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Balatro

Poker roguelike

Balatro

Developer
LocalThunk
Genre
Poker roguelike
Platforms
PC, Mac, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox, iOS, Android
Year
2024

About the game

A roguelike deckbuilding game where you make poker hands to beat a target score. Collecting and combining Joker cards with various effects makes your score skyrocket. Enhance cards or change your deck's makeup to come up with a different strategy every run. As long as you know poker hands, anyone can easily get started.

Why we recommend it

The thrill of making your score explode by adding wild Joker card effects to poker hands is overwhelming.

Good for — Great for: anyone who wants the thrill of combos exploding out of simple rules

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