Indie · January 8, 2016
Punch Club (2016)
To thank the fans of Punch Club for being awesome, we have added a brand new, free expansion that adds 3 hours of new content. Enjoy! About Punch Club Your father was brutally murdered before your eyes. Now you must train hard, eat chicken and punch dudes in the face to earn your place in the Punch Club ranks, and discover who ended your father's life. Punch Club is a boxing tycoon management game with multiple branching story lines. Your goal is clear, but how you get there depends on whether you want to legitimately climb the rankings, or take the more ridiculous, shady route. Along the way you'll want to focus your talents. Will you take the Way of the Tiger, the Way of the Turtle, or the Way of the Bear? Your strength, accuracy and agility all depends on whichever Way enlightens your path. Do you have stripes, or flippers? And every decision will matter, especially in your social life. You'll be juggling friendships, love life, work, recreational time, relationships, and possible stardom, all alongside your gym time and fighting aligators. It's not all just pumping iron, you know. Fighter management sim with RPG and tycoon elements Find out who killed your father, and maybe learn something about yourself along the way Heavily story-driven, with multiple different narrative branches and game endings to discover Get as deep with stats as you like, and find your own way through extensive skill trees Gorgeous pixel visuals with 80-90s references and nostalgia all over the place
Indie releases from 2016
29 Indie titles launched in 2016 — top 6 by review volume.
Peer Indie titles
Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.
Position in Indie
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 14.9k Steam reviews | Top 19% in Indie |
| Positive rating | 81% positive | Genre average: 87% — this title sits in top 80% |
| Metacritic | 73/100 | Genre average 77 — top 75% of Indie titles |
| Engagement hours | 8 h average | Top 68% for session depth among Indie |
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Management · 425
- Pixel Graphics · 402
- Time Management · 397
- Boxing · 383
- Beat 'em up · 371
- RPG · 362
- Fighting · 357
- 2D Fighter · 354
- Simulation · 349
- Sports · 345
- Arcade · 338
- 2D · 331
- Story Rich · 330
- Choices Matter · 330
- Funny · 318
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (12)
- English
- German
- Russian
- French
- Spanish - Spain
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Italian
- Simplified Chinese
- Japanese
- Polish
- Turkish
- Czech
Reception Metrics
Steam community
81%Mostly Positive · 14.9k reviews
12.0k positive · 2.8k negative
Metacritic
73/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
7.0/10
Curator recommendations
11.7k
Press Quotes
“Punch Club is pretty awesome” 9/10 – TouchArcade “Utterly Fantastic” 9/10 – Hardcore Gamer “If you are looking for an excellent 16-bit fighter game then look no further than Punch Club as it’s a hell of a lot of fun to play and sink some hours into.” 8/10 – GameGrin
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
8h
short (5–15 hours)
Median
6h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
2h
Current engagement
Achievements
47
Steam unlocks available
Release & Availability
| Release date | Jan 8, 2016 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Lazy Bear Games |
| Publisher | tinyBuild |
| Base price | $1.99 -80% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 1 released |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Metacritic page · Support · [email protected] |
Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
Accessibility
- Captions available
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
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