Balatro (2024)
Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
All-time
#1143 of 1,295
Ranking by scope
- 2020s: #37 of 83
- 2024: #5 of 18
- PlayStation 4: #243 of 325
Ballots (43)
Decade lists
- #8 Paste — The 50 Best Games of the 2020s So Far (2024)
- Game Rant — Best Games Of The 2020s (2025)
Year lists
- #1 Tom's Guide — Our favorite games of 2024 (2024)
- #1 Polygon — The 50 best video games of 2024 (2024)
- #1 TechRadar — TechRadar Gaming's Game of the Year 2024: our top 10 games from this year (2024)
- #1 A.V. Club — The best games of 2024 (2024)
- #1 Slant — The 25 Best Video Games of 2024 (2024)
- #1 Den of Geek — The 16 Best Games of 2024, Ranked (2024)
- #1 GQ — The Best Video Games of 2024 (2024)
- #1 Gamer.no — Spillåret 2024 — De beste og mest skuffende spillopplevelsene fra 2024 (2024)
- #1 Screen Rant — 20 Best Games of the Year, According to Our Experts (2024)
- #2 BAFTA — 20th BAFTA Games Awards: The Winners & Nominations (2024)
- #2 Press Start — Press Start's Game of the Year 2024 (2024)
- #2 4Players — Unsere Spiele des Jahres 2024: Die 4P-Redaktion hat gewählt (2024)
- #2 Siliconera — Siliconera's Overall Game of the Year 2024 (2024)
- #2 IGN — The Best Game of 2024 (2024)
- #2 The Escapist — The Escapist’s Best Games of 2024 (2025)
- #2 Digital Spy — The 30 best games of 2024 (2024)
- #3 Vulture — The Best Video Games of 2024 (2024)
- #3 Giant Bomb — Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2024 (2025)
- #3 Digital Trends — The 10 best video games of 2024 (2024)
- #3 Paste — The 40 Best Games of 2024 (2024)
- #4 Guardian — The 20 Best Video Games Of 2024 (2024)
- #4 Kotaku — Kotaku’s 15 Best Games Of 2024, Ranked (2024)
- #5 GameSpew — The 15 best games of 2024: GameSpew Edition (2024)
- #5 GamesRadar — The 25 best games of 2024 (2024)
- #5 The Independent — The Indiependent’s Game of The Year 2024 (2024)
- #6 USA Today's For The Win — The top 20 best video games of 2024 (2024)
- #6 Mashable — The best video games of 2024 (2024)
- #6 Sports Illustrated — The top 20 best video games of 2024 (2024)
- #7 Game Rant — Game Rant's Top 10 Games of 2024 (2024)
- #10 Hardcore Gamer — Hardcore Gamer's 2024 Game of the Year Awards: Top 10 Games of the Year (2024)
- #11 NME — The 20 best games of 2024 (2024)
- #12 Eurogamer — The 50 best games of 2024, ranked (2024)
- #13 Empire — The Best Games Of 2024 (2024)
- #15 FZ (FragZone) — FZ utser årets spel 2024! (2024)
- Rolling Stone — The 20 Best Video Games of 2024 (2024)
- Bloomberg — The Best Video Games of 2024 (2024)
- NPR — The best games of 2024, picked by NPR's staff (2024)
- Ars Technica — Ars Technica’s top 20 video games of 2024 (2024)
- The Sydney Morning Herald — From Astro Bot to Prince of Persia: 15 best video games of 2024 (2024)
- CNET — CNET's 2024 Game of the Year Awards (2024)
- GamesHub — GamesHub's Top 10 Best Games of 2024 (2024)