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The Jackbox Party Pack cover art

The Jackbox Party Pack

Jackbox Games, Inc. · 2014-11-26

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Feb 04, 2015 (Mac), Aug 17, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 18, 2014 (PlayStation 3), Nov 18, 2014 (Xbox One), Dec 18, 2014 (Amazon Fire TV), Nov 26, 2014 (Linux)

The team behind YOU DON’T KNOW JACK presents FIVE guffaw-inducing party games in one pack! You’re gonna need more than one party for this. Your phones or tablets are your controllers! For 1-100 players!

2
playing now
91%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
63/100
IGDB user rating (47 ratings)
4.37★
PlayStation Store rating (2,971 ratings)
15h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.74
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 45 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 28,912 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 48k–115k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,921 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2024-07-29) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 37 of 74 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
454520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 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

4522026-09-14 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 30 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 12 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 14 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 24 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 22 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 15 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 18 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 10 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 18 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
45314Dec 2014Aug 2026Dec 2014 — avg 49 · peak 354Apr 2015 — avg 52 · peak 263Aug 2015 — avg 68 · peak 314Dec 2015 — avg 132 · peak 1,203Apr 2016 — avg 55 · peak 312Aug 2016 — avg 58 · peak 300Dec 2016 — avg 90 · peak 915Apr 2017 — avg 58 · peak 295Aug 2017 — avg 58 · peak 259Dec 2017 — avg 128 · peak 1,112Apr 2018 — avg 51 · peak 297Aug 2018 — avg 64 · peak 309Dec 2018 — avg 116 · peak 920Apr 2019 — avg 41 · peak 262Aug 2019 — avg 47 · peak 220Dec 2019 — avg 121 · peak 906Apr 2020 — avg 453 · peak 3,896Aug 2020 — avg 98 · peak 444Dec 2020 — avg 190 · peak 1,501Apr 2021 — avg 60 · peak 311Aug 2021 — avg 53 · peak 209Dec 2021 — avg 90 · peak 733Apr 2022 — avg 39 · peak 182Aug 2022 — avg 33 · peak 131Dec 2022 — avg 69 · peak 596Apr 2023 — avg 31 · peak 164Aug 2023 — avg 29 · peak 119Dec 2023 — avg 71 · peak 571Apr 2024 — avg 26 · peak 127Aug 2024 — avg 31 · peak 162Dec 2024 — avg 53 · peak 517Apr 2025 — avg 20 · peak 106Aug 2025 — avg 20 · peak 87Dec 2025 — avg 45 · peak 392Apr 2026 — avg 21 · peak 93Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 76
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$7.992015-01-012026-08-272015-01-01 — best price $19.992015-11-13 — best price $12.492016-04-30 — best price $24.992016-12-22 — best price $11.242017-08-07 — best price $10.002018-03-24 — best price $24.992018-11-19 — best price $14.992019-05-01 — best price $24.992019-11-04 — best price $24.992020-01-20 — best price $12.492020-05-07 — best price $13.742020-07-16 — best price $11.002020-09-18 — best price $24.992020-10-31 — best price $18.362021-01-07 — best price $12.492021-03-21 — best price $24.992021-05-01 — best price $21.132021-06-24 — best price $10.622021-10-17 — best price $24.992021-12-22 — best price $12.492022-03-05 — best price $24.992022-05-28 — best price $24.992022-09-07 — best price $18.362022-12-12 — best price $9.492023-02-13 — best price $11.242023-04-06 — best price $11.242023-06-10 — best price $19.882023-08-25 — best price $18.362023-11-16 — best price $19.882024-01-15 — best price $10.002024-03-22 — best price $18.362024-07-18 — best price $11.242024-11-01 — best price $16.242025-02-24 — best price $24.992025-07-17 — best price $9.992025-11-18 — best price $24.992026-03-09 — best price $9.992026-06-12 — best price $13.742026-08-27 — best price $8.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
47.8%
earned "Drawful: Schmuck of the Draw"
4.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on Phone

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14,4131%20
PS4 (PlayStation)8,2732%20
Xbox One (Xbox)6,9105%20
PS3 (PlayStation)5889%20
Xbox 360 (Xbox)42430%20
Switch (Nintendo)1700%0

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

Player tags

Co-opFunnyIndiePartyCasualComedyTriviaStrategyBoard GameParty Game

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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