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Industry News March 18

Balatro sells over 1 million copies: “Even in uncertain times, innovative games can thrive”

Balatro has cemented its status as the fastest-selling game in the history of publisher PlayStack. The hit deck-building roguelike has now surpassed 1 million copies sold globally.

Industry News March 6

Balatro hits 500k copies sold in 10 days, proving to be one of this year’s smash indie hits

Balatro has been a smash success for solo developer LocalThunk. The poker deck-building roguelike has reached a new milestone, selling over 500k copies in 10 days.

Industry News February 28

Balatro reached profitability in just 1 hour, becoming fastest-selling game in PlayStack’s portfolio

Balatro is one of the many successful indie games we have already seen this year. The poker deck-building roguelike, made by solo dev LocalThunk, exceeded expectations and became profitable almost immediately after launch.

Industry News February 21

Nightingale and Balatro enter top 10 Steam releases of 2024 by peak CCU: digging into their launch numbers

Nightingale and Balatro are drastically different games released on the same day: one is a Victorian survival title and the other is a poker roguelike. But they both managed to attract tens of thousands of concurrent players at launch.