ProtonDB | Game Details for Balatro

If you are using Wayland you need to switch to X11 to get the mouse clicks to work properly

Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-10

Input:Other

Needed to switch to X11 from Wayland for the mouse clicks to register

Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-10

Distro:Ubuntu 24.10

Kernel:6.11.0-9-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.2.6 - kisak-mesa PPA

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (radeonsi, navi21, LLVM 19.1.1, DRM 3.58, 6.11.0-9-generic)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6-Core

Chanesaw™(3 reports)

35 hours overall

Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-10

Distro:Ubuntu 24.10

Kernel:6.11.0-9-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.2.6 - kisak-mesa PPA

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (radeonsi, navi21, LLVM 19.1.1, DRM 3.58, 6.11.0-9-generic)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6-Core

kiraventom(4 reports)

kiraventom (4 reports)

Ideal for Deck

Proton 9.0-4

kiraventom(4 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

Crovo(14 reports)

Crovo (14 reports)

WOTB

Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-11

Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-11

Crovo(14 reports)

Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-11

Maikaet(3 reports)

131 hours overall

Maikaet (3 reports)

131 hours overall

3 weeks ago

It's not a gamble to gamble

3 weeks ago

Works out the box, no issues

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:6.15.7-arch1-1

RAM:62 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 25.1.6-arch1.1

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (radeonsi, gfx1201, LLVM 20.1.6, DRM 3.63, 6.15.7-arch1-1)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core

Maikaet(3 reports)

131 hours overall

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:6.15.7-arch1-1

RAM:62 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 25.1.6-arch1.1

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (radeonsi, gfx1201, LLVM 20.1.6, DRM 3.63, 6.15.7-arch1-1)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core

Panja!(4 reports)

Panja! (4 reports)

4 weeks ago

Works flawlessly out of the box, simple as that

4 weeks ago

Proton 9.0-4

Panja!(4 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

z3co(6 reports)

z3co (6 reports)

Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-1

Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-1

z3co(6 reports)

Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-1

Squ(20 reports)

Squ (20 reports)

Works great out of the box

Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-4

Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-4

Squ(20 reports)

Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-4

Resplendent606(3 reports)

Resplendent606 (3 reports)

It works perfectly out of the box. No tinkering needed.

Proton 9.0-4

Resplendent606(3 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

Dandalf(2 reports)

Dandalf (2 reports)

Works out of the box

Proton 9.0-4

Dandalf(2 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

❤NYXIC❤(2 reports)

130 hours overall

❤NYXIC❤ (2 reports)

130 hours overall

Tinker Steps:Set launch options

WINEDLLOVERRIDES="version=n , b" %command%

My launch options are only necessary if you want to use Steamodded, it works fine with just proton.

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:Linux Mint 22.1

Kernel:6.8.0-63-generic

RAM:4 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 470.256.02

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce 920M

CPU:Intel Core i3-4005U @ 1.70GHz

❤NYXIC❤(2 reports)

130 hours overall

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:Linux Mint 22.1

Kernel:6.8.0-63-generic

RAM:4 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 470.256.02

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce 920M

CPU:Intel Core i3-4005U @ 1.70GHz

jogar0o0(1 report)

55 hours overall

jogar0o0 (1 report)

55 hours overall

The game launch perfectly with minimal problem

Audio:Crackling

Launching the game rarely make audio crackling at the start

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:Linux Mint 22.1

Kernel:6.8.0-63-generic

RAM:7 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.2.8-1ubuntu1~24.04.1

GPU:AMD Radeon (radeonsi, renoir, LLVM 19.1.1, DRM 3.57, 6.8.0-63-generic)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics

jogar0o0(1 report)

55 hours overall

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:Linux Mint 22.1

Kernel:6.8.0-63-generic

RAM:7 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.2.8-1ubuntu1~24.04.1

GPU:AMD Radeon (radeonsi, renoir, LLVM 19.1.1, DRM 3.57, 6.8.0-63-generic)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics

Sekkou(2 reports)

Sekkou (2 reports)

epic devs

Proton 9.0-4

Sekkou(2 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

kirisora(11 reports)

kirisora (11 reports)

Flawless. Even the battery life was decent.

Proton 9.0-4

kirisora(11 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

krutosh2(5 reports)

krutosh2 (5 reports)

Runs perfectly smooth through proton

Proton 9.0-4

krutosh2(5 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

nagol12344(9 reports)

18 hours overall

nagol12344 (9 reports)

18 hours overall

Game runs perfect, no issues!

Thanks proton for being so cool

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:Ubuntu 23.10

Kernel:6.5.0-25-generic

RAM:31 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.0.2 - kisak-mesa PPA

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6600 (radeonsi, navi23, LLVM 15.0.7, DRM 3.54, 6.5.0-25-generic)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 8600G w/ Radeon 760M Graphics

nagol12344(9 reports)

18 hours overall

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:Ubuntu 23.10

Kernel:6.5.0-25-generic

RAM:31 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 24.0.2 - kisak-mesa PPA

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6600 (radeonsi, navi23, LLVM 15.0.7, DRM 3.54, 6.5.0-25-generic)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 8600G w/ Radeon 760M Graphics

irvyne(16 reports)

irvyne (16 reports)

Tinker Steps:Switch to experimental, Set launch options

WINEDLLOVERRIDES="version=n,b" %command%

Proton Experimental

irvyne(16 reports)

Proton Experimental

flumbin(9 reports)

19 hours overall

flumbin (9 reports)

19 hours overall

Works out of the box

No problems. Works perfectly out of the box, and is a load of fun. Loads extremely quickly.

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:Freedesktop SDK 24.08 (Flatpak runtime)

Kernel:6.15.4-200.fc42.x86_64

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 575.64

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core

flumbin(9 reports)

19 hours overall

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:Freedesktop SDK 24.08 (Flatpak runtime)

Kernel:6.15.4-200.fc42.x86_64

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 575.64

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core

bojlahg(1 report)

bojlahg (1 report)

Proton 9.0-4

bojlahg(1 report)

Proton 9.0-4

tifeko2013(10 reports)

tifeko2013 (10 reports)

Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-8

Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-8

tifeko2013(10 reports)

Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-8

D0CT0RFloppa(6 reports)

10 hours overall

D0CT0RFloppa (6 reports)

10 hours overall

Runs smoothly for hours at a time

Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-8

Only issue is this this game is addictive and I keep wanting to play even when I should be working :)

Runs perfectly smooth though, no need to do anything but install and hit play

Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-8

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:6.14.7-arch2-1

RAM:62 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 570.153.02

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core

D0CT0RFloppa(6 reports)

10 hours overall

Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-8

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:6.14.7-arch2-1

RAM:62 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 570.153.02

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core

Kilelend131415(3 reports)

2 hours overall

Kilelend131415 (3 reports)

2 hours overall

Works perfectly

0 Issues and peak game

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:CachyOS

Kernel:6.15.0-2-cachyos

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 25.1.1-cachyos1.2

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (radeonsi, navi10, LLVM 19.1.7, DRM 3.63, 6.15.0-2-cachyos)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6-Core

Kilelend131415(3 reports)

2 hours overall

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:CachyOS

Kernel:6.15.0-2-cachyos

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 25.1.1-cachyos1.2

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (radeonsi, navi10, LLVM 19.1.7, DRM 3.63, 6.15.0-2-cachyos)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6-Core

TheOddGarlic(3 reports)

TheOddGarlic (3 reports)

perfect experience

Proton 9.0-4

TheOddGarlic(3 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

Mr. Bogdanoff(11 reports)

Mr. Bogdanoff (11 reports)

Works perfectly out of the box

Proton 9.0-4

Mr. Bogdanoff(11 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

merdao(20 reports)

merdao (20 reports)

Flawless

Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-7, Set launch options

gamemoderun gamescope -W 1920 -H 1080 -f -- %command%

Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-7

merdao(20 reports)

Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-7

xXx_KillerEye123_xXx(5 reports)

xXx_KillerEye123_xXx (5 reports)

Window didn't want to open at first but it worked with the extra launch options

Tinker Steps:Set launch options

PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 SDL_VIDEODRIVER="windows" %command%

Nice Game!

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS

Kernel:5.15.0-56-generic

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 520.56.06

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core

xXx_KillerEye123_xXx(5 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS

Kernel:5.15.0-56-generic

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 520.56.06

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core

aastronaut(3 reports)

aastronaut (3 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

aastronaut(3 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

Just Dandy(16 reports)

Just Dandy (16 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

Just Dandy(16 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

Pandallax(14 reports)

Pandallax (14 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

Pandallax(14 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

Sacripanta Bestial(22 reports)

Sacripanta Bestial (22 reports)

Proton 7.0-6: Runs perfectly

Tinker Steps:Switch to older version: 7.0-6

Proton 7.0-6

Sacripanta Bestial(22 reports)

Proton 7.0-6

Korma(6 reports)

29 hours overall

Korma (6 reports)

29 hours overall

No tinkering required with game or proton settings

Battery Performance:Made Changes To Improve

TDP Limit = 4 Watts, GPU clock = 500MHz

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:SteamOS Holo

Kernel:5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune

RAM:15 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 22.2.0 (git-17e5312102)

GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 14.0.6, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune)

CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405

Korma(6 reports)

29 hours overall

Proton 9.0-4

Distro:SteamOS Holo

Kernel:5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune

RAM:15 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 22.2.0 (git-17e5312102)

GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 14.0.6, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune)

CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405

achuso(75 reports)

achuso (75 reports)

Gambling + Linux = W

Proton 9.0-4

achuso(75 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

P015-N(16 reports)

P015-N (16 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

P015-N(16 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

lacespades(2 reports)

lacespades (2 reports)

Windowing:Other

Glitched visually after not long in fullscreen, went with borderless, probably a hyprland thing

Proton 9.0-4

lacespades(2 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

P015-N(16 reports)

P015-N (16 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

P015-N(16 reports)

Proton 9.0-4

Nyxion(2 reports)

55 hours overall

Nyxion (2 reports)

55 hours overall

Works ootb

Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: proton-cachyos, Set launch options

WINEDLLOVERRIDES="version=n,b" %command%

Instability:Not Listed

Sometimes crashes when playing with too extreme mods.

works out of the box. to get Mods to work you need to add the wine dll overrides.

Custom Proton: proton-cachyos

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:6.15.2-2-cachyos

RAM:64 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 575.57.08

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

CPU:Intel Core i7-9700KF @ 3.60GHz

Nyxion(2 reports)

55 hours overall

Custom Proton: proton-cachyos

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:6.15.2-2-cachyos

RAM:64 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 575.57.08

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

CPU:Intel Core i7-9700KF @ 3.60GHz

Chalcolum(1 report)

Chalcolum (1 report)

Works perfectly

Proton 9.0-4

Chalcolum(1 report)

Proton 9.0-4

sh(1 report)

191 hours overall

sh (1 report)

191 hours overall

Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-4

On Hyprland (assuming on any wayland compositor) the game could crash instantly on launch. Using GE proton, starting from 10-4 fixes this. Works flawlessly.

Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-4

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:6.15.2-arch1-1

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 575.57.08

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU

CPU:13th Gen Intel Core i5-13500H

sh(1 report)

191 hours overall

Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-4

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:6.15.2-arch1-1

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 575.57.08

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU

CPU:13th Gen Intel Core i5-13500H

Bara(3 reports)

Bara (3 reports)