Last year, Balatro took over my life. I'd sit in front of my PC, lost to the soothing synth waves and muttering Joker cards. My friends and I would chat about the best combos and strategies, I was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Barry Collins is a tech journalist writing about PCs, Macs and games. A video poker game that looks like it’s being played on a ...

Steam Next Fest is in full swing, and when I'm not sailing the high seas in search of pirate survival adventures in Windrose, I'm diving headfirst into the big pile of Balatro-like deckbuilders that ...

David Heath is a List Writer from the UK specializing in video games, movies, TV shows, and the occasional anime. Balatro is a deck-building game combining poker with roguelike features, allowing ...

Bruna is a contributor from Brazil. Although she's an advertising executive, she has been working as a pop culture journalist since 2004, and before Game Rant she worked as a contributor for TechTudo, ...

Traditional tabletop gaming is getting another action-packed roguelike with Beyond Words, a new Scrabble meets Balatro game that blends the traditional family word game with powerful upgrades, insane ...

We loved Balatro so much, we just had to write more about it. First of all, Balatro just feels nice on a handheld device. It's the kind of game that you can play passively while watching TV or ...

The chaotic poker adjacent deck builder game Balatro has been such a smash hit, the developers plan on offering a free gameplay update in 2025 as a “token of huge appreciation to the game’s brilliant ...