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All time low price for the 2024 GOTY (from non-grey market source). If you haven't played a Flush Five, or the Perkeo-Cryptid-Baron-Steel-Red Seal High Card hand, what have you been doing over the last year?
[PC, Steam] Balatro $18.65 @ Steam
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Windthunder on 21/02/2025 - 13:04 store.steampowered.com (1158 clicks)
Last edited 21/02/2025 - 13:16 by 1 other user
Last edited 21/02/2025 - 13:16 by 1 other user
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Can confirm, I stay up to 3am doing this…
I stayed up to 6am, I didn’t even know it was 6am until I heard the birds started chirping outside. I’m so ashamed 🙈
balatro sales ↑
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eh. played for a few hours and got bored.
You either cash out or crash out.
Fun game but prefer it on mobile
You'll need +1 hand size to hold the power bank that runs Perkeo and Showman.
I just use a long cable and leave my 36ah power station on the floor.
I play this exclusively on mobile but it really tests my eyesite. I wish they implement some way to scale the card text.
That's what stops me from trying it on android. I don't usually like mobile games, but Balatro could be a nice time killer to have in your pocket if they'd scaled the fonts up a bit. It doesn't look like they have though.
I tried playing KotOR yesterday and it was ridiculous playing it on a little 6.8" phone screen.
It looks amazing on my Lenovo Y700 tablet
This game stole my life :( and I redownloaded on my phone and it’s stealing my life again :(
If you already have Slay the Spire, buying via the "bundle" is even cheaper at $16.78 :)
And if you don't have Slay the Spire you should consider the bundle anyway because it's fantastic.
I'm playing StS on Android. Thinking about getting Balatro on the same platform because getting it on Steam would mean starting StS from scratch again.
Cheers for that!
This game is crack, don't do it.
was fun first couple of runs but once you figure out the meta jokers, gets repetitive.
Playing the different decks and stakes is fun but need the RNG on your side at times. I'm trying to complete the last three challenges.
The joker-less challenge was the hardest for me.
I'm not looking forward to that one. Just did the 1 hand only challenge and trying the 3 joker only deck.
Sounds like you need to try out some mods then.
Really? I'm 60 hours in and it's not repetitive, you can't really get meta jokers easily its all RNG in the shop. Especially gold stake.
Yeh you can't every run but once you know what jokers are meta, and you don't get many of them, you kno it's a bricked run so u restart and if u don't, you know your wasting time cuz u won't clear the run.
this is so good on mobile
Great game
I got it for $15 on Android and used google rewards credit. Now I can play all the time.
you dont have a problem with small text?
Nope. My vision is not too terrible, -0.25 and -1.25.
its included with apple one memberships for those who happen to have it.
dangerous stuff.
was up till 2.30am this morning playing it.
stupid orange stake.
Was $14.36 on the PS store a couple weeks ago for anyone on PS (PS4 and PS5 cross-buy), not commonly on sale though
Lost a looot of sleep the first week I owned this. I should have no time for games but have managed to accumulate a ridiculous number of hours according to the PS app..
RNG me all day everyday
Should be classed as a narcotic. Life ruiner.
Black deck gold stake was a bitch
THIS GAME HAS RUINED MY MARRIAGE
anyways
10/10
Avoid this at all cost!
Otherwise your daily productivity will go to the bin.
10/10 would buy again.
nope!
That's what she said.
What are you, the wheel of fortune?
I played one of the challenges where you get two Oops all 6's jokers and the glass deck, guaranteed broken cards and wheel of fortune activation.
This and Factorio cannot be allowed to gain more DLC, it will CONSUME YOUR LIFE
I legit had to uninstall factorio…
We all do things in the heat of passion Jimbo
The whole story of the games development is great too. Especially how the artist behind the music was compensated.
https://youtu.be/g86eP48WN78Is there a lot more to the original, than what was in Dave the Diver (as 'Jimbo's Game')?
I wondered this as well - are they the same game?
For those who has the Humble Bundle Choice membership, it's cheaper to get it from the Humble Bundle store instead at AU$17.56
steamdeck or android version (S24U, and Galaxy Tab S9) which platform is better to get it on?
My vote is Android, purely because you can play it anywhere anytime as you’re almost guaranteed to always have phone on you or very near.
What is this game similar to, besides slay the spire?
Not really. The closest is poker.
Yup, Poker with steroids.
Buy it on android and let it consume every work break instead.
This was easily the best indie game of 2024. Super addictive. A must buy!
addictive game. i made the mistake of buying the android version… which means i always have it on me.
As an alternative viewpoint; I found Balatro gameplay boring, graphically uninspiring and the background music I turned off nearly straight away. I need to add the caveat that I have only played Balatro on Apple iPadOS - 11" iPad Pros. I haven't played the PC version but from what I can see it is not any different, except possibly your screen size.
I love playing Poker and spend a considerable amount of time playing online Poker. With all the amazing reviews of this game, I thought it would be perfect for me. But no.
There are several things that left me feeling unsatisfied:
- Screen layout during gameplay - the most important information, your cards, take up a very small part of the screen (maybe < 15%). This combined with the pixel art style, can make it hard to quickly distinguish your cards at a glance. I am sure the small cards are deliberate as they wouldn't scale up in size well due to the pixel art - they'd look uglier at twice the size.
- Unsatisfying gameplay - no reward for play, you beat the hardest 'blind' and it just gets harder by setting a higher pass score for each subsequent level. Any 'money' earned while playing a game is lost when you lose. There is no carry over of winnings between games.
- The wildcard system just didn't gel with me. Multiple jokers that all perfrom different things, occult cards, etc. Didn't enhance the standard Poker gameplay in a way I found enjoyable.
I recognise I must be in the minority based on the cult following the game has achieved. However, a heads up that this won't instantly engage everyone. Even Monopoly Poker is more engaging than this to me.
P.S. it is nearly $4 cheaper on the Apple app store than this price.
Avoid if you don't have much spare time, it'll consume your life for a while.