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The Jackbox Party Pack 8 cover art

The Jackbox Party Pack 8

Jackbox Games, Inc. · 2021-10-13

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 14, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 14, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 14, 2021 (Mac), Oct 14, 2021 (Linux), Oct 14, 2021 (Xbox One), Oct 14, 2021 (Amazon Fire TV)

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The Jackbox Party Pack 8 is a Casual, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $16.49, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 1434 reviews).

9
playing now
90%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
3.70★
PlayStation Store rating (115 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$16.49
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 48 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (294 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 29k–65k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,434 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.49-35%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $13.19 at 2game (2023-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 40 of 81 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28328320212026Week of 2021-10-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

12972026-09-14 23:00 — 14 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 34 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 83 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 24 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 31 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 17 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 57 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 63 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 16 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 41 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 18 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 29 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 30 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 37 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 58 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 22 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
49036Oct 2021Aug 2026Oct 2021 — avg 490 · peak 3,301Dec 2021 — avg 242 · peak 1,997Feb 2022 — avg 131 · peak 827Apr 2022 — avg 105 · peak 514Jun 2022 — avg 89 · peak 404Aug 2022 — avg 88 · peak 402Oct 2022 — avg 75 · peak 365Dec 2022 — avg 104 · peak 792Feb 2023 — avg 62 · peak 339Apr 2023 — avg 59 · peak 271Jun 2023 — avg 56 · peak 222Aug 2023 — avg 51 · peak 231Oct 2023 — avg 53 · peak 313Dec 2023 — avg 88 · peak 570Feb 2024 — avg 48 · peak 257Apr 2024 — avg 47 · peak 237Jun 2024 — avg 53 · peak 205Aug 2024 — avg 53 · peak 244Oct 2024 — avg 39 · peak 199Dec 2024 — avg 77 · peak 550Feb 2025 — avg 44 · peak 228Apr 2025 — avg 39 · peak 194Jun 2025 — avg 43 · peak 180Aug 2025 — avg 44 · peak 198Oct 2025 — avg 40 · peak 211Dec 2025 — avg 71 · peak 471Feb 2026 — avg 38 · peak 228Apr 2026 — avg 38 · peak 185Jun 2026 — avg 36 · peak 166Aug 2026 — avg 40 · peak 200
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$13.492021-09-172026-10-092021-09-17 — best price $26.992021-12-03 — best price $22.492022-01-19 — best price $29.992022-02-22 — best price $29.992022-04-15 — best price $14.622022-06-13 — best price $29.992022-08-08 — best price $17.992022-09-27 — best price $29.992022-11-14 — best price $16.792022-12-13 — best price $15.592023-01-16 — best price $19.492023-02-14 — best price $19.342023-03-18 — best price $17.492023-04-10 — best price $17.962023-05-18 — best price $17.992023-06-23 — best price $17.992023-08-04 — best price $29.992023-09-22 — best price $16.342023-11-04 — best price $29.992023-12-02 — best price $29.992024-01-22 — best price $16.492024-02-12 — best price $16.492024-04-21 — best price $13.492024-06-17 — best price $17.992024-07-29 — best price $23.992024-09-17 — best price $17.992024-11-16 — best price $29.992025-01-05 — best price $29.992025-03-03 — best price $16.492025-04-14 — best price $16.492025-07-11 — best price $29.992025-09-15 — best price $17.992025-11-02 — best price $29.992025-12-18 — best price $17.992026-02-16 — best price $19.492026-03-30 — best price $17.992026-05-21 — best price $20.992026-07-22 — best price $29.992026-09-25 — best price $29.992026-10-09 — best price $19.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
57.7%
earned "Drawful Animate: Palette Cleanser"
5.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-10-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,4540%20
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1,4464%20
PS5 (PlayStation)7051%20
PS4 (PlayStation)4082%20
PS5 (PlayStation)3172%20
Switch (Nintendo)2420%0
PS4 (PlayStation)1406%20

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

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieCasualComedyTriviaCartoonColorfulStrategyWord 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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