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Games like Patrick's Parabox

  • 21 games
  • Updated Nov 2, 2026

Players who liked Patrick's Parabox also play

The closest matches to Patrick's Parabox: Baba Is You, Stephen's Sausage Roll, Sokobond, Gentoo Rescue, and 14 Minesweeper Variants. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Also Sokoban and Logic, like Patrick's Parabox.

    • $14.99 (Price checked Nov 2)
    • 2019
  2. Rank 03

    Why this

    Also Sokoban and Abstract, like Patrick's Parabox.

    • $4.49 (Price checked Nov 2)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2014
  1. Rank 04

    Gentoo Rescue

    Why this: Shares procedural generation and puzzle solving with Patrick's Parabox.

    • $19.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2025
  2. Rank 05

    14 Minesweeper Variants

    Why this: Shares procedural generation with Patrick's Parabox.

    • $6.99 (Price checked Nov 2)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2022
  3. Rank 07

    Room to Grow

    • $9.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2021

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Patrick's Parabox

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Baba Is You

    Also Sokoban and Logic, like Patrick's Parabox.

    • 98% of 12,222 reviews
  2. 2
    Stephen's Sausage Roll

    Same challenging mood as Patrick's Parabox.

    • 97% of 1,082 reviews
  3. 3
    Sokobond

    Also Sokoban and Abstract, like Patrick's Parabox.

    • 92% of 280 reviews
  4. 4
    Gentoo Rescue

    Shares procedural generation and puzzle solving with Patrick's Parabox.

    • 100% of 163 reviews
  5. 5
    14 Minesweeper Variants

    Shares procedural generation with Patrick's Parabox.

    • 98% of 449 reviews
  6. 6
    Manifold Garden

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 95% of 4,329 reviews
  7. 7
    Room to Grow

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Casual

    • 96% of 136 reviews
  8. 8
    A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build

    Genres: Indie

    • 97% of 416 reviews
  9. 9
    Loophole

    Genres: Indie

    • 99% of 114 reviews
  10. 10
    Linelith

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Casual

    • 99% of 895 reviews
  11. 11
    Maxwell's puzzling demon

    Genres: Indie, Casual

    • 97% of 78 reviews
  12. 12
    Filament

    Genres: Strategy, Indie

    • 84% of 383 reviews
  13. 13
    Paquerette Down the Bunburrows

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Casual

    • 97% of 540 reviews
  14. 14
    SOK MIN

    Genres: Indie, Casual

    • 86% of 51 reviews
  15. 15
    Jelly Is Sticky

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Casual

    • 96% of 79 reviews
  16. 16
    Antichamber

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 95% of 10,145 reviews
  17. 17
    Yugo Puzzle

    Genres: Indie

    • 99% of 95 reviews
  18. 18
    140

    Genres: Action, Indie

    • 95% of 1,292 reviews
  19. 19
    Strange Jigsaws

    Shares puzzle solving with Patrick's Parabox.

    • 100% of 2,800 reviews
  20. 20
    Starseed Pilgrim

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 79% of 173 reviews
  21. 21
    Parcel

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 84% of 82 reviews
  22. 22
    Understand

    Also Abstract and Logic, like Patrick's Parabox.

    • 91% of 333 reviews
  23. 23
    Puddle Knights

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Casual

    • 100% of 131 reviews
  24. 24
    Hexcells Infinite

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Casual

    • 98% of 2,519 reviews
Patrick's Parabox — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2022
  • Developer: Patrick Traynor
  • Price: $19.99checked Nov 2
  • Steam Deck: Deck Playable
  • 99% of 2,127 reviews
  • Genres: Strategy, Indie, Casual
  • Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux

Players highlight

  • Creative and fun mechanics
  • Brutal
  • Challenging
  • Paradox exploration
  • Procedural generation
  • Puzzle solving

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About Patrick's Parabox

The closest matches to Patrick's Parabox: Baba Is You, Stephen's Sausage Roll, Sokobond, Gentoo Rescue, and 14 Minesweeper Variants. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Patrick's Parabox is your kind of game, the closest matches are Baba Is You, Stephen's Sausage Roll and Sokobond — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as brutal and challenging, and single out its paradox exploration and procedural generation. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

Patrick's Parabox is a challenging strategy puzzle game released in 2022 by developer Patrick Traynor. Players navigate a recursive system of boxes nested within other boxes, employing paradox-exploration and rule-bending mechanics to solve increasingly complex problems. The game features procedural-generation to create its long campaign of demanding scenarios, with mechanics centered on puzzle-solving and creative spatial reasoning. Reviewers highlight the creative-and-fun-mechanics and note that tactical-positioning-matters throughout its many levels. Players describe the experience as brutal and challenging, rewarding persistent logical thinking. The game runs in a playable state on Steam Deck and costs $19.99. It supports single-player sessions designed for extended sit-down play and holds a 99% positive rating from over 2100 Steam reviews.

About Patrick's Parabox: A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes. Learn to use infinity to your advantage as you explore a deep and elegant system.

Is Patrick's Parabox worth buying?

  • 99% of 2,127 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • Price: $19.99 (checked Nov 8).
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 14 h when they wrote their review.
  • Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

People who play it also play: Baba Is You, Stephen's Sausage Roll, Sokobond

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Frequently asked about Patrick's Parabox

Can I run it?

Does Patrick's Parabox run on Steam Deck?

Patrick's Parabox is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.

How much does Patrick's Parabox cost?

Patrick's Parabox is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).

What games are most similar to Patrick's Parabox?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Patrick's Parabox are Baba Is You, Stephen's Sausage Roll, Sokobond.

Who developed Patrick's Parabox?

Patrick's Parabox was developed by Patrick Traynor.