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The Jackbox Party Pack 2 cover art

The Jackbox Party Pack 2

Jackbox Games, Inc. · 2015-10-13

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Oct 13, 2015 (Mac), Nov 29, 2018 (iOS), Oct 13, 2015 (Xbox One), Oct 13, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Oct 13, 2015 (Amazon Fire TV), Aug 17, 2017 (Nintendo Switch)

The sequel to the party game phenomenon The Jackbox Party Pack, featuring FIVE fresh, rib-tickling party games! Your phones or tablets are your controllers – no big mess of controllers needed. For up to 8 players plus an Audience of up to 10,000! It’s a game-night riot in a box… without the box!

The Jackbox Party Pack 2 is a Casual, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2015, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 2186 reviews).

4
playing now
95%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
62/100
IGDB user rating (40 ratings)
4.47★
PlayStation Store rating (1,138 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 42 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 55k–131k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,186 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Fanatical (2018-06-11) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 38 of 82 observed days · $20.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
656520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9842026-09-14 22:00 — 20 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 34 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 59 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 21 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 18 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 19 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 63 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 63 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 36 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 24 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 32 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 12 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 11 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 38 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 36 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 16 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 17 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
64627Oct 2015Aug 2026Oct 2015 — avg 33 · peak 186Feb 2016 — avg 75 · peak 431Jun 2016 — avg 83 · peak 559Oct 2016 — avg 84 · peak 466Feb 2017 — avg 82 · peak 479Jun 2017 — avg 76 · peak 351Oct 2017 — avg 67 · peak 351Feb 2018 — avg 74 · peak 422Jun 2018 — avg 62 · peak 282Oct 2018 — avg 61 · peak 330Feb 2019 — avg 66 · peak 348Jun 2019 — avg 60 · peak 252Oct 2019 — avg 60 · peak 319Feb 2020 — avg 75 · peak 364Jun 2020 — avg 209 · peak 1,162Oct 2020 — avg 116 · peak 578Feb 2021 — avg 146 · peak 865Jun 2021 — avg 67 · peak 284Oct 2021 — avg 70 · peak 319Feb 2022 — avg 73 · peak 395Jun 2022 — avg 60 · peak 238Oct 2022 — avg 50 · peak 285Feb 2023 — avg 61 · peak 292Jun 2023 — avg 38 · peak 169Oct 2023 — avg 37 · peak 219Feb 2024 — avg 41 · peak 251Jun 2024 — avg 37 · peak 160Oct 2024 — avg 32 · peak 176Feb 2025 — avg 36 · peak 186Jun 2025 — avg 34 · peak 143Oct 2025 — avg 30 · peak 144Feb 2026 — avg 32 · peak 189Jun 2026 — avg 28 · peak 124Aug 2026 — avg 31 · peak 156
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$4.992015-10-132026-10-142015-10-13 — best price $24.992016-03-29 — best price $12.492016-12-12 — best price $24.992017-07-24 — best price $24.992018-02-15 — best price $12.492018-10-22 — best price $24.992019-04-03 — best price $24.992019-10-02 — best price $24.992020-01-10 — best price $12.492020-04-10 — best price $10.252020-06-21 — best price $20.882020-08-29 — best price $22.492020-10-13 — best price $22.492020-12-05 — best price $21.132021-02-21 — best price $21.132021-04-14 — best price $24.992021-05-30 — best price $21.132021-09-10 — best price $21.132021-11-18 — best price $11.002022-02-03 — best price $24.992022-04-28 — best price $9.992022-07-08 — best price $19.882022-10-31 — best price $19.882023-01-10 — best price $20.242023-03-17 — best price $11.242023-05-03 — best price $19.882023-07-20 — best price $11.242023-10-07 — best price $19.882023-12-21 — best price $8.102024-02-09 — best price $9.992024-06-17 — best price $12.492024-09-17 — best price $12.492025-01-09 — best price $24.992025-05-09 — best price $9.992025-10-09 — best price $9.992026-02-02 — best price $24.992026-05-01 — best price $13.742026-08-26 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
51.3%
earned "Quiplash XL: Quip Tease"
17%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam Cloud1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-01-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)20,9691%20
Xbox One (Xbox)9,2413%20
PS4 (PlayStation)6,7772%20
PS3 (PlayStation)65813%20
Switch (Nintendo)2080%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

Co-opFunnyIndiePartyCasualComedyTriviaStrategyBoard GameParty Game

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

Imagine EarthThe Jackbox Party PackQuiplashThe Jackbox Party Pack 3Drawful 2Use Your WordsPikunikuThe Jackbox Party Pack 4

Similarity via IGDB.

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