77/100
Players14 ratings: 83/100
Critics4 reviews

Where to get it

Nintendo eShop

2015 · HAL Laboratory · Platformer · Puzzle

BoxBoy!

Nintendo exclusive

Box Boy! is a platform game in which players control a box-shaped character named Qbby as he makes his way through each level. The source of the game's mechanics come from Qbby's ability to spawn boxes out of his body, the number of which varies between each level. These boxes can spread out in whatever direction is possible to make various shapes and can either be carried or thrown and pushed around.

Released: 14 January 2015
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Genres: Platformer Puzzle Strategy
Developers: HAL Laboratory
Publishers: Nintendo
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Fantasy Science fiction Historical Educational

About

BoxBoy! is a series of puzzle-platform games developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. The series centres around Qbby, a square-shaped character who can produce a string of connected boxes. The boxes are used to overcome obstacles in stages that Qbby must be guided through.

, released on January 14, 2015, in Japan on the Nintendo 3DS. , in 2017. A physical compilation of the first three games, HakoBoy! Hakozume Box, was released in Japan.

Keywords

aliens
death
robots
spaceship
flight
time limit
edutainment
blocks
pixel art
base building
teleportation
giant insects

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Reception

The BoxBoy! series has received generally favourable reviews from critics according to review aggregator website Metacritic. Each game earned between 80 and 83/100.

IGN awarded the first game, BoxBoy!, 8.2/10, complementing its black-and-white style and level of complexity. GameSpot gave the same game a score of 8/10 for its clever puzzles, easiness, and cuteness. However, they criticized its slow difficulty ramp.