Punch Club

Punch Club

Released Jan 2016

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.

80% positive · 16K reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Evaluation

Punch Club launched on January 8, 2016 and received one major free content expansion — "The Dark Fist" — on March 8, 2016, which added 3 hours of new story content, a hardcore mode, cloud saves, and new languages. The store description explicitly references this expansion as a thank-you to fans, and frames it as already delivered content rather than a promise of more. No further content updates for Punch Club itself have been released since March 2016. The only DLC listed is a Soundtrack and Artbook pack that shipped on launch day. Developer activity on this game's Steam page since 2016 has been focused on promoting other Lazy Bear Games titles — notably Swag and Sorcery (2019) and the Punch Club 2: Fast Forward sequel, which launched on July 20, 2023. The sequel's release represents the developer moving the franchise forward rather than continuing development of the original game. The most recent news post (April 2026) is an announcement for Graveyard Keeper 2, another Lazy Bear Games title, unrelated to Punch Club. The original Punch Club is a complete, self-contained game. All announced and shipped content has been delivered, no unreleased DLC exists, and the developer has not communicated any plans for further updates to this title.
Evidence
The Dark Fist free expansion launched, adding 3 hours of new story content, hardcore mode, cloud saves, and new languages. Framed as a thank-you to fans.
news post · Mar 8, 2016 source content shipped
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Punch Club 2: Fast Forward launched as a standalone sequel. Developer activity has shifted entirely to other titles, with no further updates to the original Punch Club.
news post · Jul 20, 2023 source development ending
medium

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Publisher
tinyBuild
Achievements
47
Platform
Windows, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game



To thank the fans of Punch Club for being awesome, we have added a brand new, free expansion that adds 3 hours of new content. Enjoy!

About Punch Club


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 Bear? 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.

  • Fighter management sim with RPG and tycoon elements
  • Find out who killed your father, and maybe learn something about yourself along the way
  • Heavily story-driven, with multiple different narrative branches and game endings to discover
  • Get as deep with stats as you like, and find your own way through extensive skill trees
  • Gorgeous pixel visuals with 80-90s references and nostalgia all over the place
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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