JoustMania

JoustMania

Aaron Angert · June 11, 2019 · Free to Play, Indie, Casual, Simulation, Sports

JoustMania is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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JoustMania price

JoustMania is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About JoustMania


JoustMania is a movement based party game based off of the Jostling mechanic introduced in Johann Sebastian Joust, players try to keep their controller still while jostling others, no screen required. JoustMania features thirteen different game modes, five different sensitivity levels, and a whole range of other features for you and your friends to enjoy. This is the first time this game is available on the Windows platform.

JoustMania supports up to seven players on Windows, and 18+ on the raspberry pi. Playstation move controllers are required to play this game.

Note: In order to sync Joustmania controllers you will need to run in administrator mode:
Go to C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/SteamApps/common/Joustmania
right click piparty.exe
click properties
click the Compatibility tab
click Run this program as an administrator, and click Apply

GameModes

  • Joust Free-for-All (2+ players)
  • Joust Teams (Minimum 3+ players, 4+ players recommended)
  • Joust Random Teams (3+ players)
  • Traitors (Minimum 6+ players, 9+ players recommended)
  • Werewolves (Minimum 3+ players, 6+ players recommended)
  • Zombies (Minimum 4+ players, 10+ players recommended)
  • Commander (Minimum 4+ players, 6+ players recommended)
  • Swapper (Minimum 3+ players, 4+ players recommended)
  • Fight Club (2+ Players)
  • Tournament (3+ players)
  • Non Stop Joust (2+ players)
  • Ninja Bomb (2+ players)
  • Random mode
To view rules for each game mode please visit JoustMania Extended Rules

Starting a game


To access different game modes, after pairing a playstation move controller press the select button on the side of the controlelrs. To start a game everyone needs to press the trigger buttons on their controllers.

Pairing


To pair a PlayStation move controller, make sure you follow the above steps to run as an administrator, start JoustMania then plug the controller in and keep on pressing the PlayStation home button until the controller turns a color other than white, you should not have to remove the controller while pairing. If you are using the newer Playstation move controller (CECHZCM2) you will have to click the popup on the bottom right of the screen to allow it to be paired.

Admin Mode


You can become an Admin by pressing all four front buttons on any controller, this will allow you to modify the games settings from the four front buttons on the controller, After a game is played the Admin mode will be reset

(Cross) Add or remove a game from Random mode, your controller will be green if the game is added and Red if it is not, Custom Teams mode can not be added to Random mode
(Circle) Change sensitivity of the game. There are five settings, Ultra High, High, medium, Low, and Ultra low.
(Square) toggle the playback of instructions for each game
(Triangle) show battery level on all controllers

Browser UI


After starting Joustmania, in your web browser go to 127.0.0.1 and you should see a GUI to change game modes and settings from your computer.

Credit to FamilyGamerRadio for the intro video.

JoustMania — game info

Platforms
Windows, Linux / SteamOS
Player modes
Online PvP, Co-op, Split screen
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Aug 29, 2021
I remember working with the JoustMania dev years ago to try and get it running on a Chromebook when it was just a Raspberry Pi script. Glad to see how far it's come! Happy jousting!
5 found this helpful
Recommended Jan 6, 2022
The most fun you will have playing a video game without video.
4 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 30, 2024
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1 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 16, 2019
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1 found this helpful
Not recommended Feb 9, 2026
"JoustMania" is, frankly, a terrible idea, implemented badly. It's hard to describe this as a video game, it's more of an application that allows you to play a real world game... a game designed for people who own Playstation VR controllers, but don't like using VR or Playstations, which comes out to almost completely zero people on the planet. I told you it was a bad idea. It gets worse. What you do is get a bunch of people (there are none) who own Playstation Move controllers and then run this application as Administrator on your local Windows machine, thus potentially compromising your security (no game should ever force you to run it as admin, this is massively open to exploitation and harm to your PC). Then you can run around the room with your Playstation Move controller and try to annoy other people. This "game" doesn't even require a screen.... and frankly, if the way you play a video game is by not touching or going near a computer, how to put this, [i]IT'S NOT A VIDEO GAME[/i]. This game is fairly dated at 7 years old, so good luck even finding Playstation Move controllers. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. This is "free" enough (not every "free" game in t…
Recommended Nov 7, 2025
Игра JoustMania — это безумно веселое и адреналиновое файтинг-аркадное противостояние. Простые управление и яркий визуал скрывают глубочайшую тактическую составляющую: важно каждое движение и timing атаки. Идеально для вечеринок и быстрых дуэлей. Вызовет дикий восторг и желание реванша!

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