Game · 2024 · Strategy

Balatro

Balatro is ranked in two published rankings on Made the Cut — best #34, worst #111.

Genres Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie, Card & Board Game

Platforms Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

The Cut

Made the Cut in one of two rankings

Ranked in two published lists

#34My games of the 2020svintik91 · @6c3tk3z · 60 rankedMade the Cut

#111My Top 100vintik91 · @6c3tk3z · 242 rankedBelow the Cut

Where Balatro ranks

#1Best Card Games of 2023of 1 ranked

#1Best Roguelike Games of 2023of 1 ranked

#2Best Nintendo Switch 2 Card Gamesof 2 ranked

#3Best Card Games of the 2020sof 3 ranked

#3Best Nintendo Switch Roguelike Gamesof 8 ranked

#3Best Nintendo Switch 2 Roguelike Gamesof 6 ranked

#3Best Roguelike Games of the 2020sof 9 ranked

#4Best Nintendo Switch Card Gamesof 4 ranked

#4Best Xbox Card Gamesof 4 ranked

#4Best PlayStation Roguelike Gamesof 10 ranked

#4Best Xbox Roguelike Gamesof 10 ranked

#5Best PlayStation Card Gamesof 5 ranked

#5Best Roguelike Gamesof 12 ranked

#6Best PC Card Gamesof 8 ranked

#7Best Games of 2023of 11 ranked

#9Best Card Gamesof 11 ranked

#28Best Nintendo Switch 2 Gamesof 43 ranked

#64Best Games of the 2020sof 98 ranked

#78Best Nintendo Switch Gamesof 100 ranked

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About Balatro

Balatro is a deck-building roguelite in which players construct poker hands to earn chips and overcome enemy blinds. The game features mechanics for enhancing a deck of playing cards, purchasing Jokers that modify hand effects, and discovering synergies to progress through increasingly challenging encounters.

Summary from IGDB.

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