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Punch Club

Punch Club

Released: 1/8/2016

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. Punch Club is a boxing tycoon management game with multiple branching story lines. Your goal is clear, but how you get there depends on whether you want to legitimately climb the rankings, or take the more ridiculous, shady route. Along the way you'll want to focus your talents. Will you take the Way of the Tiger, the Way of the Turtle, or the Way of the [other one?]? Your strength, accuracy and agility all depends on whichever Way enlightens your path. Do you have stripes, or flippers? And every decision will matter, especially in your social life. You'll be juggling friendships, love life, work, recreational time, relationships, and possible stardom, all alongside your gym time and fighting aligators. It's not all just pumping iron, you know.

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. Punch Club is a boxing tycoon management game with multiple branching story lines. Your goal is clear, but how you get there depends on whether you want to legitimately climb the rankings, or take the more ridiculous, shady route. Along the way you'll want to focus your talents. Will you take the Way of the Tiger, the Way of the Turtle, or the Way of the [other one?]? Your strength, accuracy and agility all depends on whichever Way enlightens your path. Do you have stripes, or flippers? And every decision will matter, especially in your social life. You'll be juggling friendships, love life, work, recreational time, relationships, and possible stardom, all alongside your gym time and fighting aligators. It's not all just pumping iron, you know.

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. Punch Club is a boxing tycoon management game with multiple branching story lines. Your goal is clear, but how you get there depends on whether you want to legitimately climb the rankings, or take the more ridiculous, shady route. Along the way you'll want to focus your talents. Will you take the Way of the Tiger, the Way of the Turtle, or the Way of the [other one?]? Your strength, accuracy and agility all depends on whichever Way enlightens your path. Do you have stripes, or flippers? And every decision will matter, especially in your social life. You'll be juggling friendships, love life, work, recreational time, relationships, and possible stardom, all alongside your gym time and fighting aligators. It's not all just pumping iron, you know.

Critics
68
Steam
80
Metacritic
70

Score Breakdown

67.7

Critic Average

29 reviews

80

Steam User Score

15,550 reviews

70

Metacritic User Score

214 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-12.8
Metacritic Disparity
-2.3
Combined Disparity
-7.6

Average of both sources

Review Timing

14 launch window (48%)15 late (52%)

Review summary

Updated May 8, 2026

Based on 29 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 67.7/100. Critics score this game 12.8 points lower than Steam users and 2.3 points lower than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 29)+
  1. Sérgio MotaviaFNintendo
    Aug 13, 2018·Late review
    60/100View review
    Steam 80.4/100 · -20.4 ptsMetacritic 70/100 · -10.0 pts
  2. Matúš ŠtrbaviaSECTOR.sk
    Jul 4, 2018·Late review
    75/100View review
    Steam 80.4/100 · -5.4 ptsMetacritic 70/100 · +5.0 pts
  3. Peter LopezviaPure Nintendo
    Jun 28, 2018·Late review
    40/100View review
    Steam 80.4/100 · -40.4 ptsMetacritic 70/100 · -30.0 pts
  4. Alexandra CollinsonviaPause Resume
    Jun 4, 2018·Late review
    40/100View review
    Steam 80.4/100 · -40.4 ptsMetacritic 70/100 · -30.0 pts
  5. Aaron ConwellviaNintendo Times
    Jun 1, 2018·Late review
    80/100View review
    Steam 80.4/100 · -0.4 ptsMetacritic 70/100 · +10.0 pts