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Punch Club

Boxing management RPG balancing training, work, and a murder mystery

Lazy Bear Games · Published by tinyBuild · Released Jan 8, 2016

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Reviews
Very Positive
81% of 13K
Recent reviews
Mixed
67% of 49 in 30 days
Players
23
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
2 years ago
Jan 26, 2024
Minimum PC
Toaster
1 GB RAM · 1 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 73/100 (critic reviews)

What is Punch Club?

A single-player, pixel-art boxing management RPG where you schedule training, work, meals, and rest, choose skills, and prepare a fighter for largely automatic matches. Branching storylines follow his climb through the rankings as he investigates his father's murder.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy routine-based training and resource management
  • +you prefer planning fighters over controlling every punch
  • +you like pixel art and pop-culture references

Not for you if...

  • −you dislike repetitive progression loops and daily stat decay
  • −you want direct control over boxing matches

What players say

81% of 13,019 reviews are positive · 67% of 49 in the last 30 days

Players praise the story, skill progression, pixel-art aesthetic, and pop-culture references. The most common complaints are repetitive grinding and heavy daily stat decay, while some players report progression-blocking bugs in later story sections and the Dark Fist expansion.

Players over time

▼ -53% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 104 players on Sep 21, 2026.

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Sep 21, 2026104

How many players finish Punch Club?

17% of Steam players have unlocked «The best of brothers», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

Punch Club screenshot 1

Punch Club system requirements

Minimum: Toaster, 1 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

Can my PC run Punch Club?

The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.

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Minimum

OS
Windows XP and up
Processor
1 GHz and up
Graphics
Toaster
Memory
1 GB RAM
Storage
1 GB available space

Does Punch Club have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Punch Club run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, Linux
Achievements
47
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Text only: English, German, Russian, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, Czech, Korean.

Does Punch Club use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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