Patrick’s Parabox
By Patrick Traynor
Move boxes inside other boxes and discover how nested spaces change a familiar puzzle.
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Inside the game
THE QUICK INTRODUCTION
What’s it all about?
Patrick’s Parabox starts with pushing objects, then makes the interior of a box somewhere you can enter. That relationship creates puzzles in which a small arrangement and the larger space around it influence each other. Learning what nesting permits is the real source of progress.
When a route seems blocked, reconsider which space you are treating as the outside. The game introduces its ideas through puzzles, rewarding a careful look at relationships rather than fast inputs. It is well suited to players who enjoy a rule gradually becoming stranger while remaining precise enough to reason about.
Release and platform details
Developer: Patrick Traynor. Publisher: Patrick Traynor. Steam listing release date: 29 Mar, 2022.
Official sources
Store listings checked on 10 October 2026. Availability, requirements and purchases may vary by platform and region.
Image credit: Patrick Traynor. Official cover artwork and PC screenshots sourced from the official Steam listing. Images belong to their respective owners. The screenshots show the PC release; mobile versions may look different.
Your kind of game if…
Logic-puzzle players who enjoy recursion and changing perspectives.
GET OFF TO A GOOD START
How to play
- Track which box contains your current space.
- Test how an entrance changes when a box moves.
- Revisit the outer arrangement when an inner route is blocked.