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Punch Club
Train hard, fight crocodiles and find love. Earn your place in the Punch Club ranks, and discover who brutally murdered your father, in this choose your own adventure boxing management tycoon.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
50 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“Rename this game: Poverty Simulator I've completed the game, a very slow repetitive grind. Lots of edges showing. I genuinely enjoy playing, for the most part, but I absolutely don't recommend it. In the early game you…”
“I really enjoyed the game except for the very last bit. If you fail a fight you get kicked back to the default main map and can't get back to the end area. The game just... ends. Gives you no story, no nothing. There's…”
“Besides how slow your character walks from his bed to the fridge and anywhere else. The game is so fun. I love the progress, the skills tree, and the characters.”
13 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“Fun and chill game with a cool story. It's something nice I can play when I get home from work and just want to turn my mindoff.”
“Punch Club hooked me right away with its charming pixel art, killer retro soundtrack, and clever 80s references — spotting nods to Rocky, Fight Club, and Ninja Turtles never got old. The fighter management loop is…”
“Such an underrated game which should be played by many, especially men: It teaches essentials for life, is a tribute to so much (cinematic) art and presents itself outstandingly in pixel art, especially if retro filter…”
7 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“Besides how slow your character walks from his bed to the fridge and anywhere else. The game is so fun. I love the progress, the skills tree, and the characters.”
“Really a fun game to play. The pace is good, even though you will have to grind some time. Replay potential? -> !”
“Fun, already achieve 100% the playthrough.”
6 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“gameplay loop is satisfying and the aesthetic is fantastic”
“Punch Club hooked me right away with its charming pixel art, killer retro soundtrack, and clever 80s references — spotting nods to Rocky, Fight Club, and Ninja Turtles never got old. The fighter management loop is…”
“Such an underrated game which should be played by many, especially men: It teaches essentials for life, is a tribute to so much (cinematic) art and presents itself outstandingly in pixel art, especially if retro filter…”
4 of the 79 reviews raise this.
18 of the 79 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“Rename this game: Poverty Simulator I've completed the game, a very slow repetitive grind. Lots of edges showing. I genuinely enjoy playing, for the most part, but I absolutely don't recommend it. In the early game you…”
“I really enjoyed the game except for the very last bit. If you fail a fight you get kicked back to the default main map and can't get back to the end area. The game just... ends. Gives you no story, no nothing. There's…”
“Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ (1/5) Grindfest Club The only thing you will experience in this game is watching bars very slowly fill up and occasionally an auto resolve fight. You will spend most of your time working out at the gym to…”
12 of the 79 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ (1/5) Grindfest Club The only thing you will experience in this game is watching bars very slowly fill up and occasionally an auto resolve fight. You will spend most of your time working out at the gym to…”
“I bought it for less than five pounds and I still regretted it. Too grindy, very bad mechanics, and the developers issue with micromanagement should be looked at. Buy a pint. it'll be better.”
“Rating: 6.5/10 A unique boxing management sim where you train, manage stats, and build your fighter’s life instead of directly controlling fights. The retro style, humor, and progression system are engaging at first.…”
10 of the 79 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Rename this game: Poverty Simulator I've completed the game, a very slow repetitive grind. Lots of edges showing. I genuinely enjoy playing, for the most part, but I absolutely don't recommend it. In the early game you…”
“Update: It turns out there's an issue with the Linux runtime, huzzah! So, my fellow Linux users, you need to enable Proton to be able to receive achievements. Devs, fix your game... Original: I legitimately like the…”
“Punch Club is a cozy mess. Semi frequent visual glitches, a rare game-breaker here or there, but a very fun game nonetheless.”
4 of the 79 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Rename this game: Poverty Simulator I've completed the game, a very slow repetitive grind. Lots of edges showing. I genuinely enjoy playing, for the most part, but I absolutely don't recommend it. In the early game you…”
“I bought it for less than five pounds and I still regretted it. Too grindy, very bad mechanics, and the developers issue with micromanagement should be looked at. Buy a pint. it'll be better.”
“I got this for free as part of a bundle, yet I don't know why I wasted my time playing this. Do better and spend your time doing anything else.”
4 of the 79 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“An absurdist surreal point and click boxing tycoon manager that can't decide if it wants to be charmingly autistic or autistically random with it's plot and references”
“I really enjoyed the game except for the very last bit. If you fail a fight you get kicked back to the default main map and can't get back to the end area. The game just... ends. Gives you no story, no nothing. There's…”
“Rating: 6.5/10 A unique boxing management sim where you train, manage stats, and build your fighter’s life instead of directly controlling fights. The retro style, humor, and progression system are engaging at first.…”
Counted across 79 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 80.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Been watching a lot of people play this in my childhood and Im happy to be able to play it now. Its fun overall and I recommend it since its on sale usually. The downside is the repetitive kinda boring gameplay”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“[h1] Time management type of game where you train your fighter in idle like fashion. Gameplay repeats in a loop. Improve stats by doing different tasks then take part in fight. Manage resources like energy, money, happiness. Before battle pick your move set in available slots.…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:09 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Management · Pixel Graphics · Time Management · Boxing · Beat 'em up · RPG · Fighting · 2D Fighter · Simulation · Sports · Arcade · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, Russian, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, Czech, Korean |
| Achievements | 47 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP and up Processor: 1 GHz and up Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Toaster Storage: 1 GB available space