In February of this year, the “poker roguelike” Balatro was released on all relevant gaming platforms, and it was a huge success. The project was purchased over 500,000 times in 10 days, and the game received a score of 91 on Opencritic, which is an excellent result, especially for a small indie game.
The developers of Balatro reported that sales of the game by August 7, 2024 had already exceeded 2 million copies on all platforms. The creators of the project did not specify the success on individual platforms.
At the same time, it has been announced that a major free update is being prepared for the game Balatro. This is the first truly large-scale update that is planned to be released. At the moment, it does not have a release date, it is planned to be released in 2025. According to the developers, it will bring “new ideas and strategies” to the game.
The game Balatro is a cross-gen project, meaning it is available on both Xbox One and Xbox Series X | S.
