How to update your switch Balatro game using your steam copy!

[JonJaded]

Hey there, this is a short guide for anyone with a switch that wants to play the updated Balatro patch (or maybe even an older one) on your switch!

Prerequisites:

• A valid steam copy of Balatro
• A modded Switch
• 7-zip (or any file extractor, but 7-zip is FOSS)
• This guide also assumes you're on Windows

STEPS:

1. Buy and download Balatro from Steam.
2. Once downloaded, right click Balatro in your library, click on Properties, click Installed Files, then click Browse...
3. Once here, you'll see your Balatro folder. Now right click Balatro.exe, hover over 7-zip and click on Open Archive...
4. While this 7-zip window is open, create a folder named 0100CD801CE5E000 (Balatro TitleID) anywhere and inside of this folder also create a folder called romFS
5. Now, return to the 7-zip window and copy everything from the folder to the romfs folder inside of 0100CD801CE5E000
6. Connect to your switch whichever way you prefer (USB, Hekate UMS, FTP) and copy the 0100CD801CE5E000 folder to atmosphere\contents\
7. Launch Balatro on your switch and you should now have the same version number at the top left as your steam copy! No need to wait for N's submittion process.

Post automatically merged: May 5, 2024

Addendum: Mod Support [Help Wanted]

I was also looking into if it's possible to load mods using a steammodded verison of the game, because mods work on the mobile port tool when using steammodded but when applied on the switch it leads to a crash. Maybe someone better versed in Lua can investigate this? Only 2 files changed when using steammodded is game.lua and main.lua both within the balatro.exe.

 

[batouttahell24]

Tried this, but the game crashes shortly after the initial loading screen. Unsure why it's crashing, might just wait for 1.0.1 to hit the Switch.

 

[JonJaded]

Tried this, but the game crashes shortly after the initial loading screen. Unsure why it's crashing, might just wait for 1.0.1 to hit the Switch.

Do you have mods installed? Reverify your files with steam and use a fresh balatro.exe. Should work from there (especially if you see the loading bar.)

 

[sean222]

Thanks for sharing! I followed the instructions and the game booted fine! But I think I was already on the latest version :| So I didn't notice any change.

 

[JonJaded]

Thanks for sharing! I followed the instructions and the game booted fine! But I think I was already on the latest version :| So I didn't notice any change.

Yeah the latest Balatro finally came to switch 5 days after I made this post.

Fret not though, I have another guide coming that will show how to play Balatro with mods on switch using the same files and all.