Action · August 25, 2015

Party Hard (2015)

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Party Hard 2 is coming! NOW WITH LOCAL CO-OP! In Party Hard, you play as someone who is really tired of their neighbours having loud parties. Instead of calling the police, you decide it’s a better idea to take everyone down using your faithful knife and the environment. The story of this tactical strategy follows a series of killings at parties throughout the USA. The developers used to work mostly on casual, family-friendly games until they participated in a game jam, making the first prototype for Party Hard. TinyBuild backed up the original authors, Pinokl Games, to create a full version that is now on Steam! Party Hard has semi-procedurally generated environments and focuses on unique ways of killing people. In the greatest traditions of stealth games, your main goal is not to get caught while silently picking off unsuspecting victims one by one. Dancing and blending in in a suspicious situation is key. A (not)serious story that follows a series of murders throughout the USA 19 unique levels with random variations on each one Use traps, cause explosions, become a ninja Multiple unlock-able characters Local co-op multiplayer Special random events, like a bear coming in and killing everyone for you Trigger the DEA, SWAT, paramedics or firefighters to come and ruin the party 5 Playable Characters! The guy who wants to get some sleep The ninja who is fast, stealthy, has a smoke bomb, but shouldn't be seen The cop who can carry bodies around without suspicion, and frame innocent people The girl who can knock people out The butcher who has a chainsaw Play the game live on Twitch and let your viewers impact what's happening! Yes, you can let your Twitch viewers mess with you while you’re playing Party Hard. They can cause all sorts of chaos like inviting more people to the party, calling in special forces, bringing Sharknados, and more!

Action releases from 2015

146 Action titles launched in 2015 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume11.5k Steam reviewsTop 37% in Action
Positive rating90% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 37%
Metacritic64/100Genre average 77 — top 92% of Action titles
Engagement hours6 h averageTop 65% for session depth among Action

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Pixel Graphics · 239
  • Stealth · 183
  • Strategy · 177
  • Violent · 167
  • Indie · 156
  • Action · 143
  • Villain Protagonist · 143
  • Gore · 129
  • Great Soundtrack · 125
  • Singleplayer · 101
  • Dark Humor · 93
  • 2D · 89
  • Crime · 83
  • Retro · 77
  • Difficult · 70

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Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Remote Play Together

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (10)

  • English volume_up
  • Russian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Romanian
  • French
  • Ukrainian
  • Japanese
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Simplified Chinese volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Simplified Chinese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

90%Very Positive · 11.5k reviews

10.4k positive · 1.2k negative

Metacritic

64/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

6.6/10

Curator recommendations

9.3k

Press Quotes

“Party Hard blends a novel concept with a great mix of gameplay mechanics” Softpedia “A light-hearted game of mass murder in 'Party Hard'” Engadget “Party Hard is the goofy mass-killing game for the Twitch generation” VentureBeat

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

6h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

5h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

5h

Current engagement

Achievements

27

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateAug 25, 2015
DeveloperPinokl Games, Kverta
PublishertinyBuild
Base price$1.99 -80%
Required age17+
DLC / Add-ons3 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Editions & Packages

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