Save Rewinder

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Undo mistakes. Experiment freely. Never lose progress.

Save Rewinder automatically creates save points as you play Balatro, letting you rewind to any recent moment with a single keystroke.

• 📸 Automatic snapshots — Creates save points for every action (blind selection, hands, shop).
• ⚡ Instant Undo — Press S (keyboard) or L3 (controller) to rewind immediately.
• 🔁 Quick Saveload — Press L (keyboard) or R3 (controller) to instantly reload.
• ⭐ Key Saves — Mark important saves and filter the list to key saves only.
• ✏️ Rename Saves — Rename save entries in the save list.
• ⬇️ Export Saves — Export selected save files to any directory on your system.
• 💀 Game Over Rewind — Rewind to your last save directly from the game over panel.
• 🧪 Experiment Freely — Test strategies without fear; stepped-back saves stay available until you make a new action.
• 🛡️ Score Overflow Protection — Rewind/save-load safely with extreme naneinf/inf scores (optional clamp to 1.8e308).

Screenshots

Save List (Blind Icons)	Save List (Round Numbers)
Key Saves List	Mod Settings

Installation

1. Install Steamodded for Balatro
2. Download and extract the latest release — it contains a SaveRewinder folder
3. Copy the SaveRewinder folder into your game's Mods folder
4. Launch Balatro — you'll see Save Rewinder in the mods list

⚠️ Important: Ensure Mods/SaveRewinder/ contains mod files directly (like main.lua), not another nested SaveRewinder folder.

📦 Thunderstore Users: Files are at the zip root. Create Mods/SaveRewinder/ and extract all files into it. Final structure: Mods/SaveRewinder/main.lua.

Quick Start

Controls

Tip: Open the Pause Menu → Options and click the orange "Saves" button (or press Ctrl+S / X) to browse and restore any save.

Save List Icon Buttons

• Check key saves — Text button. Shows only key saves.
• ★ Edit key saves — Star icon button. Enters mark mode so you can add/remove key marks.
• ✏️ Rename mode — Pencil icon button. Enter rename mode to edit save titles inline.
• ⬇ Export mode — Download icon button. Enter export mode to select and export saves.
• ▶ Current save — Triangle icon button. Jumps to your currently loaded save.

Mark flow:

1. Press ★ Edit key saves.
2. Click save rows to toggle key marks (pending changes show a white dot badge).
3. Press ★ Save marking changes to apply. Close the panel to discard pending edits.
4. Use Check key saves to filter, and ▶ Current save to jump back to your current position.

Rename flow:

1. Press the ✏️ button to enter rename mode.
2. Click a save row and edit its title.
3. Click the row again (or switch rows) to stage the draft (pending rename show a white dot badge).
4. Press ✏️ again to commit staged rename drafts.

Export flow:

1. Press the ⬇ button to enter export mode.
2. Click save rows to select them (selected rows show a white dot badge).
3. Press ⬇ again to export the selection. If nothing is selected, pressing ⬇ exits export mode.

Enter Key Behavior (Saves Overlay)

When the saves overlay is open:

• Mark mode + Enter — Same as clicking ★ Save marking changes (commits mark edits / exits mark mode).
• Rename mode + editing a row + Enter — Same as clicking that row again (stages current row draft and exits row editing).
• Rename mode + not editing a row + Enter — Same as clicking ✏️ (commits staged rename drafts and exits rename mode).
• Export mode + Enter — Same as clicking ⬇ (exports selection if rows are selected, otherwise exits export mode).

Game Over Rewind

When you lose a run, the game over panel includes a button so you can jump straight back into the timeline.

Configuration

In the Steamodded config menu for Save Rewinder:

• Choose when to save (Blind, Hand, Round, Shop).
• Toggle blind icons and animations.
• Set max antes to keep (Default: 4).
• Set max saves per type per round (Default: 16).
• Configure overflow score handling (cap at 1.8e308 or keep as naneinf).
• Customize keyboard and controller keybinds.
• Configure export directory, seed display, and .meta sidecar options.

Save Data Location

Saves are stored in [Profile]/SaveRewinder/.

⚠️ Note: Saves are for the current run only and are cleared when starting a new run. Quitting and continuing later preserves your full history.

Exported saves are written to [Balatro folder]/SW-Exports/[Profile]/ by default. You can override this in the Export tab of the mod settings.

Languages

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• 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese)