Brilliant Balatro Breaks 5 Million Sales, Dev Asks Everyone to Give Indies a Chance

Many would argue that Balatro was one of 2024's finest games. The insanely addictive card-based indie ended up on numerous Game of the Year lists — including our own — and its excellence has been rewarded with 5 million sales.

Balatro's a bona fide hit, then, and we're sure that its appearance at The Game Awards 2024 — where it nabbed three gongs — certainly helped.

"The last few weeks have been pretty wild," reads the official Balatro X account. "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!," the post concludes. And just for the record, we'd agree!