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Games like Hidden Boxes

If Hidden Boxes is your kind of game, the closest matches are Battle Snails, Crash & Bump and Five-Finger Gunslinger — picked from the ranked list below. 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.

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About Hidden Boxes: In Hidden Boxes, players are divided into two different teams: seekers and props. Seekers try to find props before time runs out.

2024ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDWindowsby Stackedbox
Hidden Boxes — Steam game cover

Players who liked Hidden Boxes also play

Steam players who put hours into Hidden Boxes also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Battle Snails

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Hidden Boxes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Hidden Boxes.

    Create a snail and join the battle. Take control of the backyard with Battle Snails! Climb walls, hang upside down and move anywhere. Team up with your friends for a tank game unlike any other!

    ActionStrategyCasualSteam ↗
  2. Crash & Bump

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Hidden Boxes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hidden Boxes.

    Crash & Bump is an online multiplayer shooter... mixed with obstacle courses! Eliminate your opponents while dodging the obstacles and take advantage of the power-ups to get the victory.

    2023ActionIndieCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Five-Finger Gunslinger

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Hidden Boxes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hidden Boxes.

    Five-Finger Gunslinger is a third-person online arena-battle game where players compete against their friends to become the most popular kid in the west.

    2020ActionIndieCasualFreeSteam ↗
  4. Slug Wars

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Hidden Boxes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Hidden Boxes.

    Slug Wars is an online multiplayer 3rd-person shooter, where you play as cute Slugs, and after being eliminated you get to choose a power up! Slug Wars has been designed to be more approachable entry to the shooting game genre, and for the best experience we recommend playing with your friends!

    2025ActionCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Combat Beans: Total Mayhem

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Hidden Boxes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hidden Boxes.

    Battle in frantic third person arena-based combat. Customize your bean with unique cosmetics and bully your buddies across multiple game modes.

    2024ActionIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Hidden Boxes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Hidden Boxes.

    Ready the Peashooters and prepare for the craziest, funniest shooter in the universe: Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2.

    2022ActionStrategyCasual8.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Dreams: Unlimited links

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Hidden Boxes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Hidden Boxes.

    《Dreams: Unlimited links》 is a third-person shooter competitive game that features a variety of unique heroes, exciting gameplay modes, and rich scene maps and battlegrounds. Players fight exciting battles against opponents, through diverse arsenal and model transitions.

    2023ActionCasualEarly Access2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Arcane Fist

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Hidden Boxes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hidden Boxes.

    Master the art of elemental combat in Arcane Fist, a free-to-play, anime-inspired 3D platform fighter. Wield the power of fire, water, earth, and more as you battle to knock opponents off the stage in chaotic 3v3 team brawls or intense 1v1 duels.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hidden Boxes at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hidden Boxes on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hidden Boxes.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Hidden Boxes on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hidden Boxes.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hidden Boxes on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Hidden Boxes.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hidden Boxes on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Hidden Boxes.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hidden Boxes on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Hidden Boxes.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hidden Boxes on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hidden Boxes.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hidden Boxes on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Hidden Boxes.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hidden Boxes on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Hidden Boxes.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hidden Boxes.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hidden Boxes.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hidden Boxes.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Hidden Boxes.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hidden Boxes.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hidden Boxes.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Hidden Boxes.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hidden Boxes.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Hidden Boxes

How much does Hidden Boxes cost?
Hidden Boxes is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Hidden Boxes have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Hidden Boxes supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to Hidden Boxes?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hidden Boxes are Battle Snails, Crash & Bump, Five-Finger Gunslinger.
Who developed Hidden Boxes?
Hidden Boxes was developed by Stackedbox.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Hidden Boxes.

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