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2024

Balatro: 44 Game of the Year awards

No: Balatro collected 44 Game of the Year awards in 2024 and finished No. 3; the season went to Astro Bot with 183. The Game Awards named Astro Bot its Game of the Year.

Balatro is a 2024 poker-themed roguelike deck-building game developed by solo developer LocalThunk, and published by Playstack. It was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on February 20, 2024, with a port to macOS on March 1.

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Balatro finished #3 in the 2024 race, with 44 awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 44Total awards
  • 36Media outlets
  • 8Readers' choice
  • 14Countries

Also in the 2024 season: Astro Bot (183), Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (56), Metaphor: ReFantazio (41), Black Myth: Wukong (40), Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (33) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Balatro win?

Balatro won 44 Game of the Year awards in the 2024 season — 8.7% of every award tracked that season. 36 came from editorial picks and 8 from readers' polls, across 14 countries.

Did Balatro win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 3 in 2024, behind Astro Bot, which collected 183.

Game facts Hand-verified

How the co-op works. Single-player deck-builder.

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opNo
  • Couch co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • Online co-opNo
  • MultiplayerNo
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released20 February 2024
  • DeveloperLocalThunk
  • PublisherPlaystack
  • roguelike deck-building game
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox Series X and Series S
  • PlayStation 4
  • Xbox One
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Microsoft Windows
  • macOS
  • IOS
  • IPadOS
  • TvOS
  • Android (operating system)
  • Nintendo Switch 2

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States25
United Kingdom4
Australia2
France2
Italy2
Poland1
Brazil1
Hungary1
Morocco1
Argentina1
Saudi Arabia1
Norway1
Sweden1
Netherlands1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry YearSource
But Why Tho?United States2024butwhytho.net
CD-Action (magazine excerpt)Poland2024cdaction.pl
CheckpointAustralia2024checkpointgaming.net
CNETUnited States2024cnet.com
Critically SaneUnited States2024criticallysane.com
Den of GeekUnited States2024denofgeek.com
Easy AlliesUnited States2024youtube.com
EE Pocket-lint AwardsUnited Kingdom2024pocket-lint.com
EngadgetUnited States2024engadget.com
EntertainiumBrazil2024entertainium.co
Fire EscapeUnited States2024youtu.be
FrenchSpin ReadersFrance2024youtu.be
Game Developers Choice AwardsUnited States2024en.wikipedia.org
GDC AwardsUnited States2024variety.com
GeekVilágHungary2024geekvilag.hu
Get Played ReadersUnited States2024headgum.com
Giant Bomb ReadersUnited States2024giantbomb.com
GQUnited States2024gq.com
Into The AetherUnited States2024open.spotify.com
KakuchopureiMorocco2024kakuchopurei.com
Lunch Break GamesUnited States2024lunchbreakgameblog.com
NerdandoItaly2024nerdando.com
Nerdando ReadersItaly2024nerdando.com
New Game Plus.tvArgentina2024youtu.be
Nexus HubSaudi Arabia2024nexushub.co.za
NoClip Podcast ReadersUnited States2024youtu.be
NRKNorway2024nrk.no
PolygonUnited States2024polygon.com
RollingStoneUnited States2024rollingstone.com
Saluki GamesUnited States2024salukigames.com
Screen RantUnited States2024screenrant.com
SensCritique ReadersFrance2024senscritique.com
ShacknewsUnited States2024youtu.be
SidequestingUnited States2024sidequesting.com
Slant MagazineUnited States2024slantmagazine.com
StevivorAustralia2024stevivor.com
Svampriket ReadersSweden2024svampriket.se
TechRadarUnited Kingdom2024techradar.com
The A.V. ClubUnited States2024avclub.com
The Boss Rush NetworkUnited States2024youtu.be
The Computer Games ShowUnited Kingdom2024youtu.be
The Something Awful Forums ReadersUnited States2024forums.somethingawful.com
UK Gaming networkUnited Kingdom2024youtu.be
XGNNetherlands2024xgn.nl

← Full 2024 results

Updated 13 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.