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Pain Party cover art

Pain Party

Icehelm · 2022-08-22

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 22, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Pain Party is a game that combines precise movement mechanics with the chaos of a game show. Fight through the story mode or compete with up to 24 players in the online party mode. But remember, one hit and it's all over. Let the party begin!

81%
positive of 75 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 44% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 75 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.24 at Steam (2023-06-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220222026Week of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.242022-06-272026-10-082022-06-27 — best price $8.992022-08-08 — best price $9.992022-08-29 — best price $6.992022-11-22 — best price $3.492023-01-05 — best price $6.992023-02-20 — best price $4.992023-04-24 — best price $1.742023-06-12 — best price $4.992023-07-24 — best price $1.242023-09-11 — best price $4.992023-12-22 — best price $1.242024-02-19 — best price $4.992024-06-03 — best price $2.492024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-09-02 — best price $2.492024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-02-10 — best price $2.492025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $1.742025-08-04 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $1.742025-11-03 — best price $4.992026-02-02 — best price $1.742026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-05-18 — best price $2.492026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-10-01 — best price $1.242026-10-08 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortCustom Volume Controls

Player tags

PvPFunnyMemesPartyActionComedyParody PhysicsColorfulMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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