Punch Club

Punch Club

Steam Deck Playable

Lazy Bear Games · Management · Jan 8, 2016

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $1.99.

80%
Very Positive
16k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 115 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 21 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 21 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 16k player reviews · updated 4 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
38% of themes are praise25% are divided37% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
🎯 Play this if you like: management/grind games, building stats over time, funny dialogue, and a “train, eat, sleep, fight” loop with personality.
115 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Retro sounds to retro graphics make you feel like playing this old coin machines that were standing in clubs in the 90s.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Awesome soundtrack, which is extremely catchy - this is my second favorite catchy tune after the original King's Bounty main theme in the 90's.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Story and characters115 reviews
Graphics35 reviews
Audio15 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay77 reviews
57%
Interface8 reviews
38%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat21 reviews
76%
Bugs21 reviews
33%
Difficulty14 reviews
50%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $1.99 (−80%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $1.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
80%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
47
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.