Balatro

2024LocalThunkTurn-Based Strategy

Balatro is a 2024 poker-themed roguelike deck-building game developed by solo developer LocalThunk and published by Playstack. It was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on February 20, 2024, with a port to macOS on March 1. Ports for Android and iOS were released on September 26, 2024. A dedicated Nintendo Switch 2 version was released on February 25, 2026. In the game, the player must score points by playing poker hands from a starting 52-card deck, with a limited number of hands and discards each round.

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Balatro TUI

Balatro TUI is a minimal, work-in-progress Rust clone of Balatro played entirely in a terminal, with logic and UI split across crates.

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Updated4 months ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2024