be deep into the development of the PS6 by now, but he’s still chipping away at his favourite games. Renowned for unlocking impossible Platinums, the industry veteran pulled the ultra-rare Balatro gong over the...
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for May 2025?
Plus or minus?
May 2025's PS Plus Essential games have been officially revealed, and as always, we want to know what you think of the PS5 and PS4 titles that are up for grabs. It may not be the headline act according to Sony's marketing materials, but Balatro is the game that demands attention this time around. The insanely addictive indie gem is a...
Random You've Been Pronouncing Balatro Wrong (Probably)
"You dealt with that pretty well!"
In the same way that you've probably not been saying "gib" or "Scadutree" in the way their original creators properly intended, it's more than likely you've not been using the correct intonation when pronouncing "Balatro", the name given to the wildly successful poker-like from indie game dev, Localthunk.
News Assassin's Creed, Dead by Daylight, More Feature in Latest Free Update to Balatro on PS5, PS4
Friends of Jimbo 4 out now
Balatro, the breakout hit roguelike card game is having a good week; not only has its inflated European age classification finally been brought down, it's also just received its latest free Friends of Jimbo update. Available now, this is the fourth batch of cosmetics that have been brought to the game, adding several new...
News Balatro Wins Appeal Against PEGI After Being Accused of Including Gambling
Localthunk notches up another victory
Oh, Balatro, you beautiful beast. Wrongly maligned as a gambling game and temporarily pulled from the PS Store after its PEGI rating was inexplicably raised to 18, creator Localthunk, who really isn't a fan of gambling in the first place, has officially won an appeal. The fiendishly addictive poker-like has had...
News Balatro's Breakout Success Hasn't Changed Creator's Lifestyle Much
Stay humble
Balatro, the dangerously addictive poker-like from anonymous indie dev LocalThunk, has sold over five million copies, raking in millions of dalloars in revenue, over $4.5 million earned on mobile alone. In addition to multiple GotY nominations, Balatro enjoys one of the most fanatical, devoted fanbases we've yet observed; despite it all,...
News Brilliant Balatro Breaks 5 Million Sales, Dev Asks Everyone to Give Indies a Chance
No joker
Many would argue that Balatro was one of 2024's finest games. The insanely addictive card-based indie ended up on numerous Game of the Year lists — including our own — and its excellence has been rewarded with 5 million sales. Balatro's a bona fide hit, then, and we're sure that its appearance at The Game Awards 2024 — where it...
News Balatro Dev's Prestigious Golden Thunk Award Goes to Animal Well
"Dripping with style, secrets, and making me feel like an imposter in this industry"
Watch your back, Geoff; the mysterious developer of 2024's breakout pokerlike, Balatro, is getting in on the award show game. Opting for a more cost-effective Tweet thread instead of Keighley's whole song and dance, Localthunk used their newfound fame to highlight a...
Aced it
Against all odds, a roguelike card game from a solo developer has made it into this year's Game of the Year conversation. Even securing a nomination for the top gong at The Game Awards, Balatro is holding its own among much larger scale projects, and for the millions who've played it, this will come as little surprise. At a base level,...
About The Game
Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
Combine valid poker hands with unique Joker cards in order to create varied synergies and builds. Earn enough chips to beat devious blinds, all while uncovering hidden bonus hands and decks as you progress. You’re going to need every edge you can get in order to reach the boss blind, beat the final ante and secure victory.
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