Balatro News

Balatro announces four crossovers at once, including The Witcher, Dave the Diver, Vampire Survivors and Among Us

Who loves crossovers? What about Balatro? If you're sticking your hand up right now, you'll be excited to hear about the Friends of Jimbo update coming to the card game. Not only is it out right now and free, it'll feature crossovers with The Witcher, Dave the Diver, Among Us, and Vampire Survivors.

Announced at the start of today's Nintendo Direct, this update will feature various game-themed cards for you to play around with. In the trailer, we see characters from each game show up on face cards, all of which are presented in the same pixel Baltaro art style. Some of these cards look pretty rad too, with special shout outs to the Vampire Survivors cards especially.

You can watch the trailer yourself below!

🎉 Introducing the Balatro Summer Collection! 🎉

Hey everyone,

We’re beyond excited to announce the arrival of our latest Balatro merch—the Summer Collection! We’ve been working hard on this, and we can’t wait for you to check it out.

In this new lineup, you’ll find everything from the classic embroidered Jimbo T-shirt to the super playful Fish & Chips T-shirt. But the standout piece this season is the exclusive Abstract Joker T-shirt, featuring LocalThunk’s original artwork and signature!

To celebrate the launch, we’re hosting a giveaway on our Twitter account, where we’ll be giving away 3 of the Abstract Joker - LocalThunk Edition T-shirts. Don’t miss your chance to win one of these unique pieces!

Thank you for being a part of the Balatro community. We can’t wait to see how you’ll rock the new collection!

Shop Now: https://www.playbalatro.com/merch

✨Tiny Champion + Not A Real Casino Bundle Live✨

We are thrilled to announce that Balatro has been honoured as a Tiny Champion at this year’s Tiny Team Festival!

To celebrate, we’re excited to unveil the Not A Real Casino Bundle! Feeling lucky? 🪙🪙🪙

The bundle features three standout games: Balatro, Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers, and Luck Be a Landlord. Each title offers a unique gaming experience packed with strategy and fun. Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy these acclaimed games together.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/37745/Casino_Bundle/

2 Million Units Sold + Gameplay Update Announcement

[h2]🎉 Celebration Time 🎉[/h2]

We are thrilled to announce that Balatro has officially hit 2,000,000 units sold across all platforms since its launch just under 6 months ago.

[h2]🃏 Three of a Kind 🃏[/h2]

Alongside this news there are a few more announcements in the works that will be revealed over the next couple of months. Stay tuned to the Steam page and social media for updates about what is coming down the line.

The first major announcement in this campaign is that there will be a major gameplay update coming to Balatro in 2025. This update will bring new ideas and strategies to the game and will be released across all platforms. And as a token of huge appreciation to the game’s brilliant and passionate community, the update will be completely free.

I would never have thought that Balatro would be played by over 2 million people when I started working on it almost 3 years ago. I’m so grateful to all the players for giving it a chance and I’m excited to show everyone the next chapter for my game.

- LocalThunk

You won’t be seeing the Balatro IP used by casinos or gambling companies - the developer has forbidden it in his will

My own experience with gambling doesn't extend much beyond the single time I won a few dollars at a Vegas slot machine then refused to play again so I could claim that I'd "beaten Vegas." My own very petty victory as the ultimate gambler aside, it's by and large an industry built on preying on the vulnerable, so it's no surprise that Balatro developer LocalThunk is so dead against ever seeing his poker puzzler used for evil that he's made a specific stipulation in his will.