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Games like Boxlife

2016PC79 % positive

A tiny first-person metroidvania where you unlock abilities one by one, hunt for secrets and try to break out of the titular box.

  • Interconnected level design
  • Jumping and platforming
  • Lots to discover

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In short: Games like Boxlife

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Boxlife special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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You Have to Win the Game

89 %Match

2012PC, Steam Deck verified92 % positivefree

Brings what grabs you about Boxlife: interconnected level design, lots to discover as well as jumping and platforming.

A free retro platformer styled after early 1980s PC games, where you explore a small world full of hidden routes and secrets in order to win. It playfully toys with genre conventions and has little story or conventional combat.

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Antiflux

Interconnected level design

A tricky puzzle platformer in the Metroidvania mold, where new abilities gradually open up more areas and puzzles. Little information is available about this indie title, so the ratings are conservative.

Gateways

Interconnected level design

A 2D puzzle-platformer set in an inventor's lab, where you use gateway guns to open paths through walls. Portal-style puzzles meet Metroidvania-style exploration and unlockable abilities.

Refunct

Gameplay comes before story

A short, relaxed first-person platformer where you jump across minimalist platforms and press buttons to bring a gray, barren world back to life. Pressure-free, ideal for a quick break or speedrunning.

Antichamber

Pure single-player experience

A surreal first-person puzzler where impossible spaces and geometry defy logic. Short philosophical messages guide you through a minimalist, vivid world full of aha moments.

1000 Amps

Interconnected level design

As the little plug Plug, you explore a sprawling tree-like network, light up its areas and solve puzzles in a compact Metroidvania-style platformer.

Gravitas

Pure single-player experience

A short first-person puzzle platformer where you bend gravity and the surreal architecture of a gallery to solve clever spatial challenges.

Supraland: Six Inches Under

Interconnected level design

A first-person metroidvania set beneath the surface of Supraland, shining with clever physics and environmental puzzles, hidden secrets and free exploration. Its light humor and constant discoveries are the main draw.

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