Balatro

Balatro is a poker-inspired roguelike deck builder about combining poker hands and Joker cards to create powerful synergies. You earn chips to beat blinds, uncover hidden bonus hands and decks, reach the boss blind and win the final ante. Each run can change dramatically with your picks, discards and Jokers.

Runs and modes

The campaign has 8 difficulties, alongside challenge and seeded runs. You can choose from 15 decks, each with a distinct modifier, and discover new cards and secrets as you play. An in-depth stats screen tracks details such as your best hands and most-used Jokers.

Cards and combinations

You can use several kinds of cards and tools to strengthen your poker hands and shape each run:

• Jokers: 150 cards with unique abilities, each with 5 potential variants that add further abilities.
• Decks: 15 options with distinct modifiers to choose from for each run.
• Tarot cards: 22 variants that can enhance your regular playing cards.
• Planet cards: 11 cards that help level up your possible poker hands.
• Voucher cards: 32 cards that provide permanent buffs for your current run.
• Spectral cards: another tool for building combinations and synergies.

Style and soundtrack

Balatro features a psychedelic world, detailed hand-crafted pixel art and CRT fuzz, accompanied by a synthwave soundtrack.