I remember watching the YouTuber Northernlion play this game and you could immediately tell that Balatro was special. The mechanics, the logic, the graphics, everything just worked.

Balatro is an absolute indie darling and one of the greatest games of this decade. I still think it not getting the GOTY was a miss, this should be a wake-up moment for the industry. Gameplay talks. Not micro transactions, not ultra realistic graphic, gameplay. If your game is fun, people will play it.

Hope many more games like this will come out in the upcoming years, if the industry learned anything.