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Punch Line cover art

Punch Line

MAGES. Inc. · PQube · 2019-05-23

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AdventureRPG

Franchise: Punch Line · Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 31, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 28, 2016 (PlayStation Vita), Oct 09, 2018 (PlayStation 4)

Hit 3D Visual Novel, where, as a ghost, you haunt a house full of girls, solve puzzles and where the slightest glimpse of panties will trigger the end of humanity! From Zero Escape's Uchikoshi and the creators of the Science Adventure series, this is one of the best VN experiences in recent years.

68%
positive of 82 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
4.07★
PlayStation Store rating (550 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$49.99
steam price (US)
Punch Line is a visual novel adventure video game developed by 5pb., based on the anime television series of the same name. It was published for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita by 5pb. in Japan in 2016, and was published by PQube overseas in 2018. A Microsoft Windows version was released in 2019. The player controls Yuta Iridatsu, a ghost who seeks to return to his body, and solves puzzles while haunting a house and using poltergeist abilities such as possession.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 71% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 44% of 28,617 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.0k–4.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 82 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$49.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2024-09-12) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 32 of 63 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320192026Week of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$3.672019-05-232026-10-082019-05-23 — best price $38.992019-08-19 — best price $22.502019-10-26 — best price $27.492019-12-01 — best price $46.462020-01-20 — best price $24.992020-02-29 — best price $46.462020-04-07 — best price $49.992020-05-25 — best price $49.992020-07-13 — best price $20.002020-08-28 — best price $19.992020-10-29 — best price $17.492020-12-15 — best price $15.992021-02-10 — best price $49.992021-03-26 — best price $12.502021-06-07 — best price $39.992021-08-20 — best price $37.492021-10-09 — best price $49.992021-12-02 — best price $49.992022-01-25 — best price $9.992022-05-07 — best price $49.992022-08-12 — best price $7.982022-10-11 — best price $49.992022-12-06 — best price $36.992023-02-10 — best price $12.492023-05-06 — best price $49.992023-08-25 — best price $12.492023-12-11 — best price $12.492024-02-15 — best price $49.992024-05-10 — best price $12.502024-08-10 — best price $49.992024-11-16 — best price $49.992025-01-11 — best price $49.992025-05-19 — best price $4.992025-09-04 — best price $49.992025-12-06 — best price $49.992026-02-23 — best price $49.992026-05-28 — best price $49.992026-09-14 — best price $4.992026-10-08 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4082026-07-16 — 22 pageviews2026-07-19 — 8 pageviews2026-07-22 — 12 pageviews2026-07-25 — 15 pageviews2026-07-28 — 26 pageviews2026-07-31 — 14 pageviews2026-08-03 — 21 pageviews2026-08-06 — 14 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-12 — 13 pageviews2026-08-15 — 16 pageviews2026-08-18 — 12 pageviews2026-08-21 — 22 pageviews2026-08-24 — 19 pageviews2026-08-27 — 16 pageviews2026-08-30 — 17 pageviews2026-09-02 — 18 pageviews2026-09-05 — 9 pageviews2026-09-08 — 11 pageviews2026-09-11 — 31 pageviews2026-09-14 — 21 pageviews2026-09-17 — 20 pageviews2026-09-20 — 18 pageviews2026-09-23 — 19 pageviews2026-09-26 — 27 pageviews2026-09-29 — 17 pageviews2026-10-02 — 19 pageviews2026-10-05 — 17 pageviews2026-10-08 — 22 pageviews2026-10-11 — 23 pageviews2026-10-13 — 18 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGAnimeComedyNudityAdventureVisual NovelSexual Content

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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