The Game Census
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boxlife

tequibo · 2016-01-14

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 14, 2016 (Linux), Jan 14, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 14, 2016 (Mac)

boxlife is a tiny first person metroidvania, where you gain abilities, find secrets and escape from the box

78%
positive of 144 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 150% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 44,583 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.6k–8.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 144 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2016-06-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320162026Week of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$2.99$0.492016-01-142021-01-052016-01-14 — best price $2.662016-02-05 — best price $2.332016-04-18 — best price $0.892016-05-10 — best price $0.992016-07-04 — best price $0.992016-07-18 — best price $0.992016-11-29 — best price $0.992017-01-02 — best price $0.992017-02-20 — best price $1.012017-05-29 — best price $1.012017-06-22 — best price $1.012017-10-02 — best price $1.492017-10-26 — best price $1.492017-11-22 — best price $0.502017-12-21 — best price $0.502018-11-26 — best price $1.992019-07-09 — best price $1.992019-11-01 — best price $1.992019-12-03 — best price $1.992020-01-02 — best price $1.992020-05-11 — best price $2.992020-05-25 — best price $2.992020-10-29 — best price $0.492020-11-25 — best price $0.492020-12-22 — best price $0.492021-01-05 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

1
achievements tracked
46.4%
earned "Achievement"
46.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

IndieFirst-PersonMetroidvania

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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