Archive EntryPreservation Record
Balatro
Shelf markLIB-0013
Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record
2024Game
Catalog Information
- Original Title
- Balatro
- Release
- February 20, 2024
- Developer
- LocalThunk
- Publisher
- Playstack
- Medium
- Digital edition · Steam
- Subjects
- Casual · Indie · Strategy · Digital Preservation
Archival Status
- Custody
- Permanent archive holding
- Reference Copy
- Steam digital edition · Playstack build
- Condition Report
- Account-bound license on the archive Steam account. No physical media is part of this accession.
- Acquisition
- Digital acquisition · August 2026
- Filed
- August 3, 2026
Acquisition Record
How this digital copy entered archival custody — provenance for the holding, not the identity of the work.
- Source
- Steam
- Acquired through
- Digital library holding
- Entered
- August 3, 2026
- Steam App ID
- 2379780
Technical record
- Holding reference
steam-2379780- Provenance reconciled
- August 3, 2026
- Recorded playtime
- 4 hours 5 minutes
- Playtime · recent
- 4 hours 5 minutes
- Store listing
- Steam store listing
Curator Notes
Collection Documentation
Preservation Notes
- Access Hardware
- Windows or macOS through Steam under archive custody
- Original Hardware
- PC · Steam digital edition
- Playback Compatibility
- Continued access requires the archive account and Steam’s ongoing support for the title.
- Preservation Concerns
- As with other account-bound Steam holdings: platform dependency, policy change, and the absence of a retained offline installer.
- Edition History
- Steam release dated February 20, 2024. The filing documents the licensed digital copy in custody.
- Access Status
- Playable from the archive Steam library for as long as that license and storefront path remain intact.
Connections
- Editorial Record
- Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.
Artifact Documentation
This filing is retained as a digital edition. Physical collection photography does not apply to the holding itself.
Supplementary archival media may be entered if documentation is later filed. Nothing is forced into the record.
Stewardship History
A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0013.
Collection Documentation entered
Connections established
Official artwork entered
Steam library artwork filed under the Library accession path.
Editorial revision
Catalog identity, authority references, and digital-holding documentation aligned for publication.
Preservation Notes entered
Published to the Bloodsoaked Library
Digital accession curated from Steam custody and set to Catalogued · Permanent Record.