Punch Club 2: Fast Forward: Everything You Should Know

Punch Club 2: Fast Forward moves its fighter-management formula into a satirical cyberpunk future. You are not directly throwing every punch; you are building the person who steps into the ring.

Punch Club 2: Fast Forward at a Glance

• Status: Released
• Release date: Jul 20, 2023
• Developer: Lazy Bear Games
• Publisher: tinyBuild
• Genres: Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Sports, Strategy
• Steam platforms: Windows
• Modes: Single-player.
• Controls: Full controller support.

Storyline and Setting

After twenty sheltered years in his mother's garage, the hero enters a corrupt cyberpunk city to find his missing father and investigate the Good Corporation. Becoming the mysterious Dark Fist may save the city—or player choices can pull the story toward very different jobs, loyalties and outcomes.

Gameplay and Core Systems

Daily scheduling is the real fight: training, earning money, maintaining relationships, recovering, and choosing combat styles all compete for limited time. Matches test the stats, skills, and tactical build you assembled, while story choices open different careers and allegiances.

Fights are the result of management decisions rather than direct button-by-button boxing. Players schedule training, work, recovery and relationships; develop stats; select techniques; and build a fighting school before watching tactics play out in leagues. Police, mob and other careers unlock quests, money and moves. Neuro-training and illegal software offer risky shortcuts. Paid add-ons expand the package, while the core remains a solo management RPG with 66 Steam achievements.

Art, Audio, and Atmosphere

Expressive pixel art packs the city with jokes, genre references, and small character reactions. The cyberpunk setting lets gyms, workplaces, police plots, and criminal factions become exaggerated management problems, while energetic music keeps long scheduling stretches lively. Fight animation communicates whether a build is working even though the player is not directly controlling each punch.

Campaign, Progression, and Replayability

Days are the core resource. Work pays the bills, training develops attributes, rest prevents collapse, and relationships or faction commitments open new opportunities. Learned skills shape how the fighter behaves automatically in bouts, so preparation and build synergy matter more than reflexes. Branching quests, different combat schools, and career choices support repeat runs. The Iron Fist and Gem Mine expansions add further management content, while other Steam add-ons are also available.

Steam currently lists 66 achievements. Steam currently lists 3 add-on entries for this app.

Multiplayer, VR, and Controller Support

Modes: Single-player. Controls: Full controller support.

Release and Current Availability

Punch Club 2: Fast Forward was released on Jul 20, 2023 by Lazy Bear Games, with tinyBuild publishing. Its current PC edition is listed on Steam for Windows.

Languages and Accessibility

Steam-listed language support: English, French, German, Spanish – Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese – Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Ukrainian

Steam-listed accessibility and presentation features: No specific accessibility feature labels are currently supplied on the Steam listing.

PC System Requirements

Minimum

• OS *: Windows 7/8/10/11 (64-bit OS required)
• Processor: Intel Core i3-7100, AMD Ryzen 5 1600
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Graphics: GeForce GT 1030, AMD Radeon R7 240 or equivalent
• DirectX: Version 11
• Storage: 2 GB available space

Recommended

• OS *: Windows 7/8/10/11 (64-bit OS required)
• Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 и AMD Ryzen 5 2600
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: GeForce GTX 1650 GP, AMD Radeon RX 6500 or equivalent
• DirectX: Version 11
• Storage: 2 GB available space

Who Should Play Punch Club 2: Fast Forward?

Management-sim players who enjoy optimization, consequences, and absurd humor will get more from it than anyone seeking hands-on boxing controls.