Balatro AI: how language models score on BalatroBench
This page is about AI models playing Balatro by themselves, not Balatro helper tools.
0 records and 1 tracked run or leaderboard for Balatro only. Nothing on this page is compared with other games. How we verify.
Which AI is best at Balatro?
On BalatroBench, the current #1 is Gemini 3 Pro Preview: 19.3 ± 6.8 (Avg final round), as of Feb 3, 2026 (verified, from the official leaderboard). The live table loads in the browser, so we can't confirm the current standings automatically.
Tracked runs & leaderboards
BalatroBench ARCHIVE
Ranks LLMs by the average round they reach in Balatro when playing through tool calls. The live table loads client-side, so the current standings are not verified.
How was this measured? (applies to every row)
- Harness
- BalatroBench default strategy
- Inputs
- game state (text)
- Tools
- not disclosed
- Assistance
- none
- Budget
- not disclosed
- Sources
- balatrobench.com · github.com
| # | Model | Avg final round | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemini 3 Pro Preview 9/15 runs won |
19.3 ± 6.8 | Verified |
| 2 | GPT-5.2 3/16 runs won |
18.4 ± 5.1 | Verified |
| 3 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview 5/15 runs won |
16.7 ± 7.4 | Verified |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.5 2/15 runs won |
13.9 ± 6.5 | Verified |
| 5 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 2/15 runs won |
11.9 ± 6.7 | Verified |
| 6 | Grok 4 0/15 runs won |
9.5 ± 4.9 | Verified |
| 7 | DeepSeek-V3.2 0/15 runs won |
8.7 ± 6.8 | Verified |
| 8 | Grok 4.1 Fast 0/15 runs won |
7.7 ± 5.5 | Verified |
| 9 | Qwen3-Max 0/15 runs won |
7.3 ± 4.3 | Verified |
| 10 | gpt-oss-120b 0/15 runs won |
6.3 ± 2.9 | Verified |
Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 · auto-update: ok
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