Pollex
Fan-Made Pollex Survival GuidePollex is a first-person horror game built around underground thumb-war fights where every match can cost you a finger. Read opponents, survive increasingly brutal bouts, manage your remaining fingers and clear your debt before the pit takes everything.
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Your Pollex Journey
Beginner Guide
Learn the core Pollex loop, how underground thumb-war matches work, what to watch for during your first fights, and how to avoid wasting critical opportunities early.
Thumb War Combat
Understand gripping, pinning and opponent-reading mechanics, including how tells and weaknesses can influence each high-risk match.
Finger Betting & Survival
Learn how fingers function as the game's central survival currency, what losing a match can cost, and why every wager changes your run.
Demo & System Requirements
Check Pollex demo availability, PC requirements, controller support and the essential setup information before entering the pit.
What is Pollex?
Pollex is a first-person psychological and body-horror action game from Kooky Studios. Players descend into an underground thumb-war fighting pit where debt is settled through increasingly dangerous matches and every defeat can permanently cost a finger.
The game combines opponent-reading, high-stakes survival and disturbing body horror with a handcrafted underground environment. Your goal is to exploit enemy weaknesses, survive deeper levels of the pit and eventually clear your debt without losing everything.
Explore All GuidesDeveloper
Kooky Studios
Platform
PC / Steam
Genre
Action Horror
Release
Q4 2026
Demo
August 2026
Mode
Single-player
Engine
Unreal Engine 5
Storage
4 GB
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Pollex Beginner Guide
Learn the core survival loop of Pollex before entering its underground thumb-war pit. The official Steam description confirms that players must read opponent tells, exploit weaknesses, win matches, and manage the escalating risk of betting their own fingers.
Pollex Gameplay Mechanics
Explore the confirmed mechanics that define Pollex's horror-survival gameplay. Matches revolve around thumb wars, finger wagering, increasingly brutal opponents, psychological pressure, and a progression loop where the stakes rise as you descend deeper into the pit.
Pollex System Requirements
Check the confirmed minimum PC specifications published on the official Steam store page. Pollex requires Windows 10, 16 GB RAM, DirectX 12, an Nvidia GTX 1070-class GPU, and 4 GB of available storage.
Pollex Release and Features
Track the confirmed release window and major platform features for Pollex. The official Steam listing currently schedules the game for Q4 2026 and identifies it as a single-player action game with Steam Achievements and Steam Cloud support.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Ready to Survive Pollex?
From your first underground match to reading dangerous opponents and managing every remaining finger, our Pollex Wiki helps you understand the pit before the stakes get higher.