Balatro Hits Big Sales Milestone After Being Showered With Awards

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.

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