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The Thrill of the Fight - VR Boxing cover art

The Thrill of the Fight - VR Boxing

Halfbrick Studios Pty Ltd · 2019-10-24

Steam

ActionSports

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Oct 24, 2019 (Meta Quest 2), Oct 24, 2019 (Oculus Quest), Oct 24, 2019 (Oculus VR), Jul 01, 2016 (SteamVR)

The Thrill of the Fight is a room-scale only VR boxing game focused on authenticity. Face off in the virtual ring where you'll jab, dodge, and sweat your way to the top of the boxing world. Grab your gloves, step through the ropes, and become a champion.

The Thrill of the Fight - VR Boxing is a 2019 Action and Sports game priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (95% of 4069 reviews).

6
playing now
95%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 87 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 27,786 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 102k–244k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,069 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2026-09-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10610620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1212026-09-15 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 9 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
283Jul 2016Aug 2026Jul 2016 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2016 — avg 3 · peak 17Mar 2017 — avg 9 · peak 20Jul 2017 — avg 6 · peak 15Nov 2017 — avg 6 · peak 19Mar 2018 — avg 9 · peak 24Jul 2018 — avg 9 · peak 19Nov 2018 — avg 9 · peak 20Mar 2019 — avg 9 · peak 22Jul 2019 — avg 18 · peak 482Nov 2019 — avg 11 · peak 27Mar 2020 — avg 15 · peak 37Jul 2020 — avg 16 · peak 36Nov 2020 — avg 17 · peak 38Mar 2021 — avg 23 · peak 49Jul 2021 — avg 21 · peak 48Nov 2021 — avg 16 · peak 40Mar 2022 — avg 20 · peak 42Jul 2022 — avg 17 · peak 35Nov 2022 — avg 16 · peak 33Mar 2023 — avg 17 · peak 37Jul 2023 — avg 13 · peak 28Nov 2023 — avg 12 · peak 27Mar 2024 — avg 13 · peak 32Jul 2024 — avg 11 · peak 27Nov 2024 — avg 15 · peak 55Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 23Jul 2025 — avg 8 · peak 23Nov 2025 — avg 8 · peak 17Mar 2026 — avg 8 · peak 20Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$6.992016-07-012026-07-092016-07-01 — best price $7.992016-08-02 — best price $9.992016-11-23 — best price $7.992017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-06-22 — best price $7.992017-11-01 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $7.992018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-06-21 — best price $7.992018-10-29 — best price $7.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-02-04 — best price $7.992019-07-10 — best price $9.992020-01-23 — best price $7.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $7.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $7.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $7.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-07-18 — best price $7.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $6.992023-05-22 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $7.992023-12-11 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $7.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $6.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $7.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyFamily Sharing

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRActionBoxingSportsFighting3D FighterMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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