Fist Puncher
Skip · Action · 2013
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 25, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 4.8h
- Value
- $2.08/hr
- Reviews
- 71% of 310 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $4.99 (50% off). Calls like this were right 86% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
The sinister Milkman holds the city of San Cruces in his nasty criminal grip, and it’s up to legendary black belt neurosurgeon Dr. Karate and the rest of the Fist Puncher team to deliver old-school justice to the lawless streets.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Direct X 9, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
It has been discounted 51 times in the 13 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 11 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 75 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 67 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World™: The Game – Complete Edition ($14.99, scores 30) and Full Metal Furies ($19.99, scores 73) both outscore it.
More about Fist Puncher
At 4.8 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
52% start to 3% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
I love this game to death! I remember playing it when it first came out and I found it so hard! It's not too bad, but takes some time to get used to! In the beginning I had a HUGE crashing problem for my first three hours! I wanted to quit but I was having too much fun! All I did to fix it was verify the integrity of the files. It's a very zany story, with lots of fun levels, and tons of characters to unlock and...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
This game has no right being as good as it is. Honestly, one of the best 2d beat em ups ever. It is easily in the competition for the best or one of the best. It's such a good game for a group or couple to play as well. It's also way bigger than you'd expect. It's actually just surprising how good this game is. There's some RPG mechanics, all kinds of levels, all kinds of characters, and I think it has a great set...
It's not nearly as entertaining as it looks. A lot of the content is okay to enjoyable, but the structure of the game is deliberately skewed to make single player unreasonably difficult, and they tied the "RPG-lite" system to individual character/controller-slot combinations (as opposed to character or player profiles), so multiplayer is a tedious leveling affair for all players, all the time. You might cruise along...
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Cite this score
Fist Puncher scores 25/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/238630/fist-puncherReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.