Balatro developer LocalThunk and publisher Playstack have announced another major new sales milestone for the game, further cementing its massive success as this year's Game Awards loom.
According to a message on social media platform X, Balatro has managed to rack up an eye-watering 3.5 million sales since its release earlier this year, which is a pretty monumental figure given the game's relatively small size and niche subject matter.
As the post itself says, developer LocalThunk started out simply wishing to make "a game for myself and a few friends", but Balatro quickly grew beyond those boundaries, reaching the kind of global audience many indies can only dream of.
Balatro was released back in February, and since then, it's become an absolutely huge hit. The game managed to rack up half a million sales in just ten days, and its pace didn't let up; just twelve days after that, Balatro crossed a million sales.
By August, the poker roguelike's sales figures had hit two million, with developer LocalThunk promising that Balatro's first major update would arrive in 2025, bringing "new ideas and strategies" to freshen the game up.
As an indie darling, Balatro has hardly stayed in its own pen, either. It's crossed over with other indie smash hits like Stardew Valley and Potion Craft, as well as the likes of Cyberpunk 2077 and Dave the Diver.
While the game was initially released for PC and consoles, it also secured itself a mobile release back in September, and given the bite-sized nature of Balatro, it's hard to imagine that release hasn't contributed significantly to the game's success.
Such is Balatro's monumental success that it's the only indie game nominated for the Game of the Year award at this year's Game Awards, the ceremony for which will take place later today.
You can check out Balatro right now on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices.
