Punch Line

A punch line without the set-up. It’s frankly amazing how little effort PQube has put into this release while asking 49.99€ for it. The Steam version is shipped broken. As soon as you launch the game from the launcher, Steam will mark Punch Line as not running and thus will not update your gameplay time, won’t show you the Steam Overlay, and most importantly, will not allow you to use Steam Input. Seeing as I was trying to play this with my DualSense controller, not having my controller working at all was quite the issue. Thankfully there is a workaround for this: open the game installation directory, remove the MAGESgamelauncher.exe executable, make a copy of the Game.exe executable and rename that copy to MAGESgamelauncher.exe. Congratulations, you can now use the Steam overlay, Steam Input and you will be correctly marked as playing Punch Line on your profile. I’m guessing that this issue stems from the launcher launching the game executable as a completely separate process instead of a child process, so Steam never hooks the overlay/Steam Input into the Game.exe process and thus breaks everything. I’m also guessing that PQube has absolutely no quality assurance process since…

i don't really care about a pc port or pervy game core i like it really good story and songs with boring gameplay maybe 10/10

Punch Line presents itself as a wildly eccentric visual novel, beginning with a premise so absurd that it almost feels like a parody of anime conventions. The protagonist, Yūta Iridatsu, unexpectedly finds himself separated from his physical body and forced to exist as a spirit inside a house populated by several young women. His objective is to regain his body, but there is an unusual complication: becoming overly excited by seeing panties can eventually trigger the destruction of humanity. It sounds intentionally ridiculous, and it certainly provides plenty of comedy, yet this seemingly lightweight setup gradually develops into a surprisingly complicated supernatural science-fiction mystery. Developed by MAGES. Inc. and published by PQube, the game blends traditional visual novel storytelling with interactive exploration and puzzle mechanics. Instead of spending the entire experience simply reading dialogue and making occasional choices, players can examine rooms and manipulate objects while Yūta is in his ghostly state. Moving or interfering with particular items can provoke reactions from the residents, and solving these situations often involves determining the correct sequen…

Very underrated vn that has quite a lot of interactive elements. It plays in 30-60min episodes so it's perfect daily bedtime substitute for books.

I watched the "punch line" anime and it great, however this game have a lot of bug. Auto-mode is too fast. Sensitivity of clicking is also too fast. HOW can the company that make "steins;gate" approved game with this poor quality. Pls fix it MAGES.

The game was fun and challenging, Also its like you're watching a anime. 10/10