Balatro3DS v2.0.6-base by idkhan
Fan-made remake of Balatro, the poker roguelike deckbuilder, running on LövePotion
Install on your 3DS
Method 1Scan the QR code
With FBI (Remote Install › Scan QR Code) or 3dsDL (Scan QR Code). Either one installs it.
Method 2Send it to your 3DS
Open 3dsDL › Receive on the same Wi-Fi, then press:
Send to 3dsDL Not working?
Other ways to install
From your SD card: copy Balatro3DS.3dsx into /3ds/ and start it from the Homebrew Launcher.
Send can't find your 3DS? Type the address 3dsDL shows on Receive, then press Send.
Send to 3dsDL
Files
| File | Size | SHA-256 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balatro.cia | 26.5 MB | 6f974975…47c2 | Download |
| Balatro3DS.3dsx | 16.7 MB | c80eb479…b2a6 | Download |
Screenshots
About Balatro3DS
The art and sound effects are from LocalThunk's game, adapted for the 3DS, but the project has no connection to LocalThunk. If you want to support the creator, the author asks you to buy Balatro.
The bottom screen is where you play and the only part that takes touch. The top screen shows information. You can use buttons, touch or both, and the face buttons follow the Switch version:
- A: select. Hold it and press the D-Pad to reorder
- B: deselect, sell, or sort when nothing is selected
- X: discard, or reroll in the shop
- Y: play, or buy and use in the shop
- L and R: open the jokers and consumables panels
All of them can be rebound in Options, and on a New 3DS ZL and ZR can be bound too. A few things are turned down or off on an original 3DS, and some particle effects are drawn on a coarser grid.
It also loads Steamodded-style mods, each a folder with a .json manifest and a Lua file, which can add Jokers, Tarots, decks, vouchers and card art. Copy them to /3ds/save/Balatro3DS/sdmc/mods and restart. Options, then Mods shows what loaded. It isn't Steamodded itself, though: there's no Lovely and no shaders, and every card needs its own image.
The bottom screen is where you play and the only part that takes touch. The top screen shows information. You can use buttons, touch or both, and the face buttons follow the Switch version:
- A: select. Hold it and press the D-Pad to reorder
- B: deselect, sell, or sort when nothing is selected
- X: discard, or reroll in the shop
- Y: play, or buy and use in the shop
- L and R: open the jokers and consumables panels
All of them can be rebound in Options, and on a New 3DS ZL and ZR can be bound too. A few things are turned down or off on an original 3DS, and some particle effects are drawn on a coarser grid.
It also loads Steamodded-style mods, each a folder with a .json manifest and a Lua file, which can add Jokers, Tarots, decks, vouchers and card art. Copy them to /3ds/save/Balatro3DS/sdmc/mods and restart. Options, then Mods shows what loaded. It isn't Steamodded itself, though: there's no Lovely and no shaders, and every card needs its own image.
Release notes
v2.0.6-base · Version 2.0.6 · Oct 24, 2026
<img width="300" height="300" alt="qr-code(1)" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5248e907-a998-4006-91da-47edcf4d2a60" />
Scan this QR code using FBI to install the game
Or you can use the .3dsx version by dropping it into your /3ds folder
Features
- Improve Simplified Chinese terminology, native fonts and UI layout by @the1ndex in https://github.com/idkhan/Balatro3DS/pull/84
- Mods can now create custom Decks and Editions
Bugfixes
- Fixed #89, Smeared Joker now debuffs both suits of a color
- Fixed #87 mod discard context
- Fixed #85, game crashing after returning to the main menu because atlases wouldn't load properly
- Fixed #88, Joker display counting cards held in hand even if they're debuffed.