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Jazzpunk: Director's Cut cover art

Jazzpunk: Director's Cut

Necrophone Games · 2014-02-07

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 07, 2014 (Linux), Feb 07, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 07, 2014 (Mac)

Jazzpunk is a comedy adventure set in an alternate reality Cold War World, plagued with corporate espionage, CyberCrime, and sentient martinis. Gameplay is inspired by spoof comedy films and cartoons of yesteryear, with a focus on weird gadgets, exotic locales, and open-world style exploration.

11
playing now
94%
positive of 8.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (69 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 4.1h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Jazzpunk is a 2014 adventure video game developed by Necrophone Games and published by Adult Swim Games. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux in February 2014. A director's cut of the game, self-published by Necrophone Games, was released for the PlayStation 4 in September 2016, and for personal computer platforms in June 2017.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 341 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~43/week).
  • · Review velocity up 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 11,405 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 207k–497k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,277 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at GOG (2014-11-14) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 6 of 14 observed days · $12.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
838320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4542026-08-06 23:00 — 32 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 25 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 21 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 40 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 23 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 26 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 25 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 24 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 21 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 31 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 22 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 29 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 23 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 12 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 14 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 23 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 17 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 22 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 15 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 16 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 14 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 17 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-05-20 — best price $3.742015-06-11 — best price $7.492015-06-22 — best price $14.992015-10-22 — best price $3.742016-02-05 — best price $8.992016-11-23 — best price $8.992017-06-22 — best price $5.992017-11-16 — best price $3.742018-05-24 — best price $14.992018-09-13 — best price $11.692018-12-13 — best price $3.792019-07-01 — best price $3.742019-10-14 — best price $14.992019-12-11 — best price $3.792020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-04-04 — best price $14.992020-06-13 — best price $14.992020-11-02 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-06-28 — best price $3.742021-09-13 — best price $14.992021-12-11 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-06-30 — best price $3.742023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-04-16 — best price $3.742024-10-26 — best price $14.992025-02-06 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
66%
earned "Face Infectors"
37.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14,97226%24

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FunnyIndieMemesShortCasualComedySurrealCold WarStylizedAdventure

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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