Punch Club

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

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

Reviews: Very Positive; 80% of 16K
Recent reviews: Mostly Positive; 78% of 52 in 30 days
Playing now: 50; peak 24h 72
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 9 years ago; Feb 23, 2017

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

80% of 15,797 reviews are positive · 78% of 52 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.

Screenshots and trailer

Punch Club system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

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

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, Linux
Achievements: 47
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

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

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Text only: English, German, Russian, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, Czech, Korean.