{"id":297436,"date":"2025-03-10T04:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T11:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=350651"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:13:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:13:32","slug":"this-developer-wouldnt-have-given-balatro-more-than-an-8-before-seeing-its-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/this-developer-wouldnt-have-given-balatro-more-than-an-8-before-seeing-its-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"This developer wouldn&#039;t have given Balatro more than an 8 before seeing its reception"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The card roguelike Balatro has positioned itself as one of the great successes of 2024, achieving an impressive 98% positive ratings on Steam and ranking tenth on Metacritic. <strong>Developed by LocalThunk, the game has surprised both critics and players, notably exceeding the expectations of its creator<\/strong>, who initially thought it would only appeal to a limited audience.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Impostor syndrome also affects the greats<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before its release, LocalThunk was cautious about the game&#8217;s potential. In a blog post, <strong>the developer mentioned that its publisher, Playstack, did an excellent job promoting Balatro among the press, but he himself did not trust that the title would receive a good reception<\/strong>. However, the lifting of the review embargo on February 19 revealed an unexpected phenomenon: Balatro quickly achieved a rating of 90 on Metacritic, a figure it has maintained since then.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Balatro - Official Launch Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VUyP21iQ_-g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The arrival of the game also came with notable anticipation, accumulating over 208,000 additions to the wishlist on Steam before its release. <strong>Despite the excitement, LocalThunk feared that the success would be fleeting and anticipated weeks of hard work to fix possible bugs after the launch<\/strong>. Surprisingly, Balatro hit the market with remarkable stability and generated over $600,000 in revenue in its first hours, thus consolidating its success.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With critical acclaim and solid commercial performance, <strong>Balatro emerges not only as a personal triumph for LocalThunk but also as an example that innovation in video games can still surprise in a saturated industry<\/strong>. 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