Punch-Out!!
Punch-Out!!, originally titled Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, is a 1987 boxing video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Part of the Punch-Out!! series, it is an adaptation of the arcade video games Punch-Out!! (1984) and Super Punch-Out!! (1984). Differences from the arcades include the addition of former undisputed world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson as the final boss. It received critical acclaim, and is retrospectively considered one of the greatest video games of all time.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 1987
- Developer
- Nintendo development teams
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 1 October 1987 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Nintendo development teams |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platforms | Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Genres | boxing video game |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q2705496, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Punch-Out!!? How long to beat it
Total play time for Punch-Out!! is about 31.1 hours to do everything, and around 5 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 5h | 84 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 11.3h | 30 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 31.1h | 5 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Punch-Out!! sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Punch-Out!! lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 39ahead of 2% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 25ahead of 69% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Punch-Out!!
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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Common questions about Punch-Out!!
What platforms is Punch-Out!! on?
Punch-Out!! is available on Nintendo Entertainment System. It first released in 1987.
Who made Punch-Out!!?
Punch-Out!! was developed by Nintendo development teams and published by Nintendo.
How long does it take to beat Punch-Out!!?
about 5 hours for the main story, 11.3 hours with the main extras, 31.1 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.