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Article Summary Balatro wins big at 2025 Game Developer Choice Awards with four major honors. Sam Lake receives Lifetime Achievement Award for his storytelling excellence.

“Balatro” won Game of the Year at the 2025 Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) on Wednesday, just after “Consume Me” received the top prize at the Independent Games Festival Awards (IGFA).

LocalThunk’s Balatro, developed by Playstack, was deemed a royal flush as it was crowned Game of the Year at the 25th Game Developers Choice Awards. Handed out on Wednesday at the Moscone Center ...