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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. Punch Club is a…

68 8 January 2016 from $1.99

Punch Club is a fighting developed by Lazy Bear Games, released 8 January 2016 on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It currently starts at $1.99 at GOG. The main story takes about 13.6 hrs to finish.

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What Punch Club is

Punch Club is a fighting game developed by Lazy Bear Games and released in 2016. It was published by tinyBuild. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 47 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Punch Club holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 39% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 72, across 100 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 13.6 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $1.99, that works out to about $0.15 per hour of the main story, or $0.14 per hour if you finish everything.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1 GHz and up, 1 GB RAM and Toaster. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.

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What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $1.99 at GOG, 80% below its usual price.

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What it launched against

Punch Club launched on 8 January 2016, within three weeks of The Witness, Yakuza Kiwami, Darkest Dungeon and Yakuza Kiwami. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Witness, Yakuza Kiwami, Darkest Dungeon, Yakuza Kiwami.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Punch Club yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Punch Club — frequently asked questions

When did Punch Club come out?
Punch Club was released on 8 January 2016 for Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
How much does Punch Club cost?
The cheapest current price for Punch Club is $1.99 at GOG, which is 80% off its usual price. Prices on this page are checked daily.
What are the minimum PC requirements for Punch Club?
At minimum, Punch Club needs 1 GHz and up, 1 GB RAM, Toaster graphics, 1 GB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Punch Club?
The main story of Punch Club takes around 13.6 hrs, or 14.1 hrs for 100% completion.
Is Punch Club worth it?
That depends on what you want from it, so here are the numbers rather than an opinion: the cheapest price we track today is $1.99, and the main story takes about 13.6 hrs, which works out to $0.15 per hour of play. Our cost-per-hour tool compares that with other games.
How many GB is Punch Club?
The PC version needs about 1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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