The Jackbox Party Pack 9
The Jackbox Party Pack 9
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The Jackbox Party Pack 10
Developer Jackbox Games, Inc.
Become a party legend! The celebrated franchise returns with epic drawing battles in Tee K.O. 2, chaotic type-offs in FixyText, time-travel trivia in Timejinx, hidden identity intrigue in Hypnotorious, and group music-making in Dodo Re Mi. From the Steam store page
199 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Sep 26, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
57
Mixed
96 positive · 71 negative
95% range 50–65%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 96 | 71 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
344 of 541 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
59% recommend · 102 yes, 72 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 174 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (413 of 629 positive).
Some players find the pack disappointing compared to earlier entries. [1][2][3] Several reviewers praise Dodo Re Mi and Tee K.O. 2 as highlights. [4][5][6] A few players report bugs and technical issues. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [8]
This is the only Jackbox game I would actively not recommend, primarily as it is the only Jackbox game I have ever played which has bugs in it. In Fixy Text we had players type things that never appeared, and cursors typing stuff in places we had not selected. There are also issues with the keyboard popping up inconsistently. Hypnotorious does not work properly for low player counts as the structure of the game does …
- [3]
By quite a long shot, the worst Jackbox Party Pack. That being said, its still a decent product, but your money is better spent on other packs. Only buy this one if you really want to have all 10 (like i did). Tee K.O 2 is actually quite decent. It is a good improvement to the original version, adding more tools to the drawing process and generally - feeling modern. But OG Tee K.O feels just as good, so these extra …
- [1]
Jackbox 10 is the newest one and sadly… it isn’t as good as the older packs. Multiple games seemed half-made during release, and while many got updated… not all issues were solved. As a pack, it isn’t extremely bad… but it’s not really good either. The worst game is definitely FIXYTEXT. When we saw the trailer for this game, we were excited, but sadly, this game isn’t really good. It’s basically a shared Word …
- [11]
Most of this pack borders on okay. Fixytext is an okay game that can be funny, but isn't that much more involved than opening a Google document. Hypnotorius has a fun concept, but is ludicrously unbalanced. Timejinx is a fun year-guessing trivia game, who's scoring system means that it's fairly fun even if you suck at trivia (like me.) Tee K.O. 2 is a really good side-grade to the original, offering a usually less …
- [5]
I shall rank the five party games inside this pack - my personal preference only. (1 = bad, 2 = meh, 3 = okay, 4 = good, 5 = masterpiece) As a conclusion I will give my recommendations. No, I won't explain myself. Fixy Text - 1/5 Tee K.O.2 - 5/5 Dodo Re Mi - 5/5 Time Jinx - 3/5 Hypnotorious - 2/5 The birds k*lled us, this was amazing. Get in a good sale.
Summarised from 34 of the 210 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked The Jackbox Party Pack 10 talk about dodo Re Mi is a fun rhythm game; those who didn't talk about fixyText feels shallow like a shared document. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 199 · most liked firstThis party pack is good and original. Unfortunately, the good stuff isn't original, and the original stuff isn't good.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the only Jackbox game I would actively not recommend, primarily as it is the only Jackbox game I have ever played which has bugs in it. In Fixy Text we had players type things that never appeared, and cursors typing stuff in places we had not selected. There are also issues with the keyboard popping up inconsistently. Hypnotorious does not work properly for low player counts as the structure of the game does not work! There is no point switching jars. Dodo Re Mi whilst by far the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Jerri Rig from The Jackbox Party Pack 10 (Timejinx), has little to no Rule34; As requested by @palettethepainter.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →this company is terrible. One of their games, "murder party 2", is included in 2 packs they sell: in a party bundle and in the starter pack. There is a translation for my language BUT ONLY in the starter pack, and not in the PARTY pack. They INTENTIONALLY want you to buy another bundle, the starter pack, of which I own ALL games already from buying all their stupid party packs, but JUST FOR THE TRANSLATION they want me to pay their stupidly high prices for their browser games with extra steps.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Jackbox 10 is the newest one and sadly… it isn’t as good as the older packs. Multiple games seemed half-made during release, and while many got updated… not all issues were solved. As a pack, it isn’t extremely bad… but it’s not really good either. The worst game is definitely FIXYTEXT. When we saw the trailer for this game, we were excited, but sadly, this game isn’t really good. It’s basically a shared Word document where everyone’s typing chaotically at the same time, and then they choose…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Jackbox is such a great franchise, but it has been on a significant decline since Jackbox 6. 9 was dissappointing, but still playable. Unfortunately, this 10 year anniversary really felt like the developers were struggling to even want to create a game, none-the-less compete with the past. All of them are pretty easy to get bored of real fast. I didn't think I'de actually not recommend a JB party pack, and sadly, it makes me consider ever buying from this franchise again. I really hope…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →To be quite frank I was disappointed by this pack - Tee K.O. 2 is not enough to save four mediocre games. My family plays this pack so rarely that I've honestly forgotten the names of the other games in this pack...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The pack looked promising, but there is a fatal bug in the T-Shirt K.O. game which we have loved in the past, it for whatever reason doesn't always produce the result that was selected, resulting in confusing shirts and disappointment, as the contest is then not equal. The game has been out for a good while, so I wonder if they have any plans to fix this. EDIT: They fixed the bug!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →instead of being like cheese or a fine wine where it gets better with age. these just seem to get worse
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Delightful games, as always! As a teacher, I like to reward my students for good behavior by letting them play Jackbox now and then. Pack 10 is our favorite! As most games are up to 8 players, I like to pair them in groups of 3-4; works perfectly! We always have a great time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Outside TKO2 the games were pretty boring compare to previous boxes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not a fan, none of the games really landed in the group I played with. A couple people enjoyed a couple games but overall an unfun experience. Also, I can't prove it, but the voices sound AI generated. If that's true, it makes me extraordinarily angry.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →By quite a long shot, the worst Jackbox Party Pack. That being said, its still a decent product, but your money is better spent on other packs. Only buy this one if you really want to have all 10 (like i did). Tee K.O 2 is actually quite decent. It is a good improvement to the original version, adding more tools to the drawing process and generally - feeling modern. But OG Tee K.O feels just as good, so these extra features make me feel more like "they shouldve put this in PP3" and less "yeah…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the first Jackbox party pack that I don't think is worth the price. Don't get me wrong, there's fun to be had from all of these, but there are only 2 games in this pack that I think are worth their respective prices. Tee KO 2 is a pretty good sequel, all things considered. I actually like the new bracket style of voting for the regular rounds. The only thing that drags it down is how the final round is just a button mashing contest between two sides, which is not only anticlimactic, but…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Jackbox Party Pack 10 sits right between Party Pack 1 and Party Pack 2 in my library ***This wounds me***
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Of all the jackboxes, this is my least favorite. The games just don't feel as compelling and replayable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is REALLY buggy. I find all the other party packs work fine and rarely crash. I've never been able to play a full game of TimeJinx because it crashes. Most of these games crash in the middle or towards the very end. The best game in the pack is TeeK.O. 2.0. The other games really aren't even worth talking about because they just do not live up to the Jackbox standard of games, in my opinion. Don't buy it at full price because it has so many issues that need to be addressed. I've…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've only really played this pack when it first came out but looking back, I actually think this pack is pretty underwhelming. Tee KO 2 and Dodo Re Mi are the only good games in this pack. Hypnotorioius is a social deduction game that doesn't tell you it's a social deduction game until halfwsy through the game, Fixytext is a mindless slop game that relies on "random = funny" humor, and TimeJinx is serviceable as a trivia game, but it doesn't really have any cool or interesting gimmicks when…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have been testing out this game and wanted to share my thoughts on it. I played it on a stream with some friends a couple of nights ago and unfortunately, I found the game to be quite underwhelming. Although I bought the game while it was on sale, it still seemed overpriced. This game is not one of the Party Packs that I would choose to play on a night of games with friends. To simplify, here is my mini-review of each game and how it went for me while playing with a group of 6 players: Tee…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Genuinely don't get the hate? Like I understand Timejinx may not be super fun and people may have some problems with Fixytext but.. It feels like this was genuinely not as bad as the negative reviews say. I mean, I've played practically every Jackbox game and while it may not be the best; people need to stop treating it's the worst pack we've had. There IS the naughty pack guys, it could have been MUCH worse. Jokes aside, your choice on buying the pack, just wanted to get my word out there.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →From now until February 28th, Steam codes for The Jackbox Party Pack 10 are 50% off on our site! But wait, there’s more! Buy the game, play Tee K.O. 2, and get 15% off hoodies with code: HOODIE15 🔗 jbgm.es/4319Rge
neutral · AI labelView post →Look, TKO 2 is great, and if that's all you want, and you're willing to overpay, you'll get your money's worth. The rest of the games are flops this time around. And that's fine! They're not gonna get it every time, that's just how things are. But I only bought this for TKO with improved drawing controls, and because of that I severely overpaid. Just know what you're buying if you pick it up during this sale.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately, none of the games are good, and the scoring is completely gameable if not incoherent across the whole pack. Time Jinx: The trivia game of this pack. You guess the year associated with some prompt (assasination of JFK, for example), then you receive 1 point for every year you are off. Lowest score wins. However, the acceptable ranges of years differs wildly between questions; the first question might give you a range of 1990-2010 but question 2 gives you a range of 1600-1700.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tee K.O. 2 is the only fun game in this pack. The addition of being able to edit a drawing is kind of fun.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Jackbox Party Pack 10 is easily one of the most boring Jackbox experiences I've had in a long while. I haven't gotten to all the games, such as the one with the singing birds, but when I did play there was no laughter or interest among any of my friends or me. If you're picking this up solely for Tee KO 2, get the original in Party Pack 3 (and better accompanying games) or the Starter Pack. If you're looking for a solid Jackbox experience and are just eyeing this because it's new, I would…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Jackbox Party Pack 10 launches on October 19. This is the one and only game I wish were "live service", where I pay for a base game + DLC. Not having all the games in one easy-to-use app is a pain for parties! store.steampowered.com/app/2216830/...
neutral · AI labelView post →5.75/10 i only play this for Tee KO 2 and you can get the same, if not more fun out of the original Tee KO from pack 3
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →bought this and speedran every game, only 2 of 5 are vaguely worth playing. Brain game is horrid, actually terrible. I honestly didn't expect it to be partially a social deduction game on top of everything it seemed? Just weird. Bird game has potential but it's really disjointed and you're all just playing your own rhythm game. Texting game was not good imo either, just too confusing and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, everybody typing over each other. Pretty much is "write something totally WACKY!" with nothing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not worth 35 bucks, get it on sale for Dodo Re Me but that's about it. They should sell Dodo Re Me on its own like some of the Quiplash games, it's so good but not worth the $35 for the whole pack just to play it. Have your rich gamer friend in the group buy the pack, or just get it when it's on sale lol
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →None of the games worked on SteamDeck, where I play all other Jackbox games. This is the first pack that 100% didn't work. I could load up each of the games, but nobody could connect to it with their phones. Between that, TKO 2 being a clone of the first one but with updated controls, and the other games being flops, I ended up refunding. At most maybe I'll grab this on a steep discount to fill out my collection, but that's okay. Not every pack will be a winner. In general, not all of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just get jackbox 7. most mid jackbox 4/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the worst pack they've released in a long time, get literally any other one.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The only jackbox party pack I cannot recommend just due to how buggy some of the games have been. Never encountered a problem on any other back but multiple games within this pack were bugged or just not working.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Alright, listen, this pack is not the best by any means... but dodo re mi is a top 3 jackbox game (imo) when it works so it's worth it for me
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Most of this pack borders on okay. Fixytext is an okay game that can be funny, but isn't that much more involved than opening a Google document. Hypnotorius has a fun concept, but is ludicrously unbalanced. Timejinx is a fun year-guessing trivia game, who's scoring system means that it's fairly fun even if you suck at trivia (like me.) Tee K.O. 2 is a really good side-grade to the original, offering a usually less funny bracket-style tournament structure, as jokes can get stale when you've…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly not my cup of tea. I wish there were more games like blather round.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →All Jackbox Party Pack games are the sum of their parts. When a new one come out, it's not just if the games inside it are good, but better or on par with what came before it. Truthfully there is nothing in this pack that outshines the others which you could be playing instead. T-KO 2 does nothing to improve itself from the original besides new art and music, along with the ability to choose your 'type' of shirt (Putting a dent in the name given they are no longer always T-Shirts). It's a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game by game review: tee ko 2: similar to its predecessor but still great fun nonetheless. tbh not much to say fixy text: honestly, i really like this one! whenever i play i tend to just completely ignore the points system and just use it as a way to tell dumb bits with friends or see how badly we can break the tts dodo re mi: works suprisingly well despite being a rhythm game played over wi-fi. and honestly, every player being able to pick their own difficulty on any given song is a very good…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't pay $35 for a jackbox game, wait for a sale
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This has to be the buggiest Jackbox game ever. Games will just stop working midsession, and it's frustrating how often this happens. Don't buy this one, it's easily the worst one. The games in this pack aren't the greatest either. Tee KO 2 is fine until the last round becomes a mash fest, and IMO deciding something over who mashes the screen more is just never fun. TimeJinx is okay? But it's like the easiest trivia game ever. FixyText gets old fast, but it really depends on the people you play…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tee K.O. 2: I genuinely don't know how to rate this game. Tee K.O. is one of my favorite drawing game concepts in the Jackbox library, and often results in hilarious memories. However, I think the tournament structure is a downgrade to the original. This is one of the few Jackbox games where I might prefer the original to the sequel. FixyText: This is really fun and, as the description suggests, quite chaotic. There will often be hilarious results, but a game rewarding writing whatever streams…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just gave the game a download and played with my family. Only found two games mildly entertaining. I would recommend passing on this edition of jackbox.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Life is fancy free with FixyText~!" Fanart of one of the games in The Jackbox Party Pack 10, FixyText! (Done on July 2023)
neutral · AI labelView post →Disapointing pack. Games are mid. Fixytext is garbage because it's too easy to spam single letters and reap all the points, and breaks when used with firefox. timejinx is fine. TKO2 is cool, but the drawing messes up sometimes, and half of your text submissions get eaten. hypnotorius is not all that fun and too long. Do do re mi is fun for a few times, then gets boring. 4/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →- Tee K.O. 2 is literally Tee K.O. but made it better. If you like bracket scoring or want more customization then play this. Otherwise just play Tee K.O. 1 in Party Starter/JPP 3 - FixyText is kinda fun and I've had fun with it with a limited group of friends but if you really wanna play this just make a Google Docs and go ham. - TimeJinx looks fun but I am not a trivia guy neither are my friends. I think the scoring for people who missed the year by a lot should NOT scale linearly. -…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Speaking from someone who owns jackbox party pack 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9 i was kinda disappointed by this pack. Dodo Re Mi is the only good game. It is a technically better then fortnite festival because you dont have to download fortnite. I wish there was a leader board system for high scores. Time jinx is the other playable game but literally everything else is a chore to play. The made a sequel of a good game and removed all the fun from it with a gimmick and named it Tee KO 2... I bought this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The female voice host is ANNOYING AF. Get back to the original voice actors for the love of god!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I shall rank the five party games inside this pack - my personal preference only. (1 = bad, 2 = meh, 3 = okay, 4 = good, 5 = masterpiece) As a conclusion I will give my recommendations. No, I won't explain myself. Fixy Text - 1/5 Tee K.O.2 - 5/5 Dodo Re Mi - 5/5 Time Jinx - 3/5 Hypnotorious - 2/5 The birds k*lled us, this was amazing. Get in a good sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →6 attempts to play hypnotorius and they all went into purgatory instantly (softlock from nothing) i suck at dodoreme and its fine but it feels like a budget game i used to think teeko2 was lame trash but its the only good thing here timejinx is the easiest cheatable trivia game im not talking about wordspud2 fix this packs bugs and rebalence hypno and it will be an alright purchase but never buy for 30, only buy on sale unless your insane this doesnt deserve a mixed it needs a negative but…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →shocked at how good the rhythm game turned out while accounting for distance delays this rules hypnotorious rocks hard t shirt game back hell yea
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this specifically for Dodo-Re-Mi. I love Dodo-Re-Mi. I am now addicted to Dodo-Re-Mi. Worth it for Dodo-Re-Mi alone.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is probably one of the worst jackbox games (nothing beats the naughty pack in bad games), none of the games are really too interesting. Dodo Re Mi is creative but it got pretty boring quickly
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →They denied to send my friend a shirt we made in TKO 2, cowards
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunatly, none of the games are worth playing more than once. Hypnotorious seems very interesting, but is ultimately way to convoluted. The first time that me and my friends were unsure of how the game works even after an entire match. Bizarrely, T-KO 2 also seems to be worse than the first one, mostly due to it being very buggy. Additionally, the mechanic of redrawing an image is novel, but makes for a worse experience, since you just see fewer unique drawings in a round. I would…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tee K.O. 2 is the good thing in this pack, even though the final round for it is janky. If you're gonna buy it, buy it on sale, $35 is too feckin' much
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overpriced and terrible games - worst pack of the set so far
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →*to the tune of fortnite battle pass* jack box party pack
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not nearly as good as some previous party packs, but still has some gems. Namely, Tee-KO 2 and Dodo Re Mi. Hypnotorious is one that depends on the group to be fun. TIme Jinx is just your traditional trivia game, and Fixy Text is mediocre at best.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dodo Re Mi is the only game worth playing. Get it on a discount
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →absolutely wait for a sale. some of the games are good, but for the 10th pack, its really lackluster.
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