The service SteamDB, which tracks game metrics on Steam, has published a list of this year’s most warmly received new releases on the Valve platform.

The developer LocalThunk and publisher Playstack announced that the card game Balatro has reached a new milestone, selling 3.5 million copies worldwide.

The card game Balatro has successfully made its mark on smartphones. As noted by Andrey Zubov, the head of content at AppMagic, within two months of release, the mobile version of the project has generated $3 million in net revenue.

The creator of the card “roguelike” Balatro admitted that the game’s success has exceeded all expectations. According to LocalThunk, it was initially conceived as an experiment, and the working folder is still simply named “CardGame” and stored among other learning projects.

On September 26, the indie card hit Balatro was released on mobile devices. As noted by the MobileGamer portal, in less than a week, the game brought developer LocalThunk and publisher Playstack several hundred thousand dollars.

The publisher of Playstack and the developer of LocalThunk, in an interview with gaming expert Simon Carless, discussed the success of the already hit poker “bagel” Balatro. We chose the main thing from the conversation.

The publisher of Playstack and the developer LocalThunk have announced the new success of the indie card hit Balatro. They reported that the game took its first mark of one million copies sold in a little less than a month since its release: its release took place on February 20, 2024.

The Balatro poker “bagel” crossed the milestone of half a million copies sold ten days after its release. This was announced by the publisher of the game Playstack.