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Boxville is an award-winning adventure puzzle game.
Boxville is 2-in-1: an animated film and a puzzle game. Boxville is an adventure puzzle game about speechless cans living in the city of boxes and drawing doodles on cardboards to tell the stories. Boxville is good for playing alone to dive into the atmosphere and challenge your brain with sophisticated logic puzzles and riddles, or playing with a friend or family to share unique audio-visual experiences and solve the puzzles together. Design The core idea of the game is that it’s not just a game - but also an animated film that you can watch and play at the same time. We designed Boxville’s gameplay with the purpose of taking away your anxiety and stress. You can explore and observe the world without rushing and pressure. The game is full of environmental quests and logical puzzles that we have carefully picked from among hundreds of options. Story Boxville is a city of boxes populated with old cans. They live quiet and happy lives with their everyday routines and habits. But one day, unexplained earthquakes disturbed their idyll... Blue Can (our hero) lost his best friend because of that. He started his search but it is not so easy to move through the city after earthquakes. He has to find a way to move forward, return the friend back home and discover the real reason for all those earthquakes. There are many adventures, new friends and it’s not only friends that are waiting for him on the way. He has to be curious, inventive, careful, and to help others, to reach his goal. What you can expect to see and hear in Boxville: - Hand-drawn graphics — all backgrounds and characters are carefully drawn by our artists. - Every animation and sound is created especially for each interaction. - Unique music track was created for every scene to accomplish the atmosphere of the game. - Tens of logical puzzles and mini-games are tightly incorporated into the story of the game. - There are no words in the game — all characters communicate via cartoony speechbubbles.
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100% worth the $1.75
- John W. Bechtel II · v1.32
Not bad. Not great either. Maybe worth the price of admission
- Alex E · v1.32
I admit to have needed both text and video walkthru, but it's so very adorable, the art is very cute, and the puzzles are generally reasonable. Go support 🇺🇦 too.
- E Gonzales · v1.32
great game but very short I completed it quite quickly maybe a few hours with breaks in-between so could have been longer
- Alison Francis · v1.32
amazing 😍 I had a lot of fun solving the riddles and enjoying the environment. Those lovely drawings and riddles kept me hooked up.
- Ahmed Abdalla · v1.32
adorable
- Julia Rafferty · v1.32
Great puzzle. Especially on a flight
- Paul Evans · v1.32
Really beautiful game and exactly the style I was looking for: puzzle, creative, and similar to Machinarium and Samorost. I loved finding items, placing them in the right spot, or giving them to characters to progress. The art and atmosphere were amazing. I just wish there were more levels. Please make more games in this style. Thank you!
- Sepid (arzesh) · v1.32
As others have said, it is reminiscent of Machinarium, one of my favorite games. The art is beautiful, the characters are charming, the puzzles are just right, and the story is compelling. This is a calming, non-violent, low stress game that encourages you to notice the world and the characters rather than rush from puzzle to puzzle. It’d be a great family game to play with young kids. The music is also spot on. I liked helping the other characters and defeating the bullies, and the surprise part of the ending is delightful.
- quail · v1.17
Fabulous artwork combined with simple, point and click gameplay and a compelling storyline. Some puzzles are tricky but all have logical solutions. One or two items are hard to spot on a phone screen so you need to be vigilant. Very happy to see there is a 2nd game.
- Richard Carless · v1.32
Fun game with challenging puzzles. Game play could use a little tweaking, and a save function so you don't have to repeat puzzles. Overall a fun little game.
- Josh Cooke · v1.32
Great game
- Jakana Rita · v1.32
cute game for sure!! love the illustration and the music. great game!!
- Bebela Vang · v1.32
Spent most of the time looking up cheats which is not fun for me
- -//\\-- · v1.17
Unresponsive as hell. Had to look up walk-throughs twice in the first act, just to find out the solution was something I had already done 3 times to no avail. Pretty jank.
- ElevenDollarCheese · v1.32
Great game, beautiful and charming. Had to refer to walk through a couple of times, would be helpful if interactive items were larger and clearer to use. 😊
- Gennine blanning · v1.32
great! i wish it was longer
- R Free · v1.32
All in all a nice little puzzle game. But some of the puzzles/things you need to do are rather weird and don't come intuitively. Therefore I only gave 4 stars, but am excited for the sequel.
- Laura Keßler · v1.32
im so impressed by this game. the art, the story, the level of engagement... highly recommend to all players. translates perfectly to mobile too and you wont be able to put it down
- Anastasya Eli
such a cute game, absolutely loved it
- Kristina Pace · v1.32
great fun game, bit difficult in places to see what your trying to click on, but very good
- Noel Woods · v1.32
very calming, happy puzzle game, in case you need a mental break from the real-life horrors
- Dana · v1.32
Perfect game
- sartiel d · v1.32
Lovely story and cute game about a bit too short
- Pidaporn Buasua · v1.32
I enjoyed Samorost and Botanicula. This game gave me similar enjoyment. The difficulty of the puzzles were not too hard and not too easy. But I had to think a bit to solve them. Overall a very enjoyable game.
- Imran Hussain
great game, love the style, very short unfortunately, would hope number 2 for the price is quite a bit longer.
- Kane McHenry · v1.32
love it really entertaining
- LBC · v1.32
I loved playing this tricky little game. I look forward to the next one!
- ESPG Magrill · v1.17
Beautiful little game, very reminiscent of machinarium which I love. Quite short but the puzzles are fairly tricky, I had to get help a few times when I got stuck. I hope they release some more.
- Andy Franks · v1.32
Love this game! The story is cute and the animation style is similar to the Samorost series, Chuchel, Woolly Boy, and Machinarium games. The puzzles aren't too difficult and the playthrough is pretty straightforward. I just wish the game was longer and had more content.
- Aimee
Sssuuuper cool 😎 Style.. but that "CaN" 🛢outSmarted me 🤯🤓 a million times... This game is a keeper.. so unique & original.. Luv luvvv Luvv 😍
- Sbf 13 · v1.32
great art and interesting world. fun and cute. but way too short. :( will be checking out the sequel. hopefully a bit longer than this.
- Re St · v1.32
this was fun love it
- Dora Hidalgo · v1.32
Fun and interesting game
- Scott Fetter · v1.32
Enjoyable little puzzle game. I loved the art and animation. Could figure it out without needing to look stuff up which was nice. Perfect balance of easy and challenging. Such a creative concept!
- pasta94 · v1.17
I really enjoyed it. Limited menu interaction which I didn't like. No saving, so you'll repeat parts if you don't complete entire tasks. I didn't ke the repetition. Lastly, all the puzzles were simple but I there should be a skip option after an alloted time to keep things moving.
- DINA A (DINASAUR)
It’s not often I come across such a rare and rewarding gem. The beautiful and unique art pulled me in where the enduring story line along with the inviting design, creative layout and challenging puzzles captivated me fully. I was enthralled! Can’t wait to try other experiences by this amazing artistically talented team. Loved it!
- Rauhhh · v1.17
Very enjoyable! Cute characters, good storyline, nice graphics! Highly recommend!
- kris neufeld · v1.30
Great game! I loved it.
- Iskren Marinov · v1.30
Well written wordless story filled with relaxing, well made music with a positive story. Was the perfect game to play with my 5 year old. Slava Ukraine from a Russian American. Buying Boxville 2
- BlargeBarge · v1.17
Wasn't very long but overall it was a cute game. There's no hints so in some instances unless you hit exactly the right spot you may think you're wrong trying to do something even though it makes perfect sense to you.
- Justin Ferguson · v1.30
Great, nice graphics, too bad it's so short though.
- Magdalena Wu · v1.30
great little game for as long as it lasts. The puzzles do not give you verbal instructions instead they give visual ones. I think this makes the game more well rounded for any language to understand. they took me more than one try on most of them but I felt very satisfied in the end. I'll be buying part 2 immediately! ty to this team for a great experience
- Efrain Dominguez · v1.30
A walk-through had to help me through this game and the game is very good. The artwork is amazing. The story is amazing and I like the artwork. I just said that and the character designs are amazing.
- The game reviewing traveler · v1.17
This was the cutest game ever! I enjoyed every second of game play. Definitely recommend! It's not long, although I wish it was, but it was worth it :)
- Alisha Melcher · v1.30
Amazing game ! Great job to the creators I swear! Makes my head think like crazy love it
- arielpc1992 · v1.17
bugs, slow response, takes forever to load. CUTE GAME, some what challenging
- K L · v1.30
This is one of the top moblie games I’ve played in years! The puzzles are perfectly difficult, and the atmosphere is so precious! I was in love start to finish!!
- Spookypuppy14 · v1.17
lovely quirky point and click - thoroughly enjoyed playing it until it continuously crashed at the third time of hitting the bottle with the slingshot - but I liked it so much that I still give it 5 stars!
- Mrs Mop · v1.29
Some parts had to consult walkthrough but I enjoyed the game fully to the ending. Hints would have been nice in-game and some to allow skip puzzles.
- Chikushiki · v1.17
such a well designed game, challenges are mild to solve, and the game has great dynamics too!
- Pedro Luiz Mascaranhas Amaral · v1.29
Like other people have said, the inventory items are so small I don’t even notice them at first. Otherwise this game is fine. Not very original, but fine. What finally got me to give up on the game was the spinning disc puzzle. Seems simple enough, and it is, if you could get the discs to actually touch each other. After trying forever to get my second disc touching and therefore spinning, I just gave up. Maybe if I were playing on a tablet instead of my phone it would be easier, but I’m not. It was impossible and I just ended up deleting the game.
- D-MR · v1.17
I really was excited for the game. However I couldn’t even go past the first few tasks. The game just simply froze and nothing could’ve fixed it
- Rayyara · v1.17
Easy and slow to play. For relaxed gamers. Minus one Star, because it stuck a couple of times. Had to turn it off and on to work again, but then I've had to do everything from the beginning, from the last saved point.
- Astf · v1.29
Love this game! Story line wonderful, puzzles great and graphics awesome!
- Option382 · v1.17
Amazing,Great fun game.Highly recommended!
- June Long · v1.29
Really fun game with superb graphics. Puzzles were not too difficult and gameplay was easy to follow. Keep up the good work and looking forward to more games.
- Ringo Fonebone · v1.29
This was super cute and fairly easy to understand. A bit challenging. But I was super surprised when it was just suddenly over. I think I finished it in just a couple hours. It was fun but definitely short. Wish it was longer
- alphagrl · v1.17
the game keeps randomly closing on me and won't save my progress
- Chel D. · v1.29
So much fun playing with my kid! Sweet and atmospheric with a number of tricky puzzles. Definitely reminiscent of Machinarium, but not as long.
- Leah Broadby · v1.29
Fun little game, full of puzzles that can be a bit tricky at times! I just wish it was longer ;-)
- LanceG Colorado · v1.17
Some puzzles can be tricky at times, but other than that, it’s great! Get boxville 2 done as fast as you can! (Get it? Can?) 🥫📦
- otjhfjtdnutvjy · v1.17
The game started off cute enough aside from the backgrounds (albeit beautiful) being huge and detailed and every item being the size of an actual needle hole. Before I could solve even the first task, I somehow practically soft locked myself by getting to and pushing down the fridge immediately after I started. I had no idea this was the case as I walked back and forth between the fish guy, couch guy and broom guy and garden lady. This blocked the water for the plants and was just so confused. Some of the puzzles were hard but intuitive, others easy and some just straight up making me play another game like sudoku, minus 4 pieces that I spent tons of time looking for, connect four, circuit wire puzzle, gear puzzle and the awful shop guy puzzle you where you had to get 10 right or you start over but you can't see what the heck the tiny symbols are. Just felt like a cheap way to extend an already short game. My biggest complaint though is the clunky movement. The backgrounds seem so vast yet you're so limited where you can walk, if the characters will even walk where you tell it without talking to someone or going up an elevator. Perhaps it's best played on an iPad if you don't mind playing a bunch of existing mini puzzles.
- iheartnjdevils · v1.17
its good and too short 😅 i hope got update for new chapter
- Azlan Raffie · v1.29
Lovely little game. Loved the style and the difficulty was just right. 👍
- Victoria Strunk · v1.29
Adorable and fun! It's short but worth it
- K S · v1.29
Oh my goodness. This game is an absolute masterpiece! It’s beautiful, relaxing, and the character your playing is a sweet character and amazing friend, the game’s graphics are just perfect, and amazing! I love this game, the art is just so perfect, and the gameplay is so good!! The puzzles are challenging and fun, and relaxing. Seeing my little soda can character smile just warms my heart, and his neighbours are kind and helpful!! Overall, this is an amazing game, and I really recommend buying. I feel really sorry for the dog though and I miss it already 😔 💖 ~ ItzjustOceanthecatlover🍋🟩🌅
- Lemon_grassocean 🌅🪶 :3 · v1.17
Good puzzles and nice story
- Fizzymix · v1.29
Please fix keeps crashing. I tried contacting you guy and can't find anyone to talk to on your website! Please fix I shouldn't have to contact you for something I paid for or just refund my money.
- Ann Marie Soto · v1.29
Cute and frustrating at the same time. Some of us older folk aren't use to thinking this hard and outside the 'box'... Y'all make it hard to figure out what goes where and how. I'll never let Rusty outside again after this..lol. Quite the game, enjoyed it.
- J B “Catfish” · v1.29
Fantastic game with world-class puzzles, fantastic background music, and beautiful colors. Really enjoyed it 👌👌👌👌
- SHUBHAM SHARMA · v1.29
Echt gut gemacht!
- Ata Chi · v1.29
A very cool adventure & puzzle game but it has a glitsch. After the casino part when the canman exchanges the 2 coins with the fish, the game goes blank. I uninstalled and then reinstalled it, and then played it till that part in one go but it shuts down again. I even uninstalled all my other games, hoping to free up space but with no luck. As soon as the canman gets that fish, the game shuts down. It does not want to proceed to the next stage.
- Claudia Albrecjt · v1.29
Love the game, the art, the challenges, and the storyline.
- Tierra Filder · v1.29
Played the first scene in the game and left it to do other things. Next day tapped the icon and it got stuck and wouldn’t open.
- Rickstermon · v1.17
Love the ending the dog was super cute!
- Noone2082 · v1.17
There are so many glitches and bugs that prevent progress beyond the second area, about 10 minutes in to the game. Like cutting the wire before watering the dead plants, or not being able to grab items from the trash. Go back and fix this, the genius who pushed this game out too early should 100% be fired. And if tithe the developer reading this: don’t ask me to email you the list of bugs. That’s a waste of my time and I’m not going to do your work for you. That’s literally your job. I wish I could send this directly to the game developer.
- Shower Steve · v1.17
This game has so much going for it! It’s beautiful, charming, adorable, delightful, has endearing characters, an engaging story, and more! But there’s a tedium factor that grows as I play… for one thing there’s no ‘run’ mode to get the blue can from one place to another, and often you have to go from scene to scene to complete an action, and it’s sloooow going. Also the inventory button disappears when certain things are happening and you have to wait for it to come back to try an idea. More slow going. There’s a lot of trial and error, and this plus the slowness makes for so much waiting and tedium. Plus there are either none or very vague instructions on many of the mini games and it was impossible for me to know what was expected without a walkthrough (thank goodness for the people who post online walkthroughs!). For instance, on the ‘tower’ game - I thought the instructions were to reproduce with the red pieces the diagrams on the little poster that was shown. But no, it was something entirely different. In the fuse box game I was completely stumped on what was required and the game doesn’t help you by letting you know when something is correct, and I didn’t understand the solution even after seeing it in the walkthrough. Etc, etc, etc. It’s not fun being stuck over and over and having everything take so long. Without the walkthrough I’d be just about at my breaking point and on the verge of deleting. The walkthrough makes it possible for me to continue. Oh, and there are no hints. So three stars because the game deserves recognition for what it does offer, but it’s just not a five star game. Such a good start but needs real improvement so that gameplay is more pleasurable.
- Suzsho · v1.17
The puzzle with nine individual answers made me call it quits. I always got the first eight answers right, but never the ninth. I was so fed up with the continual dissatisfaction that I deleted the game. Thank god!
- Hangandsteve · v1.17
It was pretty short but was an ok game
- AnastaciaMay · v1.17
I exited the game a few minutes after opening it, and when I came back some time later, it was frozen. I could access the inventory, but the little can guy was gone, along with all the other characters, and all that was left was the background. The flame glitched shortly after the “can dog” jumps down from the house. I tried closing and reopening the game, turning off my device and turning it back on, as well as deleting the app and redownloading.
- Meeeee?!!! · v1.17
I just downloaded the game and now the red coin has disappeared from my inventory and I can't get the coin out of the washing machine!! Now I don't know what to do and I can't restart the game! In short I am stuck and can't get the red coin back!! What happened?? If this is not resolved I would like my money back.
- Mustok1 · v1.17
This is my favorite game now. Pls make another one.
- armadillo lord 55555 · v1.17
I find this perfectly adorable. Completing missions at relaxing pace and putting the clues together was exactly what I needed to stimulate my brain while taking my mind off all the horrible things in the world.
- Parallel Sandwiches · v1.17
Amazing graphics, amazing puzzles, challenging at times, but very well done. Fun and worth every cent. Thank you guys!
- Fabio46NY · v1.17
Now that this game works with Apple Pencil, I could play it and I really like it! Original artwork and challenges. One of the few good point and click adventures for iOS. Too bad there is no skip or restart option for tedious puzzles.
- Cloud Server · v1.17
Love the game. Three wheels is too hard for me. There is a bug for the basket on the dryer. After using it, if you get on top of the dryer, another basket will appear and drop on the ground. It doesn’t affect the gameplay though. Please make more games like this. Thank you all.
- 狗大厨 · v1.17
The artwork was beautiful and the puzzles were decent but the next thing to do was not intuitive at all. Often times, it made no sense what you were supposed to do with an object. Use the red poker chip at the casino? No. The washing machine. What?
- Frustrated and hot · v1.17
An endearing game, albeit a bit brief! Fun and thoughtful puzzles with a simple storyline. Kudos to the devs for hearing criticism and squashing bugs, while improving gameplay! Look forward to more games from this studio!
- That1HoneyBadger · v1.17
Loved the feel but could of definitely lasted longer finished in less than two hours
- Lexiec86 · v1.17
You erased all my progress with the newest update! Not worth playing over again.
- Feline Muse · v1.16
I am a huge fan of point click inventory puzzle games. However this one has dull characters, annoying controls (tiny objects plus using them brings up control center). On top of all, somehow my game history is erased and game starts from the very beginning. I wish I tried the free version before buying.
- parrotlt · v1.16
Well I tried for about an hour to get that dust mop the size of an eyelash into the game screen and then deleted. Let me know if the controls get easier to use on a phone
- Kentucky Megachurch · v1.13
A very very nice game. Hope this developer will continue to come up with these types of games. Clean, no killing, no sex, no violence. Just a great game with a few puzzles here and there. Thanks
- retired electrical worker · v1.13
This game was a joy to play. I was having a rough day and looking for something to change my mood. This game was charming, fun, the puzzles were challenging but not impossible. Wish it were longer but honestly if it was i would have never slept. Please make more like it.
- Hthr62084 · v1.13
Boxville’s is truly such a lovely experience from the art style to the music honestly a very relaxing and lovely time playing.
- hellsing1055 · v1.13
I have to say I was surprised by the lack of support for the pencil especially since the game is supported on my iPad. There are several puzzles that are more difficult because your finger is in the way. Otherwise it’s a pleasant game.
- DGZeek · v1.13
I purchased this game not too long ago as I am one who very much enjoys puzzle games. Especially ones like these where it’s visually pleasing. It very much reminds me of Machinarium. The main inconvenience I am experiencing however is whenever I touch the screen, regardless on where, the home bar appears. Then eventually fades away. This occurs constantly and won’t stop no matter what I do. With it appearing and disappearing all the time is constantly off putting that it ruins the experience for me.
- Carson lujan · v1.13
The graphics for inventory items are so small I can’t see them under my finger as I drag them onto the scene to use. It’s very hard to see when the item activates this way. It would be much easier to see if I could use a stylus (like my Apple Pencil) instead of my finger. I’m on an iPad 11 Pro. That said, I love the artwork, the story, the soundtrack, and the puzzles so far. Edit: I found an old rubber tip stylus and solved my fat finger problem. This game is delightful. I hope you are safe, and I hope you make more
- JayDeeJaye · v1.13
Contrary to another review, I find nothing “logical” about this game. Rather, it’s impossibly frustrating. How anyone can get 451 from those flowers is beyond me. The twigs will absolutely not tie together no matter what or how many times I try. If it weren’t for a walkthrough, I wouldn’t have even got that far, and even with the walkthrough it won’t work. Not a relaxing game, not fun, just infuriating. I’m so tired of wasting money on iPhone games, just to be this mad about it!
- fsmartin · v1.13
It’s super short and too linear to be fun. Sure, the game looks cute but it’s just too short, too easy and kind of annoying to handle. Play 157 instead!!
- KonkeyDongOne · v1.13
This game is great! The puzzles are fun without being frustratingly hard, the artwork is beautiful, and the story is absolutely adorable. I thoroughly enjoyed playing Boxville!!
- Ghrsxchiokbv · v1.13
不过瘾
- 赵丹丹1987 · v1.13
I really enjoyed playing this fun game. The puzzles are not repetitive. The whole experience was very enjoyable.
- wilddiscovery · v1.13
Maybe some words would be helpful? Thought I was saving my game … I was deleting the save I had and restarting it. So … not gonna play it now till that frustration wears off.
- KetraB · v1.13
Fun way to get away from the every pressured world. Thank you.
- Melissa31416 · v1.13
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