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Balatro

Playstack Ltd · 103,180 ratings · ★ 5.0

5.0
★★★★★
103,180 ratings
5 ★
100,966 (98%)
4 ★
1,394 (1%)
3 ★
278 (0%)
2 ★
128 (0%)
1 ★
432 (0%)
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Top complaints - extracted from 12 negative reviews

Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.

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"game"
6 negative reviews mention this · 50% of all complaints
★★★★ "Progression Glitch. I love those game. But my game is stuck and doesn’t count any achievements. This stops me from unlocking new decks and difficulties. Disappointing." - Jester860
2
"runs"
3 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★ "Amazing Game - App Store Version is Awful. I want to preface this by saying that I ADORE this game. I own two copies already (PC and Switch) and have poured more hours into it than I care to admit. That said, the app store version is absolutely not worth the ten dollars I paid for …" - HopeL11
3
"every"
3 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★ "Bought for $10 riddled with bugs. Can’t even play this right. Every time I try to buy any cards and pull them to the buy area nothing happens. Over and over and over." - Chrissylynn80

📋 All 12 negative reviews

Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").

★★★★ Jester860 6/23/2026 v1.3
Progression Glitch
I love those game. But my game is stuck and doesn’t count any achievements. This stops me from unlocking new decks and difficulties. Disappointing.
★★★★ HopeL11 6/9/2026 v1.3
Amazing Game - App Store Version is Awful
I want to preface this by saying that I ADORE this game. I own two copies already (PC and Switch) and have poured more hours into it than I care to admit.
That said, the app store version is absolutely not worth the ten dollars I paid for it. I wish I had looked at the critical reviews before purchasing because apparently the issue I’ve been dealing with is a known issue that they just haven’t fixed.
Something is very wrong with how the save data works. I am trying to carefully unlock all the decks, jokers, and vouchers and the game will tell me I successfully unlocked something, only for it to still be locked the next run I start. For example, I’ve completed so many yellow deck runs and the game refuses to unlock the next stake or the deck you unlock with a successful yellow run.
This is so frustrating. It’s impossible to make any progress in the game like this. Save your money and buy this game on another device instead.
★★★★ Chrissylynn80 6/8/2026 v1.3
Bought for $10 riddled with bugs
Can’t even play this right. Every time I try to buy any cards and pull them to the buy area nothing happens. Over and over and over.
★★★★ Juniperberrytree 6/4/2026 v1.3
Really bad bug
Switched phones and lost all progression
★★★★ MCat90 6/3/2026 v1.3
Super glitched on iPhone
Last 4-5 gold stake runs I’ve won haven’t saved… tried redownloading the app, relaunching, everything. Looking at the discord this seems to be a common issue for a long time and the devs can’t be bothered to fix it
★★★★ Incensed Reviewer 5/29/2026 v1.3
Janky
Janky
★★★★ YouTubeIsTrash69 5/18/2026 v1.3
Annoying bug
Every time new collections are unlocked, the game requires clicking on the icons twice to get them to stop showing a notification. This is incredibly frustrating considering there is no way to disable those notifications, and no way to mark them all as “read”
Edit: Customer support is also pretty bad when submitting a ticket.
★★★★ FatherGrim 5/14/2026 v1.3
Rude
Started playing it recently and after about a hundred failed runs I only have about 7 or 8 wins and EVERY SINGLE TIME it’s because of the pettiest “one off” you can imagine.
I know it’s all luck and whatnot but if you have a short fuse like me avoid this game like the plague.
200 losses now, game’s too hard
★★★★ Trayzar 5/11/2026 v1.3
Peak
Peak
★★★★ aSaltyMilkshake 5/10/2026 v1.3
Completion doesn't save
When completing a run on a deck or getting unlocks the game doesn't save your progress. This forces you to redo the same thing over and over until it works. This completely kills the game for me and apparently this bug has been in the game for a long time now.
★★★★★ SoakySack 6/10/2026 v1.3
This is my favorite pizza place
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★★★★★ Alamo27 5/5/2026 v1.3
Well made game but too many 2 pairs
Especially if you like two pairs. Over and over and over. One off the flush, one of the straight, but you will have 2 pair. 6s and 3s so you will miss by 5. If that sounds like fun this is your game

Sentiment summary

99%
Positive (4-5★)
0%
Neutral (3★)
1%
Negative (1-2★)

✓ Strong positive sentiment - clone path is harder, users like the existing app.