Balatro
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 13 reviews are negative (8%); after 15h it's 1 in 55 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 94% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 90% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 201,289 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 25.6h for positive, 34.7h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (89.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (31)
story milestone ending side
- Ante Up! Reach Ante 4 100%
- 10K Score 10,000 Chips in a single hand 94%
- Ante Upper! Reach Ante 8 83%
- Heads Up Win a Run 80%
- Retrograde Get any poker hand to level 10 72%
- Royale Play a Royal Flush 70%
- Cartomancy Discover every Tarot card 68%
- Card Player Play at least 2500 Cards 65%
- Legendary Discover a Legendary Joker 64%
- Card Discarder Discard at least 2500 Cards 54%
- 1,000K Score 1,000,000 Chips in a single hand 53%
- Low Stakes Win a run on at least Red Stake difficulty 49%
- You Get What You Get Win a run without rerolling the shop 37%
- Mid Stakes Win a run on at least Black Stake difficulty 34%
- Clairvoyance Discover every Spectral card 33%
- 100,000K Score 100,000,000 Chips in a single hand 25%
- Astronomy Discover every Planet card 24%
- Speedrunner Win a run in 12 or fewer rounds 22%
- Big Hands Have 80 or more cards in your deck 22%
- Shattered Break 2 Glass Cards in a single hand 20%
- Nest Egg Have $400 or more during a single run 19%
- ROI Buy 5 Vouchers by the end of Ante 4 17%
- Rule Bender Complete any challenge run 16%
- High Stakes Win a run on at least Gold Stake difficulty 14%
- Tiny Hands Thin your deck down to 20 or fewer cards 7.7%
- Extreme Couponer Discover every Voucher 6.7%
- Completionist Discover 100% of your collection 4.8%
- Flushed Play a Flush with 5 Wild Cards 4.3%
- Rule Breaker Complete every challenge run 2.4%
- Completionist+ Win with every deck on Gold Stake difficulty 1.9%
- Completionist++ Earn a Gold Sticker on every Joker 1.0%