The Hit Roguelike Card Game 'Balatro' Sells Over 2 Million Globally

TapTechNews August 7th news, the highly praised dark horse roguelike card game Balatro officially announced that its global sales have exceeded 2 million. The physical version of this game will be released on September 17th and supports Chinese.

This game is based on playing cards and introduces Roguelike deck-building elements. Participate in illegal card games, skillfully deploy various decks, trigger powerful COMBOS, and enjoy the exciting effect that makes the adrenaline soar. Players can continuously improve their card deck collection through each round of the game and discover new cards and secrets.

In addition, the developer of Balatro, LocalThunk, posted on X that he hates the idea of regarding Balatro as a gambling game, so he has made a will stipulating that the game IP must not be sold to any gambling company or casino, firmly drawing a line from gambling.

There are players in the comment area wondering if LocalThunk has found a lawyer to review the validity of the terms of the will, and he replied confidently and humorously, Yes, I've seen some people say that there may be problems writing this in the will, but I assure you that all these problems have already been completely solved by someone smarter than me.

As of the TapTechNews release, Balatro has about 39780 comments on Steam, with a high praise rate of 97%, in a highly praised state. This is also the game with the highest comprehensive praise score among all the games released on the Steam platform in 2024 (according to Steam250 statistics).