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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

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.

5
playing now
95%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 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 18% of 10,794 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 102k–244k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,070 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.99 at Steam (2019-12-19)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

1422026-08-11 18:00 — 10 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 14 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

Player tags

VRActionBoxingSportsFighting3D FighterMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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