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Election Year Knockout
Become President in this hilarious Punch-Out-inspired political sim where all laws have been replaced with boxing! Each opponent has unique tactics and special moves to test your skill and strategy on your way to the White House! Form your own third party and hit the campaign trail. Literally.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“A satire version of the old Punchout game, but with some neat new mechanics to keep it fresh. The story is quite fun, opponents are hilariously written and you can customize your fighter's appearance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8mWEOMLPuQ”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“The Awesome Duo It's difficult to combine politics with video games. Election Year Knockout manages to do that in a comedy laden boxing game that's a lot of fun. A play through will take you about an hour to complete the campaign, at which point you can attempt to complete…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“A really fun Punch-Out style game, featuring funny parodies of US politicians (Crenshaw being one of my favourites and you'll see why). Each opponent has their own gimmick that's fun to figure out, and are all satisfying to beat up. There's no deep political commentary or…”
— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.
Latest official news
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Controller Hotfix (version 2.0.1)
Howdy fellow presidents, we got several reports that controllers weren't working on Windows anymore, this hotfix fixes these issues! This hotfix is for Windows only, since macOS seemed to be working a
Leaderboard Update (version 2.0.0)
This update adds the long awaited Leaderboard System ! Compete with others around the world for the best times on all fights in multiple speed run friendly categories such as In-Game Time (IGT) and Re
Vladimir Bootin Update (version 1.3.0)
Vladimir Bootin and his pet bear Dmitry join the roster as an optional boss fight. In this hard-as-nails boss fight, Vladimir Bootin expertly trades blows in a hectic brawl for survival. As he takes d
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Sports |
| Player tags | Retro · Arcade · Funny · Puzzle · Boxing · Satire · Political Sim · Post-apocalyptic · Sports · Cartoony · Fighting · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Gamepad Recommended · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 27 |
| Official site | http://www.electionyearknockout.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 - 64 bit Processor: First generation Intel i3 or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: nVidia GTX 760 or equivalent Storage: 300 MB available space