Why Early Access?

“Boxing Underdog is a VR boxing game where the feel of a punch decides everything — and that feel can only be tuned against real opponents, not in a test lab. The game already has an active community playing it daily in standalone VR, and every part of the combat model has been shaped by their feedback.

The Steam version brings that game to a new set of players, headsets and play spaces.
Early Access lets us tune it with you: matchmaking, punch physics, comfort settings and room-scale handling all behave differently across hardware, and we would rather get that right together than guess behind closed doors.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We plan to stay in Early Access for approximately 12 months. The exact length depends on how quickly the core systems stabilise across the range of supported headsets and on the feedback we receive from players.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“We plan to keep expanding the game in three directions. More to fight for: additional seasons of cosmetics, a deeper progression path, and more tournament formats beyond the current weekly and monthly cycles.

More to fight in: additional venues and times of day, and a broader single-player career
with more opponents and story chapters.

More ways to fight together: continued work on cross-platform play, spectating and
recording tools, and further language and accessibility support.

We also plan to keep tuning combat, matchmaking and comfort options based on what players report during Early Access. These are our intentions rather than promises — priorities may shift as we learn what matters most to the community.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Boxing Underdog is fully playable today. The Early Access version includes:

- Ranked multiplayer with skill-based matchmaking and seasonal leaderboards
- Single-player bouts against AI opponents across several difficulty levels
- A training mode for practising damage system
- Physics-driven damage: punch force, knockdowns, stuns and visible facial damage
- Support for both room-scale and stationary play spaces

The game is in active development, so expect balance changes and occasional rough edges while we tune it with the community.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“We do not plan to change the price during Early Access.

We are considering a modest increase after the game leaves Early Access, but only if the
scope grows significantly by then — for example if we add a full story campaign. Nothing
is decided yet. Players who buy during Early Access keep the full game at no extra cost.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“The community is already part of how this game is built.

We run a public work board where players submit bugs and feature ideas, follow the ones they care about, and get notified when we start working on a fix. Everything that ships goes out with a public changelog, so you can see exactly what changed and why.

We are active on Discord, where we collect feedback, run community fight nights and test balance changes before they go live. Players who report an issue often see it fixed in the next build — that loop is the reason the game is where it is today, and Early Access is how we keep it running on Steam.”