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Balatro Hits 5 Million Sales, Urges People To Buy More Indies
Balatro's developers recently announced that the game hit the 5 million sales milestone, and used the opportunity to get people to play more indies.
Balatro Dev Urges Fans To Buy More Indie Games As Title Hits 5 Million Units Sold
This number is a significant increase over the 2 million units previously reported in August 2024. The reason for this will likely be two-fold: since then, the game has been released on mobile devices and also received multiple awards at The Game Awards 2024; a one-two punch that would have no doubt boosted sales quite nicely.
Balatro Hits Big Sales Milestone After Being Showered With Awards
Balatro has also been nominated at other awards shows, including the New York Game Awards 2025, the Steam Awards 2024, and the 28th Annual Dice Awards. Balatro is also one of GameSpot's 10 best games of 2024.
Balatro Surpasses Five Million Sales Milestone
Indie developer LocalThunk and publisher Playstack have announced a major milestone for their roguelike card game Balatro. About 11 months after its initial release in February 2024, the game has managed to sell 5 million units,
Indie Smash Hit Balatro Hits 5m Sales
Balatro has broken yet another sales barrier, so if you were in any doubt about just how popular the indie poker roguelike is, doubt no more.
Balatro passes 5m copies sold as developer implores fans to play more indie games
Balatro, the poker-themed roguelite, has now passed 5m copies sold. That's more than double the sales since last August, when the game passed 2m copies sold. Since then it's released on mobile and has seen a surge in popularity following its multiple wins at last year's The Game Awards.
Balatro has sold over 1 million copies since December
On X, Wout van Halderen, PR manager for Balatro publisher Playstack, added that the game had sold 3.5 million copies by the ...
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Balatro exceeds five million sales across all devices
Balatro has pulled in a whopping five million sales, including on mobile, making it a major success for a solo-developed ...
Top strategies for winning with every deck in Balatro
There’s no “correct” way to play Balatro. But there are fundamental strategies that can help you navigate the many ...
Poker Roguelike Balatro Crosses Five Million Sales
Balatro, the smash hit roguelike card game based on poker, has sold over five million units across PC, console, and mobile.
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Balatro has sold over 5 million units
The Balatro X account made a post announcing the newest sales milestone. Balatro has sold 5 million units since its February ...
The best mods for Balatro on Nexus
If you’ve grown tired of Balatro’s pixel-art style, check this mod out. “Fancy Decks” blings out your deck by overhauling the card backs with thematic, high-contrast designs. All 15 Balatro decks get ...
Balatro Passed 5 Million Copies Sold
According to LocalThunk on social media, Balatro has sold a whopping 5 million copies in its first 11 months in the market.
Buy more indie games, says Balatro developer, as the roguelike card game sails past 5 million copies sold: "There's some amazing stuff out there!"
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Aotenjo is the mahjong equivalent of Balatro and it’s just hit early access
Aotenjo is a new roguelike deckbuilder with big Balatro energy, but it ditches the poker hands and playing cards for mahjong ...