Publisher PlayStack and developer LocalThunk have announced that smash hit indie card roguelike Balatro has passed yet another major sales milestone, further solidifying the game's status as a runaway success.
In a message on social media platform X, the two studios reveal that Balatro has crossed the five million sales mark, which puts it about on par with Nexon's "indie" hit Dave the Diver or Focus and Saber's Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2.
The studios thank everyone who's played Balatro "after seeing it at The Game Awards", where it was nominated for (and eventually won) the Best Indie Game prize. Rather charmingly, the studios then recommend trying to make playing indie games "a habit", as "there's some amazing stuff out there".
It's been an excellent year for Balatro, all things considered. The game launched in February 2024 and quickly crossed the half-million sales mark, going on to break a million sales less than two weeks after that milestone.
In August last year, Balatro hit two million sales, and in December of the same year, Playstack and LocalThunk announced the game had reached 3.5 million, which means it's managed to rack up another 1.5 million in the intervening weeks....
