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The Jackbox Party Pack 5 cover art

The Jackbox Party Pack 5

Jackbox Games, Inc. · 2018-10-17

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 17, 2018 (iOS), Oct 17, 2018 (Amazon Fire TV), Oct 17, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 17, 2018 (Android), Oct 17, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 17, 2018 (Xbox One)

It’s the biggest Party Pack yet, including the return of the classic pop culture trivia mash-up YOU DON’T KNOW JACK: Full Stream; the game of hilarious hypotheticals Split the Room; the lyric-writing, robot rap battle Mad Verse City; the inventive drawing game Patently Stupid; and the outer space fling-fest Zeeple Dome.

175
playing now
93%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (38 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

175 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 175 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 63 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 9,647 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 73k–174k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,904 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99-80%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-08-27) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 46 of 84 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10610620182026Week of 2018-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

17502026-08-07 00:00 — 35 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 49 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 29 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 62 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 22 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 55 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 29 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 14 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 45 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 13 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 24 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 67 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 18 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 24 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 26 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 57 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 175 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$5.992018-09-202026-08-282018-09-20 — best price $24.892019-02-04 — best price $14.992019-06-24 — best price $16.492019-11-22 — best price $19.492020-01-23 — best price $17.992020-04-24 — best price $26.992020-06-29 — best price $11.992020-08-26 — best price $26.882020-10-11 — best price $26.992020-12-03 — best price $29.992021-02-10 — best price $16.572021-03-30 — best price $29.992021-05-08 — best price $25.382021-08-02 — best price $17.392021-11-01 — best price $29.992022-01-14 — best price $29.992022-04-01 — best price $29.992022-06-14 — best price $22.042022-09-27 — best price $22.042022-12-16 — best price $13.682023-02-16 — best price $29.992023-04-10 — best price $16.462023-06-15 — best price $29.992023-09-03 — best price $22.042023-11-22 — best price $16.492024-01-22 — best price $13.992024-04-01 — best price $23.892024-07-26 — best price $16.492024-11-04 — best price $29.992025-02-24 — best price $29.992025-07-17 — best price $16.492025-11-18 — best price $14.992026-03-09 — best price $16.492026-06-25 — best price $16.492026-08-28 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
54.3%
earned "Split the Room: Mind Reader"
23.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Cloud1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)17,1961%20
Xbox One (Xbox)2,8555%20
PS4 (PlayStation)2,2912%20
PS4 (PlayStation)8093%20
Switch (Nintendo)2630%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.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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