Developer Localthunk has revealed that Balatro has recently passed the 5 million sales milestone across all platforms.
“The last few weeks have been pretty wild. To everyone who picked up Balatro after seeing it at The Game Awards, we hope you’re having an amazing time with it,” the developer said on Twitter. “If this is your first time picking up an indie title, try to make it a habit!”
The last few weeks have been pretty wild.
To everyone who picked up Balatro after seeing it at @thegameawards, we hope you’re having an amazing time with it!
If this is your first time picking up an indie title, try to make it a habit!
There’s some amazing stuff out there! pic.twitter.com/ZnRpWnJlTW— Balatro (@BalatroGame) January 21, 2025
According to Balatro’s publisher, Playstack, the 5 million mark doesn’t include downloads from Apple Arcade. Additionally, the game was sitting at 3.5 million copies sold at the first week of December, indicating that it received a boost in exposure after being nominated as a Game of the Year candidate at The Game Awards 2024.
Balatro has also been nominated at other awards shows, including the New York Game Awards 2025, the Steam Awards 2024, and the 28th Annual Dice Awards. Balatro is also one of GameSpot’s 10 best games of 2024.
In GameSpot’s Balatro review, we said, “Balatro’s ingenious combination of poker and roguelite gameplay creates an intoxicating combination that’s hard to pull away from.”