Balatro

Bluebozzy · 16 Sep 2025 at 07:16

Pawnless Endgame said:
I played Balatro like a crack addict from April 2024 to July 2025 and managed to 100% it. It's the only game in my life that I've managed to 100% and it was the most addicted I've been to a game since World of Warcraft and Age of Empires II. Balatro's visuals were trippy enough to the point that I was getting dreams about it

Highest ante without cheating (unseeded) was 13.
Highest ante with cheating (seeded) was 16, the seed being ALEEB.

For those who played Balatro, what did you play next? I've been enjoying Blue Prince for the past 2 months, completing the main story and now playing out the end game content. But I am now after some ideas for a strategy game which is more akin to Balatro which is cards and/or gambling related.

Balatro's success spawned a load of "Balatro-like" games, i.e. score-based deckbuilder roguelikes. I've played quite a few, and they're all pretty rubbish and have nowhere near the polish or longevity of Balatro.

Cloverpit is a promising one that is releasing in 10 days, there's a free demo on steam.

baritonejohann · 16 Sep 2025 at 09:47

i have only beaten this once. any tips?

Dirk Diggler · 16 Sep 2025 at 11:56

baritonejohann said:
i have only beaten this once. any tips?

Which pack are you using? Tactics need to be amended slightly for each. Also, you could target achievements to unlock useful jokers.

baritonejohann · 16 Sep 2025 at 12:10

Dirk Diggler said:
Which pack are you using? Tactics need to be amended slightly for each. Also, you could target achievements to unlock useful jokers.

just the default one atm. ill bear that advice in mind thanks!

Dirk Diggler · 16 Sep 2025 at 14:54

baritonejohann said:
just the default one atm. ill bear that advice in mind thanks!

Have a scroll through the available jokers to see what they do and what the unlock requirements are.

Jokers

For the Joker that gives +4 Mult, see Joker. Jokers are special cards at the core of Balatro's gameplay. Instead of being included in Decks and played alongside standard cards, Jokers are obtained through the Shop and occasionally other means, and are held in the player's dedicated Joker slots...

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Pawnless Endgame · 16 Sep 2025 at 21:05

@Bluebozzy - thanks :-)

I'm liking the idea of that from the trailer. Slot / fruity with roguelike element. Will need to look up what roguelite means though.

@baritonejohann - as you mentioned the default pack in Balatro, I presume you meant the red one? You will have red, blue, yellow, green and black, in that order IIRC. When I was starting out as new, and later on, aiming for my first gold (top) stake, I found that the blue pack was the easiest out of the 5. It gives you 1 extra hand per round.