It’s not all that often that word games are bobbing near the top of the Steam charts. Word Play has been hovering near the top of the Popular New Releases since it was launched earlier this month and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. When Balatro landed one of the extremely coveted Game of ...

UK games publisher Playstack is no stranger to supporting indie games, and its journey with LocalThunk's Balatro is no exception. The game has become a breakout success. In just its first eight hours, ...

Developing your own strategy is part of the fun, but it’s nice to have a good place to start. Developing your own strategy is part of the fun, but it’s nice to have a good place to start. In Balatro, ...

I said I wasn’t going to download it. That is, until I caved and downloaded it just days after release. Now I’m playing all over again, but I can’t say that I’m mad about it. As I suspected, Balatro ...

Nick is a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lifelong belief in the artistic power of video games led him to ...

Last year, Balatro completely took over the world, introducing many players to the roguelike deckbuilding genre with its flashy animations, extremely satisfying gameplay loop, and catchy music. If you ...

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...

Balatro is the Poker rogue-like that’s only getting bigger in 2025. Balatro is a Poker game that isn’t about playing cards — it’s about breaking the game wide open with weird effects. By collecting ...