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Boxman's Struggle cover art

Boxman's Struggle

OneBlock · 2020-02-27

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 27, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

What's better than climbing mountain in a cardboard box? Getting deep frustration every time you fall from it.

Boxman's Struggle is a 2020 Action, Adventure, Indie priced at $4.99, with Very Positive (84% of 294 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
84%
positive of 294 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (45 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.9k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 294 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.24 at Steam (2024-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
414120202026Week of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$1.242020-02-272026-07-092020-02-27 — best price $4.492020-06-15 — best price $3.992020-06-25 — best price $3.992020-11-25 — best price $3.742020-12-05 — best price $3.992020-12-22 — best price $3.742021-02-11 — best price $3.742021-02-27 — best price $3.342021-05-31 — best price $3.492021-06-24 — best price $3.342021-11-15 — best price $3.342021-11-24 — best price $3.342021-12-23 — best price $3.342022-01-27 — best price $3.342022-02-28 — best price $3.342022-05-16 — best price $3.342022-06-23 — best price $3.342022-09-19 — best price $3.342022-11-22 — best price $2.992022-12-22 — best price $2.992023-06-29 — best price $2.492023-12-21 — best price $2.492024-02-27 — best price $3.342024-03-14 — best price $2.492024-06-27 — best price $2.492024-10-28 — best price $1.242024-11-27 — best price $2.492024-12-20 — best price $2.492025-03-13 — best price $2.492025-06-26 — best price $1.242025-11-26 — best price $1.242025-12-18 — best price $1.242026-02-27 — best price $1.242026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-06-25 — best price $2.492026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
57.1%
earned "Learning Basics"
8.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Russian, Georgian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1804%16

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FunnyIndieActionCasualPhysicsAdventureDifficultDark HumorPlatformerReplay Value

Census log

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

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