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I've never played Balatro mobile during a meeting – but if I had, I would love it almost as much as I love my job

Now Playing | If anything, I deserve a raise for being Jimbo the Joker's strongest soldier

GamesRadar · Nov 7, 2024

Balatro’s bonkers take on Poker is our Game of the Year because it revitalized the roguelite deckbuilding subgenre

Balatro is the 2024 TechRadar Choice Award game of the year. Here’s why it stood out to us over the past 12 months, why we chose it, and why you should play it.

TechRadar · Oct 30, 2024

You would not believe how low the Balatro creator's expectations were for the roguelike: "My actual production project folder is called 'CardGame' and is still in my 'Learning' directory'"

The indie roguelike is a hit, but developer LocalThunk didn't believe it would be

GamesRadar · Oct 27, 2024

We've collectively spent 11,000 years playing Balatro, fans reply it's gotta be more than that

Rookie numbers.

PC Gamer · Oct 9, 2024

Balatro creator kicks off supervillain arc, celebrates humanity losing 11,000 years of time to the roguelike across all platforms

Yes, eleven t h o u s a n d years

GamesRadar · Oct 9, 2024

Balatro creator reacts to award nomination by telling you to vote for another indie: "A truly deserving gem"

Localthunk is a big fan of the acclaimed indie RPG Arco

GamesRadar · Oct 5, 2024

Balatro creator in disbelief as the roguelike hit tops mobile sales charts, beating Minecraft and Stardew Valley despite one pesky issue

Localthunk reacts to their already-huge game blowing up in a new arena

GamesRadar · Sep 27, 2024

"Looks like we found out who the real joker is": Balatro dev reveals one Joker card has been hiding a revolutionary secret all along, because they "thought it was pretty funny"

Misprint has a secret ability

GamesRadar · Sep 13, 2024

Balatro's Witcher 3 collab came to life thanks to a senior CDPR employee "getting many colleagues on board" with the hit indie roguelike

Balatro's new Witcher cards were created in-house at CD Projekt Red

GamesRadar · Aug 28, 2024

Geralt and Dave the Diver are in Balatro now

The Friends of Jimbo "collaboration pack," which also includes Vampire Survivors and Among Us, is out now and free for everyone

PC Gamer · Aug 27, 2024