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A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes. Learn to use infinity to your advantage as you explore a deep and elegant system.

Patrick's Parabox is a sokoban, puzzle and logic game developed and published by Patrick Traynor.
Released on March 29th 2022 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 10 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 4,234 reviews of which 4,202 were positive and 32 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7+
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Storage: 250 MB available space
MacOS
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Storage: 250 MB available space
Linux
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Storage: 250 MB available space

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March 2025
This game is a masterclass in doing a lot with very simple mechanics. This is up there as one of my favorite puzzle games of all time. YOU SHOULD PLAY IT NOW
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March 2025
A very unique puzzle game where you push boxes around, but there are recursive boxes and puzzles, boxes inside of boxes. Nice and colorful. There are tutorial puzzles that teach the basic new mechanics and then normal levels, and optional challenge levels.
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Dec. 2024
Difficulty: β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜† Quality: β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… It's funny how every YouTube playthrough of this game has episode breaks at the exact same points the whole way through. This is because the dev tries to reach into your brain and use it as a sockpuppet. None of the thoughts you are going to have in this game are going to be your own, all of them have been carefully planned out by the dev. Including puzzle solutions. Which means this is one of the easiest puzzle games I've ever played, despite the mechanics being so mind-bending. It's funny because the game is inspired by Recursed, which I'd describe as the exact opposite, where each solution feels like it's derived by you, and not the dev. That's great too, but the specific sequence of thoughts patrick has come up with and implanted directly into our brains is just beautiful. The mechanics are explored super deeply, and each puzzle explores a fun little trick (even though you may not be finding it yourself). Custom levels exist, and explore the mechanics even deeper, but none have the outright magical effect of the basegame, where it reads your mind by writing to it.
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Oct. 2024
I'm definitely not the sharpest sheep in the jar, but I had a really great time playing this game. It was fun to figure out the logic behind the level and then find a way to complete it. A lot of levels where very challenging in a good way :), especially the post game challenges . The one thing I know for sure is that Patrick is a genius for coming up with this
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Sept. 2024
fun mechanic and medium difficulty. hope for an official level editor for DIY levels.
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Patrick's Parabox is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.

Patrick's Parabox is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.

Patrick's Parabox received 4,202 positive votes out of a total of 4,234 achieving an impressive rating of 9.53.
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Patrick's Parabox was developed and published by Patrick Traynor.

Patrick's Parabox is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Patrick's Parabox is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Patrick's Parabox is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Patrick's Parabox is a single-player game.

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Patrick's Parabox does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Patrick's Parabox does not support Steam Remote Play.

Patrick's Parabox is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Patrick's Parabox
9.5
4,202
32
Game modes
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Online players
98
Developer
Patrick Traynor
Publisher
Patrick Traynor
Release 29 Mar 2022
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