Funny fact – the term “Balaatro” comes from antique Rome and refers to a professional jester or buffer. Considering that you are reading it now to Ign, there is a good chance that hearing “Balaatro” fills you with paintings of poker hands and Ben Starr dressed in a clown makeup as Jimbo, the star of last year’s outstanding title, which stormed the world of games (and was nominated for Ign from 2024).
Regardless of whether you spent hours in the game or you are just interested in jumping and seeing what this noise is about, the Balaatro Nintendo Switch version currently costs $ 19.99 – compared to USD 29.99 – as part of the sale of the first day of Amazon.
Balaatro Special Edition (switch)
At Balaatro, you get points by playing in different poker hands to get a high enough level to complete the level of levels. The better, the more money you need to spend on updates. These updates can improve the bonuses that you get from various types of hands, such as two of them or straightforward, increasing the game cards for special properties.
The most celebrated function of the game are special joker cards that give unique multipliers depending on these cards. Sounds more complicated than it is, and before you finish the run or two, you’ll get why this game is so popular.
Made by one developer, Localthunk, Balaatro has received many awards from the moment of release on Steam in February last year and one of the biggest hits of the independent game in the latest memory. In our review, Simon Carda said: “Extremely affordable with complex systems waiting for those who want to get lost with this, Balaatro successfully gathers an infinitely funny game loop, which will be created by every great Roguelike.”
Regardless of whether you are Pro Balaatro Pro, looking for a modern game platform or just looking for a modern game on your switch, I can’t recommend this offer enough!
More Prime Day offers
This year’s Prime Day sales contain a lot of discounts on physical games. We rounded our best types for Nintendo Switch, PS5 and Xbox. For more information, you can check our list of general best offers that we have found so far on Prime Day.
You can save on many other Switch games on Prime Day, as well as almost every category of items in Amazon, as well as Walmart and Best Buy in your own competitive sales.
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