Pain Party

Pain Party is a party game set in a purgatorial game show. After a mini golf accident kills you, you wake in a version of purgatory where winners ascend and losers face an eternity moderating online forums without pay, or something worse. You can play its story mode alone, compete online with up to 24 players, or take on waves of enemies in survival mode.

Movement and combat

Jumping, punching, dodging and using items all consume stamina. If you run out, you cannot perform these actions and you walk more slowly. Jump timing controls your trajectory: holding the jump button produces a high, short jump, while tapping it makes you jump farther horizontally. The game also features precise movement and combat, physics-based pain, demanding levels and boss battles.

Spawnable items can help you gain an advantage, with examples ranging from blunderbusses to time-stopping hour glasses. The game includes more than 20 weapons and items.

Progress and unlocks

Completing levels grants experience points that you can spend to level up your character and increase speed and stamina. Winning multiplayer matches and progressing through story mode unlocks character skins, including hats and masks.

Game modes

The single-player story mode has levels to beat in order to unlock further progression. Online free-for-all matches support up to 24 players, who can also join through Steam friends. Co-op Survival is a wave-based mode that supports up to 24 online players; you can also play it alone.

Visual styles

You can choose between three visual styles: Colorful, the default; Retro, which resembles older DS games; and Retro+, which has a Game Boy-like style.