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Game entry

Balatro

2024 · Roguelite, Card & Board, Strategy · PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, iOS, Android · Playstack

Balatro is ranked no. 127 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,828 and 76% of duels won.

World rank

no. 127

ELO score

1,828

Wins

76%

Duels played

233

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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.

The community says

ranked 217th with a 76% win rate and ppl still act like it's some hidden gem, its not hidden, everyone already knows and thats kinda my point, feels…

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,828 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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  6. 129 RimWorld 1,827
  7. 130 Kingdom Hearts 1,826

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  1. BossOwl1995

    ranked 217th with a 76% win rate and ppl still act like it's some hidden gem, its not hidden, everyone already knows and thats kinda my point, feels overexposed for what it actually offers imo, gj tho on the ELO

    Arcade_Maillard

    T'as vraiment cherché d'autres combos ou tu t'es arrêté à la première qui marchait ?

    dominique_rolland

    Chaque run gardait un truc différent pour moi, jamais ressenti cette lassitude.

    RogueRider2008

    Et pourquoi ce serait un défaut au juste ? Tout le monde le connait parce qu'il livre, non ?

    CapucineHunter

    217e c'est ridicule vu le taux de victoire qu'il affiche en duel

  2. SilentMaster

    It rewards clever deck reads better than most roguelites out there, easy to see why people keep coming back to it.

    ArcadeHunter

    Sobreexpuesto por dar partidas memorables, qué crimen tan grave, deberíamos cancelarlo ya

    Jacquet46

    Bons decks reads, oui, mais ça n'empêche pas la lassitude à la longue

  3. Pagac35

    Solid loop and genuinely clever synergies, but I wonder how much of that fades once you've seen most of the jokers. Anyone still finding new stuff after a hundred runs?

    Éric_2005

    Hades m'a lâché, lui non, cet automne.

    SilentRunner

    Yo también sigo encontrando cosas nuevas pasadas cien partidas, la semana pasada descubrí una combo que no había visto nunca, nueva de verdad

  4. Philippine_46

    Simple à comprendre, dur à maîtriser vraiment. Ça mérite sa place ici.

    FrameSamurai2

    Lisible oui, mais l'interface mobile devient vite illisible avec trop de jokers actifs en même temps.

  5. LootFox

    Cuánta gente ha dejado de lado un deck builder clásico por este juego de cartas y no lo admite? Yo sí, sin vergüenza alguna, y no me arrepiento nada.

    Arnaude_40

    Moi aussi j'ai lâché un autre deck builder pour lui, un dimanche entier englouti sans m'en rendre compte.

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