Balatro Downloads & RevenueBalatro · App Store
Balatro is #2 in Games › Card Paid in United States and charting in 29 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Full timeline · 32 events in the last 12 months
- 🌟Balatro featured by Apple: “OUR FAVOURITES”today · AR, AU, CA, CO, DE, ES, FR, GB, ID, IN, IT, JP, MX, MY, NL, PH, PL, RU, SE, TH, TW, VN
- 🌟Balatro featured by Apple: “PRUEBA ALGO NUEVO”today · AR, AU, BR, CA, CO, DE, ES, FR, GB, ID, IN, IT, JP, MX, MY, NL, PH, PL, RU, SE, TH, TW, VN
- 🌟Balatro: featuring lifted it to #12 (from #22)Discover Something New · SA
- 🌟Balatro featured by Apple: “OUR FAVOURITES”today · AR, AU, BR, CA, CO, DE, ES, FR, GB, ID, IN, IT, JP, MX, MY, NL, PH, PL, RU, SE, TH, TW, VN
- 🌟Balatro featured by Apple: “OUR FAVOURITES”today · AU, BR, CA, CO, DE, ES, FR, GB, ID, IN, IT, JP, MX, MY, NL, PH, PL, RU, SE, TH, TW, VN
- 🌟Balatro featured by Apple: “PRUEBA ALGO NUEVO”today · AR, AU, BR, CA, CO, DE, ES, FR, GB, ID, IN, IT, JP, MX, MY, NL, PH, PL, RU, SE, TH, TW, VN
- 🌟Balatro featured by Apple: “VÅRA FAVORITER”today · AU, CA, CO, DE, ES, FR, GB, ID, IN, IT, JP, KR, MX, MY, NL, PH, PL, RU, SA, SE, TH, TW, VN
- 🌟Balatro featured by Apple: “ONZE FAVORIETEN”today · AR, AU, CA, CO, DE, ES, FR, GB, ID, IN, IT, JP, MX, MY, NL, PH, PL, RU, SE, TH, TW, VN
- 🌟Balatro featured by Apple: “LEG LOS”today · AR, AU, CA, CO, DE, ES, FR, GB, ID, IN, IT, JP, MX, MY, NL, PH, PL, RU, SE, TH, TW, VN
- 🌟Balatro featured by Apple: “EXPERIMENTE ALGO NOVO”today · AR, AU, BR, CA, CO, DE, ES, FR, GB, ID, IN, IT, JP, MX, MY, NL, PH, PL, RU, SE, TH, TW, VN
- 📈Balatro entered the top 10Top Paid · All Apps · DE
- 📈Balatro entered the top 10 in 2 chartsTop Paid · All Apps · ID · Top Paid · All Apps · MX
- ✏️Balatro: needs a newer iOSiOS 13.5 → iOS 15.0
- 📦Balatro: first update in 503 days
- 📦Balatro updated to version 1.4Minor bug fixes.
- 📈Balatro hit #1Top Paid · Card · AU
- 📈Balatro entered the top 10 in 5 chartsTop Paid · Games · CO · Top Paid · All Apps · NL · Top Paid · Games · PH · Top Paid · Games · PL · +1 more
- 📈Balatro hit #1Top Paid · Card · CA
- 📈Balatro hit #1Top Paid · Card · RU
- 🌟Balatro featured by Apple: “UNSERE FAVORITEN”today · AU, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, JP, KR, MX, NL, RU, SE, TR, TW
- 🌟Balatro featured by Apple: “TRY SOMETHING NEW”today · AU, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, JP, KR, NL, RU, SE, TR, TW
- 🌟Balatro featured by Apple: “TRY SOMETHING NEW”today · AE, AU, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, JP, NL, RU, SE, TW, US
- 📈Balatro hit #1 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Strategy · ID · Top Paid · Strategy · SA
- 🌟Balatro featured by Apple: “TRY SOMETHING NEW”today · AE, AU, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, JP, KR, MX, NL, RU, SE, TW
- 🌟Balatro featured by Apple: “TRY SOMETHING NEW”today · AU, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, JP, MX, NL, RU, SA, SE, TW
- 📈Balatro hit #1Top Paid · Card · SA
- 🌟Balatro featured by Apple: “TRY SOMETHING NEW”today · AU, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, JP, KR, MX, NL, RU, SE, TW
- 📈Balatro hit #1Top Paid · Card · AE
- 🌟Balatro featured by Apple: “TRY SOMETHING NEW”today · AU, CA, DE, FR, GB, IT, JP, KR, RU
- 🆕Balatro first spotted by AppInsider#42 in Top Grossing · Card · South Korea
- 🆕Balatro: its developer released another app: The Rise of the Golden Idol
- 🆕Balatro released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Games › Card PaidBalatro at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Balatro is a premium roguelike deck-building game that combines poker mechanics with strategic card manipulation, targeting mobile gamers who enjoy deep, replayable strategy experiences. The app currently holds the #1 position in paid card games across major markets including Germany, France, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia, indicating strong global traction for its premium pricing model.
Similar apps: Slay the Spire, Monster Train, Inscryption
Roguelike Deckbuilder Pixel Abstract medium sessions Premium
#poker #cards #strategy #roguelike #single-player #indie
Balatro on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Balatro’s App Store privacy label declares 1 data category used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 0 linked to your identity and 1 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Balatro downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Balatro's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Balatro before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Balatro makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
Italy
Indonesia
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Russia
India
Sweden
Poland
Taiwan
Argentina
Netherlands
Philippines
Malaysia
Vietnam
Colombia
South Africa
TurkeyApps near Balatro on the chart
Games › Card Paid, around #2.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 256 | 57% | steady |
 Canada | 35 | 8% | ▲ +9% |
 Mexico | 25 | 6% | steady |
 United Kingdom | 20 | 4% | ▼ -7% |
 Germany | 19 | 4% | ▲ +14% |
 Japan | 16 | 4% | ▲ +20% |
 Australia | 13 | 3% | ▼ -10% |
| South Korea | 13 | 3% | steady |
 France | 13 | 3% | ▼ -17% |
 Brazil | 13 | 3% | ▼ -14% |
 Thailand | 12 | 3% | ▲ +9% |
 Spain | 11 | 2% | ▼ -50% |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Balatro
From the 81 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users praise the game's core design and value but report severe technical issues on mobile. Critical bugs involving lost progress, broken unlocks, and poor readability dominate negative feedback.
Mostly positive (77% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and working reliably. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and recent updates.
What people like
- Fun: “This is just a genuinely fun game”
- Crashes & bugs: “Great game with one major bug”
- Ads: “And in a world loaded with ads and pay to win mechanics, it’s nice to just play”
- Price & subscription: “And in a world loaded with ads and pay to win mechanics, it’s nice to just play”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Correction: *still* broken”
- Updates: “Plz update to make it usable on a phone screen!”
- Connection & sync: “The official fix is to turn off cloud sync which is lazy and unacceptable”
- Price & subscription: “I don’t understand the appeal, and I wish I could get a refund”
About Balatro
Hypnotic and endlessly satisfying, Balatro is a magical mix of card games like Solitaire and Poker, that lets you twist the rules in ways never seen before!
Your goal is to beat the Boss Blinds by making strong poker hands.
Find new Jokers that change the game and create awesome and exciting combos! Win enough chips to beat tricky bosses, and find hidden bonus hands and decks as you play. You’ll need all the help you can get to beat the big boss, win the final challenge, and win the game.
Features:
* Remastered controls for touch screen devices.
* Each run is different: every pick-up, discard and joker can dramatically alter the course of your run.
* Multiple game items: discover over 150 Jokers, each with special powers. Use them with different decks,upgrade cards and vouchers to boost your scores.
* Different Game modes: Campaign mode and challenge mode for you to play.
* Beautiful Pixel Art: Immerse yourself in the CRT fuzz and enjoy detailed, hand-crafted pixel art.
Latest updates
Store changes
What Balatro changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
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