{"id":275681,"date":"2024-03-18T07:30:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T14:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=328313"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:55:09","slug":"balatro-is-the-perfect-card-game-and-thats-why-its-not-surprising-that-it-will-continue-to-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/balatro-is-the-perfect-card-game-and-thats-why-its-not-surprising-that-it-will-continue-to-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Balatro is the perfect card game, and that’s why it’s not surprising that it will continue to grow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some games become popular because they are good. They don’t rely on gimmicks, trends or big advertising campaigns. They are simply great games and that’s why, upon release or some time later, they manage to reach their audience<\/strong>. In some cases, they even manage to break through and reach the mainstream. This is what has happened with the latest indie sensation: Balatro.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The premise of Balatro is very simple. We have a French deck of cards and we have to make the minimum possible amount of points each turn, using a maximum number of hands and discards. In each new phase, we have to achieve a greater amount of points to overcome it, while the points are obtained by creating poker hands<\/strong>. That simple. That limited. Or it would be if there wasn’t something else behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Balatro is a game full of details that add depth to the game. We can obtain jokers that allow us to increase our scores. Bonuses that improve some of our cards<\/strong>. Or buy or destroy cards, if what we want is to have a deck tailored to a particular run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because Balatro is a roguelike<\/a>. One that, like any good roguelike, gives us the tools to play in a linear and strict way, if that’s what we want, but also to break the game in all unimaginable ways. As many players have already discovered, it is possible to make hands worth millions of points with the right combinations, if not billions of points if we dedicate a special effort to break the game<\/strong>. This is not limited to a single strategy, partly due to the randomness factor, partly due to the simplicity and flexibility of its foundation, which makes the possible winning strategies virtually infinite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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