Balatro

Tracked sources for Balatro were limited between 2025-02-20 and 2026-02-20, with only 1 verified change captured in this window. The recorded activity centers on New Cosmetic Card Skins Featuring Popular Characters and sits between New Cosmetic Card Skins from Popular Games on 2024-12-12 (new_content) and no later tracked updates in the current dataset, making this a light but still readable period in the game's history.

• Verified activity: 2025-02-24 - New Cosmetic Card Skins Featuring Popular Characters: Customise your decks with stunning new cosmetic card skins featuring fan-favourite characters like Vault Boy, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, and Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III..
• What stands out: The period is defined more by a small number of isolated updates than by a large roadmap beat or expansion-sized release.
• Before this window: The closest earlier tracked activity was New Cosmetic Card Skins from Popular Games on 2024-12-12 (new_content).
• After this window: No later tracked activity is present in the current dataset.

Balatro launched on Steam on February 20, establishing the game's initial release. PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox were announced for the same debut, but no matching delivery was confirmed in the tracked material; Mac Port availability was confirmed on March 1. Later crossover card skins and Version 1.0 language packs rounded out the major additions.

• Crossover card skins: Three named waves expanded cosmetic customization:
  • Friend of Jimbo added skins inspired by The Witcher 3, Dave the Diver, Vampire Survivors, and Among Us.
  • Cyberpunk 2077, The Binding of Isaac, Slay the Spire, and Stardew Valley supplied the October wave.
  • Divinity Original Sin 2, Shovel Knight, Potion Craft, Enter the Gungeon, Cult of the Lamb, Don’t Starve, 1000xRESIST, and Warframe supplied the December wave.
• Platform support: Mac Port became available on Steam, Steam Deck Verified status arrived, and Love2D 11.5 was adopted. March updates also fixed the MacOS Big Sur startup issue, Steam Cloud profile and save-data failures, and Perkeo crashes involving WoF and Ectoplasm.
• Gameplay tuning: The Arm could no longer downgrade a poker hand below level 1; Luchador lost compatibility with Eternal; and Spectral cards deselected after applying a seal.
• Localization: Version 1.0 language support covered French, Dutch, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Spanish - LATAM, and Traditional Chinese, while Indonesian, Korean, and Russian were available as beta options.