The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

Public builds
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Counted once we have watched for 90 days (since 21 Oct 2026)
Distinct builds deployed to a game's public (default) Steam branch, as Steam's client network describes them.
Checked within minutes of each Steam change. Observed since 21 Oct 2026.
Source: Steam client network (PICS), App info, public branch. Full methodology
Latest public build
Build 17459173
Update posts
0 postsPosts announcing an update, tagged or not
Posts in a game's official Steam news feed that announce an update: tagged as patch notes by the developer, or plainly about a patch or a released update.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamNews/GetNewsForApp. Full methodology
Typical gap between builds
Not enough builds yet| Build | Went live | Patch notes |
|---|---|---|
| 17459173 | None posted |
From Steam’s client network, last checked . Builds before 21 Oct 2026, when we started watching, aren't listed. Patch notes are the developer’s update post from an hour before to a day after the build. Not every build gets one. How we count
| Posted | Update |
|---|---|
| 24 Oct 2024 | Friends of Jimbo 2 free update is here Update |
| 27 Aug 2024 | Balatro - Friends of Jimbo FREE Update Update |
| 7 Aug 2024 | 2 Million Units Sold + Gameplay Update Announcement Update |
| 1 May 2024 | 1.0.1f - Patch notes Patch notes |
| 8 Mar 2024 | Balatro Languages 1.0 Update! Update |
| 8 Mar 2024 |
| 1.0.0n - Patch Notes Patch notes |
| 1 Mar 2024 | 1.0.0L - Patch Notes Patch notes |
| 23 Feb 2024 | 1.0.0k - Patch Notes Patch notes |
| 21 Feb 2024 | 1.0.0j - Patch Notes Patch notes |
| 16 Oct 2023 | Update 0.9.0q-DEMO Patch notes |
| 3 Jul 2023 | Update 0.8.7c Patch notes |
| 2 Jul 2023 | Update 0.8.7b Patch notes |
| 1 Jul 2023 | Update 0.8.7 Patch notes |
| 19 Jun 2023 | Update 0.8.6c Patch notes |
| 18 Jun 2023 | Update 0.8.6b Patch notes |
Steam keeps no record of past build numbers, so before 21 Oct 2026 a game’s update history comes from its own Steam news: posts tagged as patch notes, and untagged posts that plainly announce a patch or a released update. Older posts are still being read in, most played games first. How we count