Much like the flu that has struck down half the PC Gamer team this week, Balatro fever continues to spread. It's been steadily rising in popularity since its Steam release earlier this year, it's managed to nab an impressive five nominations at The Game Awards and now, in yet another incredible feat, LocalThunk's poker roguelite has done the impossible: It's actually knocked Minecraft from its number one spot on the goddamn mobile charts. Kids of the 'craft are, presumably, in shambles.
That's the case for both the iOS App Store and the Google Play charts, with Balatro taking the top spot in the paid games category and knocking Minecraft down to the second spot. It's a huge deal, quite frankly. As far as I can tell, Mojang's mobile port has enjoyed a near-unrivalled reign over the last several years—a 2018 Sensor Tower report showed that Minecraft had the highest number of days as the number one paid game by a long shot. It’s even had more days as the highest paid app than yer celebrity's favourite app, Facetune.
