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Party Hard

Pinokl Games · tinyBuild · 2015-08-25

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 26, 2016 (Xbox One), Aug 25, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 26, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Nov 22, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 25, 2015 (Linux), Aug 25, 2015 (Mac)

It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.

Party Hard is an Action, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2015, priced at $1.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Very Positive (90% of 12583 reviews).

33
playing now
90%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (75 ratings)
4.29★
PlayStation Store rating (1,300 ratings)
7.3h
to beat · rushed 9h · completionist 12h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

33 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Party Hard is an action stealth video game developed by Pinokl Games and published by tinyBuild for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. A mobile port, Party Hard Go, was released for Fire OS, iOS, and Android. In the game, players assume the role of a serial killer who infiltrates several parties with the objective of killing all attendants without getting caught.

Trailer

Party Hard trailer thumbnail

Party Hard Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 33 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 599 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~75/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 316k–759k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,651 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$1.99-80%
WinGameStore$1.99-80%
GameBillet$2.00-80%
GamersGate$2.00-80%
GOG$2.59-80%
Microsoft Store$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Fanatical (2026-07-23) · bundled 17×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.89 · on sale 171 of 178 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15415420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

100142026-09-15 12:00 — 61 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 79 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 53 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 77 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 100 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 49 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 35 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 54 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 50 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 25 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 35 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 34 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 19 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 61 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 76 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 44 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 60 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 56 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 36 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 59 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 59 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 28 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 33 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20320Aug 2015Aug 2026Aug 2015 — avg 75 · peak 492Dec 2015 — avg 110 · peak 385Apr 2016 — avg 157 · peak 828Aug 2016 — avg 117 · peak 474Dec 2016 — avg 116 · peak 393Apr 2017 — avg 38 · peak 83Aug 2017 — avg 50 · peak 87Dec 2017 — avg 48 · peak 100Apr 2018 — avg 28 · peak 56Aug 2018 — avg 28 · peak 52Dec 2018 — avg 40 · peak 103Apr 2019 — avg 21 · peak 44Aug 2019 — avg 24 · peak 51Dec 2019 — avg 28 · peak 58Apr 2020 — avg 62 · peak 169Aug 2020 — avg 47 · peak 129Dec 2020 — avg 42 · peak 100Apr 2021 — avg 60 · peak 227Aug 2021 — avg 33 · peak 68Dec 2021 — avg 36 · peak 95Apr 2022 — avg 25 · peak 52Aug 2022 — avg 40 · peak 129Dec 2022 — avg 48 · peak 95Apr 2023 — avg 34 · peak 96Aug 2023 — avg 42 · peak 135Dec 2023 — avg 53 · peak 118Apr 2024 — avg 40 · peak 90Aug 2024 — avg 39 · peak 92Dec 2024 — avg 57 · peak 105Apr 2025 — avg 41 · peak 118Aug 2025 — avg 46 · peak 127Dec 2025 — avg 43 · peak 104Apr 2026 — avg 32 · peak 98Aug 2026 — avg 43 · peak 103
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.89$1.572015-08-252026-10-152015-08-25 — best price $9.922016-05-20 — best price $6.442017-03-21 — best price $12.892018-01-05 — best price $6.442018-10-29 — best price $3.222019-08-30 — best price $3.192020-03-09 — best price $4.992020-06-21 — best price $8.282020-08-22 — best price $9.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-12-16 — best price $3.222021-02-20 — best price $8.192021-05-05 — best price $9.992021-07-03 — best price $3.222021-09-27 — best price $4.992021-12-21 — best price $9.992022-04-11 — best price $3.992022-07-08 — best price $7.892022-09-16 — best price $7.342022-12-22 — best price $2.282023-03-16 — best price $2.992023-05-30 — best price $7.342023-08-06 — best price $7.892023-10-26 — best price $12.892024-01-09 — best price $9.992024-03-23 — best price $9.992024-05-27 — best price $9.992024-08-01 — best price $2.492024-10-25 — best price $2.502025-01-11 — best price $9.992025-03-14 — best price $1.992025-05-26 — best price $1.992025-08-04 — best price $1.992025-10-14 — best price $1.992026-01-08 — best price $8.272026-04-01 — best price $9.992026-06-12 — best price $7.482026-08-12 — best price $9.992026-09-17 — best price $1.992026-10-15 — best price $2.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

241162026-05-30 — 30 pageviews2026-06-03 — 31 pageviews2026-06-07 — 16 pageviews2026-06-11 — 37 pageviews2026-06-15 — 33 pageviews2026-06-19 — 24 pageviews2026-06-23 — 34 pageviews2026-06-27 — 33 pageviews2026-07-01 — 24 pageviews2026-07-05 — 26 pageviews2026-07-09 — 21 pageviews2026-07-13 — 20 pageviews2026-07-17 — 22 pageviews2026-07-21 — 31 pageviews2026-07-25 — 16 pageviews2026-07-29 — 29 pageviews2026-08-02 — 26 pageviews2026-08-06 — 34 pageviews2026-08-10 — 40 pageviews2026-08-14 — 21 pageviews2026-08-18 — 80 pageviews2026-08-22 — 44 pageviews2026-08-26 — 27 pageviews2026-08-30 — 35 pageviews2026-09-03 — 17 pageviews2026-09-07 — 17 pageviews2026-09-11 — 18 pageviews2026-09-15 — 37 pageviews2026-09-19 — 34 pageviews2026-09-23 — 25 pageviews2026-09-27 — 53 pageviews2026-10-01 — 23 pageviews2026-10-05 — 35 pageviews2026-10-09 — 35 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
85.3%
earned "Catch me if you can"
21.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TV3 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Russian, German, Spanish - Spain, Romanian, French, Ukrainian, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2016-09-16, latest 2016-11-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)25,6297%27
PS4 (PlayStation)6,1789%21
Xbox One (Xbox)5,04713%26
Switch (Nintendo)430%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DGoreCrimeIndieRetroActionStealthViolentStrategyDifficult

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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