Balatro Wins Best Debut Indie Game at The Game Awards 2024

Balatro wins Best Debut Indie Game at The Game Awards 2024. Live from Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, join Geoff Keighley and the video game industry for a celebration of the year's best -- and a look at what's next.

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[crydeplosion]

Love that he used the opportunity to tell the world to give indie games a chance

[bluekewne]

To everyone saying "wtf it's a card game why" :
97% Overwhelming Positive rating on Steam

[OmahaGTP]

After watching this live I finally said eh, and bought Balatro. So anyway I’ve played it for 30 hours now, wtf

[TrainerInukuma]

For those wondering how a card game can win such an award. Just play it. It is honestly the best game I've played since quite a while.

[babaroga]

That 3 chord soundtrack when he gets up so brilliant in it's simplicity, same as the whole game is.

[naki]

I love how they brought the Jimbo plush

[Rai_]

LocalThunk actually transferred his soul into that Jimbo plush

[Andrew-rybe]

Literally no competition. Either way, the house always wins.

[rollyproductions]

Thought we would get a LocalThunk reveal

[StuEatsFrozenLasagna]

Balatro winning honestly helped heal the pain of Pizza Tower losing to Cocoon last year lmaooo

[BirkinIdk]

Hell yeah! Such a humble and honest developer. Can't wait to see more of what he's got in store!

[Nfoster]

Yeah, never has there been such a dynamic card game with honestly infinite possibilities in rougelike play elements. Respect

[YourPalJamieEllis]

Balatro is one game made by one guy and my hour count on it still makes it one of my top 20 most-played franchises in gaming history.

[Sagi.Baten.Kaitos]

Part of me does selfishly wish UFO 50 won best Indie, but I’m not at all disappointed that Balatro won! One of the few roguelikes I actually enjoy

[kaus]

People in the comments haven't played the game i think, balatro has no competition

[Nathdood]

"Is this game really that good?"

**bought it two days ago, have 14 hours logged**

YUP. Its SO GOOD. Move over solitaire, BALATRO IS KING NOW

[thepopmanbrad]

Already got it on PC and brought it again on mobile its literally digital crack

[ZunkleFunkle]

Massive W for Local Thunk! Well deserved, looking forward to the expansion coming in 2025 and wishing him the best in any future endeavors.

[bandanawaddledee]

The best way I could try to describe Balatro would be: poker, but you become death destroyer of worlds

[lslurpeek]

Balatro and animal well are 2 of the best indie games I've ever played