The Jackbox Party Pack 8 is an indie developed by Jackbox Games, released 14 October 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What The Jackbox Party Pack 8 is
The Jackbox Party Pack 8 is an indie game developed by Jackbox Games and released in 2021. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, Android, Google Stadia, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Plan your next game night! Jackbox Games is back with 5 hilarious new party games including Drawful Animate, Job Job, The Poll Mine, Weapons Drawn, and the Wheel of Enormous Proportions. No extra controllers needed—players use their phones or tablets to play along! Got a bigger group? Play with up to 10 players and up to 10,000 audience members.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are kids and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
The Jackbox Party Pack 8 holds a critic score of 62 out of 100. That places it above 20% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 12 points below the year average.
What it launched against
The Jackbox Party Pack 8 launched on 14 October 2021, within three weeks of Age of Empires IV, Unpacking, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy and Far Cry 6. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Age of Empires IV, Unpacking, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Far Cry 6.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Jackbox Party Pack 8 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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Quick answers
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