Hours played
How long do people play Balatro?
Half of its Steam reviewers had played 18 hours or less when they gave their verdict. The middle half sat between 7 hours and 45 hours.
First 2 h
92% recommend
2–5 h
98% recommend
5–10 h
98% recommend
10–20 h
98% recommend
20–50 h
98% recommend
50–100 h
98% recommend
100–200 h
98% recommend
200–500 h
98% recommend
500 h and up
98% recommend
One token is 1% of its Steam reviews, standing at the hours its author had played. Amber recommends it, red does not. Counted from about 200,000 Steam reviews, by the hours each author had played when they wrote theirs. It is not a time to beat.
Does Balatro hold up?
It holds steady: 98% recommend it at every stage past the first two hours.
The refund window
Do the first two hours of Balatro tell you?
4% of its reviews were written inside Steam's two-hour refund window, and 92% of those recommend it. After the window, 98% do. Of the players who gave it a thumbs-down, 85% were already past the window; the typical thumbs-down came 14 hours in.
Out of every 20 thumbs-down, 3 came while a refund was still possible and 17 after the window had closed.
Seal
Balatro holds up
Holds up
At least 97% of its Steam reviewers recommend it at every stage from 2 to 500+ hours played.
Earned when at least 90% of a game's Steam reviewers recommend it at every stage past the first two hours, counted over three or more stages of 200 reviews each, with no stage 5 points below an earlier one. Every game that holds it.
Made this game? Put the seal on your site
<a href="https://www.videogamebacklog.com/game/balatro#seals"><img src="https://www.videogamebacklog.com/game/balatro/seal/holds-up.png" width="160" height="160" alt="Balatro: Holds up. At least 97% of its Steam reviewers recommend it at every stage from 2 to 500+ hours played."></a>Everyone's copy
16 of 93 copies here were never launched
In 93 libraries here. 16 never launched it; the typical player who did put in 49 h. 3 finished it.
How far players get
The trail thins out
Launched it 100%
Earned its most common achievement 90%
Earned a typical achievement 22%
Steam's global achievement stats, as shares of players who launched it. They are not a finish rate.
Name 100
How well it's remembered
Named in 11% of Name 100 runs, about 1 in 9: people remember it when asked to name 100 games from memory.