Publisher PlayStack told GamesIndustry.biz that Balatro surpassed $1 million in gross revenue just eight hours after the launch we saw on February 20th.
The production budget remains secret, along with the financial terms of LocalThunk's partnership with PlayStack, but the publisher's CEO Harvey Elliott noted that the game "became profitable within an hour of release." For the uninitiated, it's a deck-building roguelite title that takes poker and makes it endlessly playable and delivers an extremely interesting system by adding cards that break the rules of poker in a unique way - through various mathematical elements.
Recently, LocalThunk reported that Balatro sold more than 250 thousand copies in the first 72 hours on PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch. According to PlayStack, this now makes it the fastest-selling game in their portfolio, which includes titles like Mortal Shell, The Case of the Golden Idol and The Entropy Centre.
After launching on Steam, Balatro reached a peak of 23 thousand concurrent players. Over the weekend, the number of concurrent players increased to 35 thousand, making it one of the biggest launches of 2024 by that metric. The game currently occupies a position between Persona 3 Reload (45 thousand) and the survival adventure Pacific Drive (18.5 thousand).
Balatro also made a strong debut on the Steam charts, placing as the eighth highest-grossing premium title for the week of February 20-27. If you included free-to-play games and Steam Deck, the roguelike title from studio LocalThunk would rank 12th.
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