The Jackbox Party Pack 3
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The Jackbox Party Pack 3 is an indie developed by Jackbox Games, released 18 October 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Amazon Fire TV. The main story takes about 20 hrs to finish.
What The Jackbox Party Pack 3 is
The Jackbox Party Pack 3 is an indie game developed by Jackbox Games and released in 2016. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Jackbox Party Pack is a series of party video games developed by Jackbox Games for many different platforms on a near-annual release schedule since 2014. The main series are released on an annual basis, each containing five games that are designed to be played in groups of varying sizes using their own personal devices like smartphones and tablets, working in conjunction with streaming services like Twitch which provide means for audiences to participate. As of 2025, eleven main packs have been released with a twelfth planned for release in October 2026.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are comedy, kids and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 20 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Jackbox Party Pack 3 holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 80, across 88 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 20 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2 Ghz Dual Core or higher and 4 GB RAM. At 4GB 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.
What it launched against
The Jackbox Party Pack 3 launched on 18 October 2016, within three weeks of Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition and Sid Meier’s Civilization VI. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. 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: Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, Sid Meier’s Civilization VI.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Jackbox Party Pack 3 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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