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2024

Balatro: 45 Game of the Year awards

No: Balatro collected 45 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 45 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 45Total awards
  • 37Media 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 45 Game of the Year awards in the 2024 season — 8.9% of every award tracked that season. 37 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 of the Year awards.

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 Kingdom5
Australia2
France2
Italy2
Poland1
Brazil1
Hungary1
Morocco1
Argentina1
Saudi Arabia1
Norway1
Sweden1
Netherlands1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
But Why Tho?United States2024
CD-Action (magazine excerpt)Poland2024
CheckpointAustralia2024
CNETUnited States2024
Critically SaneUnited States2024
Den of GeekUnited States2024
Easy AlliesUnited States2024
EE Pocket-lint AwardsUnited Kingdom2024
EngadgetUnited States2024
EntertainiumBrazil2024
Fire EscapeUnited States2024
FrenchSpin ReadersFrance2024
Game Developers Choice AwardsUnited States2024
GDC AwardsUnited States2024
GeekVilágHungary2024
Get Played ReadersUnited States2024
Giant Bomb ReadersUnited States2024
GQUnited States2024
Into The AetherUnited States2024
KakuchopureiMorocco2024
Lunch Break GamesUnited States2024
NerdandoItaly2024
Nerdando ReadersItaly2024
New Game Plus.tvArgentina2024
Nexus HubSaudi Arabia2024
NoClip Podcast ReadersUnited States2024
NRKNorway2024
PolygonUnited States2024
RollingStoneUnited States2024
Saluki GamesUnited States2024
Screen RantUnited States2024
SensCritique ReadersFrance2024
ShacknewsUnited States2024
SidequestingUnited States2024
Slant MagazineUnited States2024
StevivorAustralia2024
Svampriket ReadersSweden2024
TCGSUnited Kingdom2024
TechRadarUnited Kingdom2024
The A.V. ClubUnited States2024
The Boss Rush NetworkUnited States2024
The Computer Games ShowUnited Kingdom2024
The Something Awful Forums ReadersUnited States2024
UK Gaming networkUnited Kingdom2024
XGNNetherlands2024

← Full 2024 results

Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.