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What The Dub?!

If you’re a fan of Jackbox party games, you’ll get a kick out of What The Dub?!.
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86%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, replayability
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
92% User Score Based on 379 reviews
Critic Score 78%Based on 8 reviews

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About What The Dub?!

What The Dub?! is a single player and multiplayer casual strategy game with a comedy theme. It was developed by Kurt Wojda and was released on April 8, 2021. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and very positive reviews from players.

What The Dub?! is a multiplayer party game where each player overdubs missing dialogue from hilariously awful B-movies, outdated PSAs, and bizarre industrial films, with their own witty (or just plain stupid) dubs! Players watch the dubs and vote on the best one. The player with the highest score at the end of the game wins! What The Dub takes "bad movie night" and expands it into an interactive,…

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Reviews

92%Audience ScoreBased on 379 reviews
humor102 positive mentions
gameplay3 negative mentions

  • Highly entertaining and hilarious party game, especially fun with a creative group of friends who enjoy improvisational humor.
  • Supports easy multiplayer via browser devices and only requires one copy of the game, making it accessible for groups; also features Steam Workshop support for adding custom and community-created clip packs.
  • Text-to-speech and customizable sound effects add unique comedic value; the use of vintage and quirky video clips provides ample opportunities for funny dubs.
  • The text-to-speech can feel robotic and unnatural, and some players miss being able to record their own voices over the clips.
  • Limited to six active players (additional players are audience members), which some feel is restrictive for a party game; clip repetition and pacing issues can reduce replay value over time.
  • Some technical issues reported including connection problems for remote players, occasional crashes, and occasional bugs with the web interface used for submitting responses.
  • humor

    104 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    98% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 2% negative mentions

    The game's humor is widely praised for its hilarious, unpredictable, and user-generated nature, amplified by awkward clips, text-to-speech delivery, and sound effects. Success depends heavily on the players' wit and improvisation, making it especially funny with creative, absurd, or close-knit groups. While not automatically funny, it offers unique, memorable laughs that rival other party games like Jackbox.

    • “Since the humor itself is created by participants rather than being completely scripted by the developers, different groups can produce radically different experiences from identical footage.”
    • “Reading a funny response on a screen would work, but actually hearing a submitted line delivered alongside the original footage creates a much stronger punchline.”
    • “Awkward acting, overly dramatic expressions, dated clothing, unusual editing, and unintentionally funny situations give players plenty of material to exploit.”
    • “And the sequel seems to add an unfunny prewritten response to every prompt which adds nothing to the game and stands out like a sore thumb.”
    • “Like many others, I'd love a function that enables you to easily add your own clips, but also a function that lets you save the filled-in clips to your device because we often get hilarious results and would love to watch them back without having to set up an external recording.”
  • gameplay

    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    17% positive mentions, 58% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions

    The gameplay is simple, straightforward, and accessible, with minimal mechanical learning curve, making it suitable for a wide audience. It relies heavily on humor and improv, which can lead to fast-paced and hilarious moments, though it may become somewhat dull over time. However, its easy mechanics and replayability encourage players to return for more laughs.

    • “Gameplay is fast and hilarious!”
    • “Is much more straightforward in gameplay and can be geared toward a wider audience.”
    • “There is essentially no mechanical learning curve, although becoming good at the game means learning what kind of humor appeals to the particular group.”
    • “After a while, the gameplay can become a little dull, but thanks to the game's easy mechanics, you can always return at a later date to get a laugh.”
    • “After a while, the gameplay can become a little dull, but thanks to the game's easy mechanics, you can always return at a later date to get a laugh.”
  • replayability

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers exceptional replayability, boosted by Steam Workshop support that delivers community-created content and the ability to add custom audio files, keeping the experience fresh and engaging. Its simple, humorous gameplay further enhances its lasting appeal.

    • “Steam Workshop support further strengthens replayability by providing access to community-created clip packs, which can refresh the experience once the standard collection becomes familiar.”
    • “This game has infinite replayability because of the amount of things you can put in it to keep it interesting and fresh.”
    • “Hilarious, simple gameplay makes the game extremely replayable.”
  • music

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    67% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The music is generally well-received and complements the game, with a functional interface for adding sound effects. However, there is a noted bug affecting the music volume.

    • “You can also add music or sound effects.”
    • “Music is good and the interface is functional.”
    • “There's a bug with the music volume too.”
  • story

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The game lacks a story, offering no narrative or plot elements.

    • “No story”
  • atmosphere

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The atmosphere is defined by the shared, spontaneous reactions of players to humorous moments, creating a lively social experience that can be challenging to replicate in an online setting.

  • optimization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users find the game to be poorly optimized, leading to performance issues.

  • graphics

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The graphics are generally praised for their quality and visual appeal, offering immersive and detailed environments. Some users note occasional inconsistencies or areas that could benefit from improvement, but overall the visual presentation is a strong point of the game.

  • grinding

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is intense and time-consuming, often requiring multiple attempts or lives to progress effectively.

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Play Times

4h Median play time
4h Average play time
2-5h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 2 analyzed playthroughs
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What The Dub?! is a casual strategy game with comedy theme. Common tags for What The Dub?! include 3D, indie, 2d, cartoon, parody and others.

What The Dub?! is available on Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac OS, PlayStation 4 and others.

On average players spend around 4 hours playing What The Dub?!.

What The Dub?! was released on April 8, 2021.

What The Dub?! was developed by Kurt Wojda.

What The Dub?! has received mostly positive reviews from players and mostly positive reviews from critics. Most players liked What The Dub?! for its humor but disliked it for its gameplay.

What The Dub?! is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include RiffTrax: The Game, Quiplash, Use Your Words, Drawful 2, The Jackbox Party Pack 4 and others.