Patrick's Parabox

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 puzzle, sokoban 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 3,915 reviews of which 3,885 were positive and 30 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Patrick's Parabox into these genres:

Puzzle Sokoban Logic Minimalist Abstract Singleplayer 2D Indie Difficult Casual Strategy

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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

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Dec. 2024

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ Quality: ★★★★★★★★★★ 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.

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

Sept. 2024

fun mechanic and medium difficulty. hope for an official level editor for DIY levels.

April 2024

When you solve a lot of these puzzles, and fully understand them, you feel like you've taken acid. Some puzzle experts say it's too easy. It's no Stephen's Sausage Roll but boy does it make you think in ways that seem paradoxical but become almost intuitive. Mind bending stuff.

Feb. 2024

Quick Score: 5/5 Notes: Just realized I forgot to write a review for this game. I don't remember the details because its been too long. But overall the game is good. If you are looking for a puzzle game, or you like puzzle games, you should buy this puzzle game. 🙂

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19.50€

9.5

3,885

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Developer

Patrick Traynor

Publisher

Patrick Traynor

Release 29 Mar 2022

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