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A short platformer where you play as a box, summoning boxes while exploring their uses. Interact with a witty narrator, make choices, and uncover multiple endings and secrets. Surreal atmosphere with original music. Includes flashing lights and potentially disturbing content.
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Release Date

28 Jan, 2026

Publisher/Developer

A Cardboard Box

Reviews

Steam: 91.67% positive (55/60)
Metacritic: -

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A Game About Boxes

Step into a compact, atmospheric platformer where you play as a box who can summon other boxes. The game treats boxes as more than containers—each box is a tool with its own possibilities. You navigate a hollow, minimal world while engaging with a witty narrator who reveals the odd usefulness of cardboard and the strange life of your box-made existence.

This is a short platformer‑based tale built around choice. You decide whether to follow the narrator’s instructions or to push back against its frustrations. Your decisions open alternate paths, uncovering multiple endings and hidden secrets that shape the fate of your little box.

The experience thrives on mood over spectacle. A deliberately empty atmosphere is paired with original ambience and music to reinforce the sense of being inside a world made of simple, everyday material. The soundtrack features tracks such as Eating Chicken Almonds and Rice, Forest Noise, and Unpalpable Joy by ACardboardBox, providing a quirky yet evocative backdrop to the journey.

Think outside the box, but not too far—the game playfully nudges you toward curiosity while preserving its own boundaries. The title’s playful refrain, Don’t Be Square, hints at the balance between experimentation and staying true to the experience.

Narration and choice are at the heart of the experience. You’ll encounter moments of humor, tension, and introspection as you weigh obedience against independence. The story unfolds through your interactions with the narrator, revealing different outcomes and pathways as you decide the destiny of your cardboard avatar.

Note that the game hints at cardboard‑themed overlord motifs and presents a world that can feel eerie or unsettling at times. It also includes flashing lights and epilepsy warnings, and may explore creepy or disturbing subject matter as part of its atmosphere.

Key features

  • Play as a box who can summon other boxes and use them in creative ways
  • Short, story-driven platformer with branching endings
  • Interactive narration that shapes your path and the box’s fate
  • Atmospheric visuals and original music by ACardboardBox
  • Humor, puzzle elements, and thought-provoking themes about boxes and usefulness
  • Epilepsy and content warnings for flashing lights and disturbing subject matter