I really don't write short reviews but... This falls into the "Just buy it" category for people who like card games or solitaires. You just play poker hands (and use Balatros or jokers to improve its potential) to kill bosses. It is snappy, satisfying, with tons of unlockables, addicting (not in a gambling way), makes your brain work (since when was that bad, except in modern society), makes you compute scenarios, and is a true roguelike - no two runs are ever the same even if you go for the same Card + Joker build. At the price tag of 14€ this is an easy way to buy a game which you will dump over 50 hours in to get its full potential - and actually, 22+ hours in, that might be an understatement.

Now let me tell you about my deck. I can make it huge with 60+ cards in a single suit, or small like 20 cards. It grows and it gets smaller the way I want to have it. It explodes in millions of points, or does exactly what I want my deck to do. I can make my deck in any suit or combo I want, and wear the exact con... cards that I want to fit. I can do anything with my deck. Already over 30 000 people play with my deck. It is so satisfying.

I had only 1 bug until now - playing the Bus card, it reset for no reason without me playing any face card (K, Q, J). I am quite positive it is fixed by now, cause the devs are really quite active, which you love to see.

So yes. Just buy it, and get addicted to it. No wonder it is in the top 30 most played games on steam with over 30 000 players and overwhelmingly positive. Cheap game, roguelike, lots of replayability and potential.

In the immortal words of Northernlion, you love to see it.

If nobody knows who or what Balatro is: In ancient Rome, a balatro (/ˈbɑːlɑːtroʊ/ BAH-lah-troh) was a professional jester or buffoon.

In the immortal words of the Critical Drinker - that's all I have for today... Go away now!

I really don't write short reviews but... This falls into the "Just buy it" category for people who like card games or solitaires. You just play poker hands (and use Balatros or jokers to improve its potential) to kill bosses. It is snappy, satisfying, with tons of unlockables, addicting (not in a gambling way), makes your brain work (since when was that bad, except in modern society), makes you compute scenarios, and is a true roguelike - no two runs are ever the same even if you go for the same Card + Joker build. At the price tag of 14€ this is an easy way to buy a game which you will dump over 50 hours in to get its full potential - and actually, 22+ hours in, that might be an understatement. Now let me tell you about my deck. I can make it huge with 60+ cards in a single suit, or small like 20 cards. It grows and it gets smaller the way I want to have it. It explodes in millions of points, or does exactly what I want my deck to do. I can make my deck in any suit or combo I want, and wear the exact con... cards that I want to fit. I can do anything with my deck. Already over 30 000 people play with my deck. It is so satisfying. I had only 1 bug until now - playing the Bus card, it reset for no reason without me playing any face card (K, Q, J). I am quite positive it is fixed by now, cause the devs are really quite active, which you love to see. So yes. Just buy it, and get addicted to it. No wonder it is in the top 30 most played games on steam with over 30 000 players and overwhelmingly positive. Cheap game, roguelike, lots of replayability and potential. In the immortal words of Northernlion, you love to see it. If nobody knows who or what Balatro is: In ancient Rome, a balatro (/ˈbɑːlɑːtroʊ/ BAH-lah-troh) was a professional jester or buffoon. In the immortal words of the Critical Drinker - that's all I have for today... Go away now!