Last Updated on Jun 25, 2026 @ 14:34:54 PM.
Jackbox Games, the go-to-developer and publisher for games to play if you want to spend time with your family, but plan to annoy them, have announced the full line-up of The Jackbox Party Pack 12, the upcoming 12th sequel in the raucous and good fun franchise.
Per Jackbox Games:
Developer, publisher, and general life of the party Jackbox Games, is back with The Jackbox Party Pack 12 – and they’ve just announced all five brand-new games to be included in this year’s entry in the Party Pack series, a worldwide phenomenon that’s brought laughs to players who’ve joined over 826 million games since December 2022.
Learn more about these five games:
We Forgot a Card (Design, Joke-Writing): A game where you craft ridiculous greeting cards for weird occasions with the option to purchase them IRL. You’re running late to your big event and you stumbled upon a shop with limited options. Time to get creative!
MegaPals (Speed, Guessing): A mind-melding game that celebrates friends both old and new! See how connected you are with your pals through impulsive wordsmithing and explosive match-ups. How well do you know how your fellow players think?
Debate and Switch (Presentation, Head-to-Head): A game of dispute and discussion where light-hearted topics meet lively debate. Persuade your fellow players to side with your silly and strongly held opinions in this town hall talk-’em-up tourney!
Idol Factions (Teamwork, Trivia): An action-packed battle of facts where two teams race to sort answers into the right categories. You’ll need to think fast and yell loudly to sort the answers that just keep coming!
Hyperface (Head-to-Head, Photoediting): A game where you take selfies or use stock photos and warp them in wild ways in order to respond to bizarre prompts like “your face when you’ve just seen a bear.” Smudge, yank, squash, and draw on photos to create one-of-a-kind masterpieces meant to be shared!
The Jackbox Party Pack 12 will be arriving later this year on PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, Apple TV, iPad and the Mac App Store.
Clearly Jackbox Games aren’t eresting on their laurels and just rehashing games from previous entries, with five completely new games on offer in the latest entry. While that could work for or against them, it’s nice to see them taking some risks with the franchise and pushing some boundaries. We’re sure the new five games absolutely won’t devolve into R-Rated madness with the friends after a few beers.
The Jackbox Party Pack 12 is in development for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, and is slated to release later this year.
Have you played any of the other Jackbox Party Pack games? Do you have a favourite of the franchise? Let us know in the comments below!
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