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Patrick's Parabox

Patrick Traynor · 2022-03-29

SteamPlayStation Store

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 29, 2022 (Linux), Mar 29, 2022 (Mac), Mar 29, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 26, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 26, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

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.

29
playing now
99%
positive of 5.8k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
10h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 17h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

29 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Patrick's Parabox is a puzzle video game created by indie developer Patrick Traynor. Originating as a short demo built in 2020, the game was expanded and released on 29 March 2022 for PC, followed by a release on the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 on 26 July 2023. The game centers around playing with infinity and recursion by pushing boxes into and out of other boxes, sometimes in and out of itself, in order to finish the level by putting boxes into their spaces.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 29 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 722 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~90/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 116k–261k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,796 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2025-12-18) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
70170120222026Week of 2022-03-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 701 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

45162026-08-11 19:00 — 33 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 24 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 28 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 16 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 29 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 20 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 37 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 38 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 29 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 24 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 27 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 19 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 32 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 45 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 24 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 29 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 34 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 22 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 37 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 29 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 22 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 37 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 28 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 17 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 40 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 22 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 32 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 41 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 29 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$9.992022-03-292026-07-092022-03-29 — best price $17.992022-05-19 — best price $17.992022-06-23 — best price $17.992022-11-04 — best price $15.992022-12-22 — best price $15.992023-03-02 — best price $15.992023-03-16 — best price $15.992023-04-24 — best price $15.992023-06-08 — best price $15.992023-06-30 — best price $15.992023-08-03 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $14.992024-05-23 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $14.992024-07-20 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-28 — best price $19.992025-06-05 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-01-30 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-04 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7292026-05-30 — 35 pageviews2026-06-02 — 40 pageviews2026-06-05 — 14 pageviews2026-06-08 — 29 pageviews2026-06-11 — 30 pageviews2026-06-14 — 21 pageviews2026-06-17 — 38 pageviews2026-06-20 — 34 pageviews2026-06-23 — 38 pageviews2026-06-26 — 32 pageviews2026-06-29 — 35 pageviews2026-07-02 — 36 pageviews2026-07-05 — 28 pageviews2026-07-08 — 38 pageviews2026-07-11 — 24 pageviews2026-07-14 — 20 pageviews2026-07-17 — 19 pageviews2026-07-20 — 33 pageviews2026-07-23 — 23 pageviews2026-07-26 — 21 pageviews2026-07-29 — 37 pageviews2026-08-01 — 24 pageviews2026-08-04 — 21 pageviews2026-08-07 — 18 pageviews2026-08-10 — 19 pageviews2026-08-13 — 15 pageviews2026-08-16 — 25 pageviews2026-08-19 — 18 pageviews2026-08-22 — 25 pageviews2026-08-25 — 22 pageviews2026-08-27 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
93.7%
earned "Challenge puzzle"
36%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportSave Anytime1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,04118%22
PS5 (PlayStation)21338%23
Switch (Nintendo)560%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieLogicCasualPuzzleSokobanAbstractStrategyDifficultMinimalist

Census log

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

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