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The Thrill of the Fight - VR Boxing

The Thrill of the Fight - VR Boxing

Halfbrick Studios Pty Ltd · released Oct 23, 2019

ActionSportsPC

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.

Steam page ↗Metacritic · users 6.5 ↗
88
VGC Score
▼Decliningmedium confidence
88%
At launch
95%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
96%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews95%901000
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)96%913
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 89.0, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 4,075 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 7 reviews sampled · 8 total reviews in window · weighted 3.1 up / 0.1 down · computed 3h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (1)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 80
    GMW3
    trust 61Nov 4, 2019

    “Fitz has managed to take the core essence of what makes boxing so compelling and distilled it down into Thrill of the Fight. Immersive and a great use of roomscale, Thrill of the Fight has all the hallmarks of an indie gaming gem, especially being so cheap. All you really need to worry about is having enough space so you don’t start putting holes in walls.”

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Patch history

  1. Main Branch Update - February 5, 2020
    Feb 7, 2020
  2. Beta Update - January 21
    Jan 21, 2020significant · resets scoring window
  3. Main Branch Update - October 24, 2019
    Oct 24, 2019
  4. Beta Update - October 6
    Oct 6, 2019
  5. Oculus 1.39 Update May Break Fast Movement Tracking on Rift CV1
    Jul 24, 2019
  6. Small Update - July 23, 2019
    Jul 23, 2019
  7. Main Branch Update - June 25, 2019
    Jun 25, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  8. Beta Update - June 19
    Jun 19, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  9. Beta Update - June 17
    Jun 18, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  10. Beta Update - June 15
    Jun 15, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  11. Beta Update - May 20
    May 20, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  12. Beta Update - May 7
    May 8, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  13. Main Branch Update - May 6, 2019
    May 6, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  14. Beta Update - April 24
    Apr 24, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  15. Beta Update - March 21
    Mar 21, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  16. Beta Update - March 11
    Mar 11, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  17. Beta Update - February 27
    Feb 27, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  18. Beta Update - February 18
    Feb 19, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  19. Main Branch Update - January 23, 2019
    Jan 24, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  20. Beta Update - January 14
    Jan 14, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  21. Beta Update - January 3
    Jan 3, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  22. Beta Update - December 11
    Dec 11, 2018significant · resets scoring window
  23. Beta Update - November 28
    Nov 28, 2018significant · resets scoring window
  24. Main Branch Update - October 29, 2018
    Oct 29, 2018significant · resets scoring window
  25. Beta Update - October 22
    Oct 22, 2018significant · resets scoring window
  26. Beta Update - October 13
    Oct 13, 2018significant · resets scoring window
  27. Beta Update - October 1
    Oct 1, 2018significant · resets scoring window
  28. Beta Update - September 26
    Sep 26, 2018
  29. Beta Update - September 14
    Sep 14, 2018
  30. Beta Update - August 27
    Aug 27, 2018
  31. Beta Update - August 6
    Aug 6, 2018
  32. Beta Update - July 23
    Jul 24, 2018
  33. Main Branch Update - July 19, 2018
    Jul 19, 2018significant · resets scoring window
  34. Beta Update - July 16
    Jul 16, 2018
  35. Beta Update - July 3
    Jul 3, 2018
  36. Beta Update - June 23
    Jun 23, 2018significant · resets scoring window
  37. Beta Update - June 18th
    Jun 18, 2018significant · resets scoring window
  38. Beta Update - June 10
    Jun 10, 2018significant · resets scoring window
  39. Beta Update - May 6
    May 6, 2018
  40. Beta Update - April 26
    Apr 26, 2018significant · resets scoring window

…and 55 earlier patch announcements.