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Pulling No Punches cover art

Pulling No Punches

BrainDead Broccoli · 2022-08-10

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 10, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 10, 2022 (Linux), May 25, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

A classic 2D arcade action game animated frame by frame. Survive a fictional pandemic in a city filled with madness and denial.

0
playing now
96%
positive of 659 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 34 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (170 reviews).
  • · Top 41% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 13k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 659 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16816820222026Week of 2022-08-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-08-12 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.492022-08-102026-07-272022-08-10 — best price $9.992022-10-31 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-02-22 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-04-24 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-08-14 — best price $9.992023-10-02 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-02-19 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-04-15 — best price $9.992024-05-27 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-08-19 — best price $9.992024-09-30 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-02-17 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-04-28 — best price $9.992025-06-09 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-08-18 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-12-01 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-02-23 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-04-20 — best price $9.992026-06-01 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-07-27 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
92.2%
earned "Untarnished"
34.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCustom Volume ControlsGamepad RecommendedKeyboard Only Option2 DLC

1 supported languages: Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4743%49
Switch (Nintendo)240%0

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

Player tags

2DActionCasualCartoonyFightingStylized2D FighterComic BookBeat 'em upBullet Hell

Census log

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

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