The Game Census
Paunch cover art

Paunch

Kozhakov · 2019-12-04

Steam

ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGSportsFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Dec 04, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

One-on-one physical online duels.

Paunch is a free-to-play Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, and RPG game released in 2019, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 11,318 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
89%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
48/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 254 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~32/week).
  • · Review velocity up 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,049 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.0k2.0k20192026Week of 2019-12-01: 1,727 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 280 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 899 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,957 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-14 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1262Dec 2019Aug 2026Dec 2019 — avg 126 · peak 386Feb 2020 — avg 43 · peak 121Apr 2020 — avg 31 · peak 66Jun 2020 — avg 17 · peak 46Aug 2020 — avg 17 · peak 39Oct 2020 — avg 17 · peak 51Dec 2020 — avg 17 · peak 48Feb 2021 — avg 21 · peak 53Apr 2021 — avg 18 · peak 52Jun 2021 — avg 14 · peak 42Aug 2021 — avg 15 · peak 35Oct 2021 — avg 13 · peak 41Dec 2021 — avg 7 · peak 27Feb 2022 — avg 6 · peak 19Apr 2022 — avg 6 · peak 39Jun 2022 — avg 17 · peak 53Aug 2022 — avg 7 · peak 23Oct 2022 — avg 7 · peak 22Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 26Feb 2023 — avg 8 · peak 24Apr 2023 — avg 6 · peak 21Jun 2023 — avg 10 · peak 96Aug 2023 — avg 6 · peak 20Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 30Dec 2023 — avg 9 · peak 66Feb 2024 — avg 9 · peak 33Apr 2024 — avg 8 · peak 24Jun 2024 — avg 6 · peak 18Aug 2024 — avg 6 · peak 19Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 18Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Feb 2025 — avg 4 · peak 16Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 14Oct 2025 — avg 2 · peak 14Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 26May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 22Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

15
achievements tracked
32.8%
earned "COMRADE"
0.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Polish, Turkish, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-12-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,9161%15

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

PvPFunnyActionHentaiNuditySportsPhysicsFightingRealisticMultiplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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