It's hard to put down the poker-flavoured roguelike Balatro. Every single time you boot up the game, you just want to achieve higher and higher scores. Perhaps even someday, you'll reach the wild ...

Balatro is the poker-themed deck builder that could well be one of the sleeper hits of 2024. It sold 250,000 copies in its first 72 hours on sale, according to its developers, and it’s still hovering ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. When Balatro landed one of the extremely coveted Game of ...

In a year filled with massive open world RPGs and AAA live service games with ambitious season passes, it’s incredible that the title that truly captured the hearts (and free time) of players in 2024 ...

When a video game has lots of success right off the bat, sometimes things get weird — strange breakdowns in communication with the audience, for example, or hitches in the code that put people off of ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The overwhelming success of Balatro was one of the biggest stories of 2024 and a life-changing event for solo dev LocalThunk. However, LocalThunk is ...