Balatro is a rogue-like card game that plays just like traditional Poker with one key difference: Joker cards. These Joker cards aren't ones you just toss aside; instead, they are a giant pool of ...

In a divine act of people-pleasing that resonates with me to an uncomfortable degree, Balatro creator LocalThunk has revealed the game was only meant to release with 120 jokers but a publisher flub ...

Fans of Balatro! The breakout roguelike deck-building game has something big to look forward to. On May 9, 2025, Balatro revealed a crossover collaboration with Monster Train 2, another title in the ...

Morgan Pinder is a writer at GameRant and a graduate researcher at Deakin University in Australia. Their research interests are in video games, environmentalism and gothic media. Morgan’s most recent ...