Patrick's Parabox
- July 25, 2023
- Patrick Traynor
- 12h median play time
Patrick’s Parabox is a fun puzzler for all ages, whether you like puzzles or not. It’s easy to play, and I found myself becoming easily addicted to solving each puzzle, losing hours of time into this fun little game.
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Get on PS StorePatrick's Parabox is an award-winning puzzle game featuring over 350 hand-crafted puzzles that explore a unique recursive system of boxes within boxes. Players manipulate boxes and navigate challenging mechanics, learning to use infinity to their advantage. Soothed by a calming soundtrack, players delve deeper into the system, discovering new ideas and mechanics as they go. The game has received critical acclaim, including the Excellence in Design award in the Independent Games Festival 2020.
Mac OS
Nintendo Switch
PC
Playstation 5
Windows
Linux
PlayStation
Reviews
- gameplay814 mentions
- 28 % positive mentions
- 71 % neutral mentions
- 1 % negative mentions
- music119 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
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- graphics108 mentions
- 40 % positive mentions
- 60 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- story33 mentions
- 6 % positive mentions
- 36 % neutral mentions
- 58 % negative mentions
- funny29 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
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- emotional9 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- grinding8 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
- atmosphere8 mentions
- 75 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- replayability4 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
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- stability2 mentions
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- optimization2 mentions
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Critic Reviews
Patrick's Parabox Review - Boxed In
Patrick's Parabox is an excellent puzzle game that you'll want to be going back to not just to clear its 364 puzzles, but because it is the perfect cerebral-cozy game that has a calming yet exciting vibe as you solve puzzles and relax with a soundtrack that amplifies your ability to enter a calm flow state of thinking. The pacing of each new mechanic and rule to the puzzles is great, and discovering each new mechanic as you solve a puzzle only makes you want to play the next puzzle more to see how creative developer Patrick Traynor gets with it, and he certainly doesn't disappoint.
90%Patrick's Parabox Review
Patrick’s Parabox is a fun puzzler for all ages, whether you like puzzles or not. It’s easy to play, and I found myself becoming easily addicted to solving each puzzle, losing hours of time into this fun little game.
100%Patrick's Parabox review - a minimalist puzzler of beautiful recursive depth
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