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Is Art of Boxing worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Boxing fans who want a career structure with rankings, belts, and tournament events
- Players who prefer creating and managing custom fighters, databases, and rosters
- Local multiplayer groups seeking a physics-based boxing game
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking simple pick-up-and-play controls may find the upper-body analog system and keyboard-and-mouse control demanding
- Players wanting a tightly scripted boxing story may find the experience centered on career systems, rankings, and repeated fights
- Players looking specifically for online multiplayer, since that feature is listed as planned rather than current
Our take on Art of Boxing
Its defining structure is a boxing career that starts at birth, combining fighter creation, changing body weight, weigh-ins, global locations, ranking systems, and progression through repeated bouts.
What is Art of Boxing?
Art of Boxing is a 3D physics-based boxing game with career and quick-fight modes.
Players create a boxer, begin a career from birth, select a home location from more than 152 countries and 200 cities, and progress through 4 boxing commissions and ranking systems. The game includes major weight classes and belts, dynamic weight changes with weigh-ins, training minigames, ring walks, local multiplayer, custom tournaments, Olympic and national events, and CPU-versus-CPU matches. Fights feature physics-based cuts, blood on the mat, slow-motion knockouts, and analog control of the upper body. Players can also import fighter databases, create rosters, customize shorts and gloves, choose entrance music, and share rosters through Steam Workshop.
How Art of Boxing plays
- 01Career progression
- A boxer can begin a career from birth and compete in Olympic and national events.
- 02Boxing rankings
- Four commissions and ranking systems organize progression across weight classes and belts.
- 03Fighter creation
- The creation system supports custom boxers, while shorts, gloves, entrance music, databases, and rosters can also be modified.
- 04Global fight locations
- Fighters can represent one of more than 152 countries and 200 cities, each providing bonuses within the ranking systems.
- 05Local multiplayer
- Two or more local participants can compete outside the career structure.
- 06Custom tournaments
- Tournament formats include amateurs, Golden Gloves, trophies, and medals.
- 07Training minigames
- Training is presented through interactive minigames rather than only menu-based progression.
- 08Roster sharing
- Steam Workshop supports sharing custom fighter rosters.
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Art of Boxing: platforms & release
Is Art of Boxing worth it?
It is worth it if: boxing fans who want a career structure with rankings, belts, and tournament events. Skip it if: players seeking simple pick-up-and-play controls may find the upper-body analog system and keyboard-and-mouse control demanding.
Where can I download Art of Boxing?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Art of Boxing's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Art of Boxing on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
