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Balatro-Overhaul

A free fan mod for Balatro: online multiplayer, new modes, integrated mod support, cross platform, and much more !

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GITHUB · launched Nov 8, 2026 · 43 upvotes (top 67%) · 0 views

Niche: video game mods and managers · 278 launches, 13 in the last 7 days ▼ -68% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Media & entertainment
  • B2C
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project
  • balatro
  • balatro-mod
  • love2d
  • multiplayer

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Could you build this?

Partial The single-player mods and new game modes are vibe-codeable in Lua for the LÖVE engine. Online multiplayer with synchronized game state needs networking infrastructure and careful netcode, which is harder to get right.

What it would actually take: The base is a Lua mod loaded into Balatro's LÖVE runtime, which is accessible. Multiplayer needs a relay or authoritative server, deterministic state sync, and handling of cheating and disconnects. That requires backend and netcode experience plus hosting costs.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 524 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #322 of 525 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 362 days after the earliest competitor.

  • ThermalVortex-Mod · github · 2026-09-29 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.51
  • balatro-portrait-mobile · github · 2026-11-05 · 51 upvotes · similarity 0.50
  • dishonored-2-vr · github · 2026-10-19 · 22 upvotes · similarity 0.46
  • tf2vr-linux · github · 2026-10-02 · 33 upvotes · similarity 0.45
  • balatro-switch-rce · github · 2026-11-03 · 38 upvotes · similarity 0.45
  • oot-mod · github · 2026-11-06 · 46 upvotes · similarity 0.45
  • RDRVR · github · 2026-10-07 · 58 upvotes · similarity 0.45
  • bldbrne-vr · github · 2026-10-16 · 41 upvotes · similarity 0.44

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