Paunch
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Paunch

One-on-one physical online duels.

DEV: KozhakovPUB: KozhakovAppID 792220
UPDATE PULSEevery ~49d·last 224d ago·4 recent on record

Is Paunch still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

85.3
Strong

Elixir Rating

88.9% of 11,311 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 88.3. It was sold as a game that would keep being worked on, and the developers have gone quiet — subtracting 3.0.

reception 88.3·support −3.0·Strong

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

Should you look into this?

From Steam's own record

Development

Unusually quiet

Last heard from developers

7 months ago

Usual rhythm

not yet established

Substantial updates (6 mo)

0

Current silence

cannot be judged

The codex holds only 3 days of announcements for this game, so its normal rhythm cannot be established. The developers were last heard 7 months ago.

We hold a thin slice of this game's announcement history, so its normal rhythm can't be established. That is a limit of our record, not evidence about the game.

Recent Transmissions

7 entries in codex

Community AnnouncementsFeb 21, 2026
Bare torso update

Bob’s bare torso is back.Camp capacity increased to 6 players.New biome: SnowThis setting is not synchronized and is a local preference. It does not change the actual world/landscape geometry. It can be toggled during gameplay in the game s…

Community AnnouncementsFeb 5, 2026
Patch notes

Increased matchmaking distance — with the Far option enabled, matchmaking is now worldwide (warning: may result in critically high ping). Duel/Sparring duration calculation increased by 15% — now 17 seconds per boulder. Leaderboards display…

Community AnnouncementsFeb 3, 2026
Boulder Throwing as an Art

There is no anger — only life. Only movement, weight, and the moment. A boulder throw is not an attack, nor is a kick strike aggression — it is a thought carried through. We do not rage. We live. Again and again, reborn, meeting each other …

Rock, Paper, ShotgunSep 30, 2020
Have You Played… Paunch?

Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. Paunch is tagged “Psychological Horror” and “Sexual Content” on Steam, and while this is wrong, it also couldn…

Community AnnouncementsFeb 6, 2020
Empty Boulder Update: Challenges and Achievements

Bob's life was unpredictable, but blissful. What he found in the arena was a revelation. White Boulder A 13th empty boulder has appeared in the arena. This white container is not like the rest: it contains no life, and a hit with it ends th…

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Community AnnouncementsDec 26, 2019
Quarter million and "no contest"

Less than month we reached 250000 lifetime unique players, many boulders destroyed. And this is just beginning. no contest Connecting players from different regions is difficult to predict network latency. But you can quickly finish combat …

Community AnnouncementsDec 19, 2019
Input system update

key binding - Normal change of control keys (press and rewrite) controller support - Xbox and PlayStation controllers in-game support (select in the mouse settings) - Tune alternate buttons in controls settings bug fixes - More independence…