The Game Census
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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163
playing now
90%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$16.49
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 16% of 9,594 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 29k–64k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,433 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$16.49-45%
Microsoft Store$29.99

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 45 of 84 observed days · $3.30 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

16342026-08-07 00:00 — 42 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 20 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 32 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 71 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 21 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 34 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 114 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 26 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 32 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 76 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 20 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 50 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 13 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 19 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 33 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 12 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 30 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 65 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 15 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 33 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 57 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 23 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 23 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 25 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 51 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 163 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$13.492021-09-172026-08-282021-09-17 — 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 $29.992026-08-28 — best price $29.99
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

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.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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