On X, Wout van Halderen, PR manager for Balatro publisher Playstack, added that the game had sold 3.5 million copies by the first week of December. With The Game Awards taking pla

According to LocalThunk on social media, Balatro has sold a whopping 5 million copies in its first 11 months in the market. If you told most industry analysts a year ago that 2024 would have been ruled by the sketchiest poker hands you could imagine, most would not called you crazy. Well, as Balatro demonstrates perfectly, crazy sells.

Balatro was the success story of 2024, going from a small personal project to the year’s most notable indie release. That success has carried into 2024 with the poker roguelike crossing 5 million units sold.

Today, developer LocalThunk and publisher Playstack announced over Twitter that their poker roguelike title ‘Balatro’ has hit five million units sold across all platforms.The last few weeks have been pretty wild.