r/AndroidGaming • u/FrangoTorrado • Jul 06 '26
Help/Support 🙋 Why does my phone reach 48⁰C while playing Balatro, but barely scrapes 40⁰ when playing anything else?
It has been a rough summer for me and for a lot of people here in my country. Yesterday, I was playing Balatro on my phone, since I hadn't played it in a while. Within 5 minutes of me playing, I couldn't hold the phone anymore. It was actually hurting my hands.
My phone is a OnePlus 9RT with a Snapdragon 888 5G, which I know is known for bad thermals. But this isn't normal. I've played and beaten many runs of Balatro on this same phone and while it was reaching 40⁰C for some reason, I never had the issue where my hands weren't able to actually hold the phone. Does someone have a solution for it that doesn't involve playing inside a pool of liquid nitrogen? Thank you in advance.
Observation: It's currently 38⁰C where I live, but I have AC and I play without the case.
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u/crunkunist Jul 06 '26
Try turning off the CRT filter. I don't remember any overheating but was a big battery drain for me when I was playing, might help
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u/FrangoTorrado Jul 06 '26
I tried but it didn't work. It definitely improved battery consumption though, thanks.
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u/NasimBanafa Jul 06 '26
Limit your fps if your phone supports it , you can do it if the game has a setting for it or if you have a preinstalled game manager
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u/WangularVanCoxen Jul 06 '26
Balatro is probably the least intensive game on my phone, it definitely shouldn't behave like that.
If you got the game as a shady APK or anything, it could be doing some things you don't want in the background. Either way, I'd reinstall.
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u/Ragnatheblooddude Jul 06 '26
I haven't played balatro but I am surprised about some particular card games that consume ALOT of power. Wildfrost is like this as well. Its something about these 2D games that the cards are a flat 3D object. I chalk it up to optimisation because battery drain is well known issue with balatro which probably leads to the heat generation.
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u/Umpuuu Jul 06 '26
Do you play with Spanish language setting?
Try to switch to English. This sounds like a jape, but I'm serious.
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u/kenkiller Jul 06 '26
So what are the anything else games?
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u/FrangoTorrado Jul 06 '26
Racing Master, Minecraft, COD Mobile, etc, I forgot to specify them.
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u/SpecialistArtPubRed Jul 06 '26
Weird, Minecraft makes my phone super hot and drains the battery so fast (Pixel 8a)
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u/North_Beginning_7860 Jul 06 '26
SD 888, 888+ and 8 gen1 are the worst heat producing processors by Snapdragon due to Samsung's manufacturing process due to which they switched back to TSMC. The processor in general is bad.