Balatro
Card
When Poker Meets Solitaire
- Rating
- 4.7
- 28.2K ratings
- Downloads
- 1.8M+
- on Google Play
- Price
- $9.99
- No in-app purchases
- Updated
- Sep 7
- 2026 · v1.8
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About Balatro
Welcome to the official Balatro game!
Highly addictive and endlessly satisfying, Balatro is a magical mix of card games like Solitaire and Poker, that lets you twist the rules in ways never seen before!
Your goal is to beat Boss Blinds by making strong poker hands.
Find new Jokers that change the game and create awesome and exciting combos! Win enough chips to beat tricky bosses, and find hidden bonus hands and decks as you play.
You’ll need all the help you can get to beat the big boss, win the final challenge, and win the game.
Features:
* Remastered controls for touch screen devices; now even more satisfying!
* Each run is different: every pick-up, discard and joker can dramatically alter the course of your run.
* Multiple game items: discover over 150 Jokers, each with special powers. Use them with different decks,upgrade cards and vouchers to boost your scores.
* Different Game modes: Campaign mode and challenge mode for you to play.
* Beautiful Pixel Art: Immerse yourself in the CRT fuzz and enjoy detailed, hand-crafted pixel art.
Highly addictive and endlessly satisfying, Balatro is a magical mix of card games like Solitaire and Poker, that lets you twist the rules in ways never seen before!
Your goal is to beat Boss Blinds by making strong poker hands.
Find new Jokers that change the game and create awesome and exciting combos! Win enough chips to beat tricky bosses, and find hidden bonus hands and decks as you play.
You’ll need all the help you can get to beat the big boss, win the final challenge, and win the game.
Features:
* Remastered controls for touch screen devices; now even more satisfying!
* Each run is different: every pick-up, discard and joker can dramatically alter the course of your run.
* Multiple game items: discover over 150 Jokers, each with special powers. Use them with different decks,upgrade cards and vouchers to boost your scores.
* Different Game modes: Campaign mode and challenge mode for you to play.
* Beautiful Pixel Art: Immerse yourself in the CRT fuzz and enjoy detailed, hand-crafted pixel art.
What’s new
Version 1.8 · Updated September 7, 2026
Google Play compliance update.
User reviews
Please do not buy this game, it's too late for me but maybe you can save yourself
Great game which is perfect for mobile.
$10 for a game that is amazingly fun, no micro transactions AND has endless replay value? That alone is worth $100. Don't let the price tag put you off. This game is a pure masterclass of time wasting in the best possible way. WARNING: Balatro may result in you losing hours upon hours of time thinking you'd only be ...
It's peak
It's a must have, simple as that.
Balatro is the best game to come out on any platform in the last five years. Period
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