Genre RoguelikeReleased Feb 20, 2024

Balatro

Developed by LocalThunk · Published by Playstack
Estimated lifetime revenue
$25.02M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$18.27M
After Steam's 27% cut
Units sold
3.04M
15 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 198,564 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
198,564
Overwhelmingly Positive98% positive
Playing now
5,554
26-day peak 8,673 · low 5,393
New reviews, last 26 days
+1,352
52 a day since Aug 21

History

Aug 21 – Sep 16

198.7K198.1K197.6K197.1K
Aug 21Sep 3Sep 16

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

Roguelike →

Against the 100 most-reviewed Roguelike games on Steam

Outearns 89% of them — in the top quarter of the group.

Median
$3.98M
23,230 reviews
Top 10% start at
$25.99M
This game
$25.02M
92nd pct. by reviews

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

Developer
LocalThunk
Publisher
Playstack
Genre
Roguelike
Released
Feb 20, 2024
Steam app ID
2379780
Data updated
Sep 16, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.