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Games like What The Box?

If What The Box? is your kind of game, the closest matches are Wasted Pizza, Dangerous FightCIA and Sky Noon — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its absurd premise hooks instantly, deception based gameplay shines and comedic. 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 What The Box?: What the box is an Online Multiplayer shooter in which players control living boxes hiding amongst regular boxes while trying to destroy each other. Run around with your trusty box cutter in hand or stand still and wait for the perfect moment to strike!

2016ActionIndie4.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Bitten Toast Games Inc.
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Players who liked What The Box? also play

Steam players who put hours into What The Box? 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. Wasted Pizza

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for What The Box? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with What The Box?.

    Wasted Pizza is an Online Multiplayer shooter game where you will be playing as an untouched pizza in a room full of all the other pizzas but be aware you aren't the only untouched pizza out there. Your mission is hiding amongst the other pizzas, spot and shoot tomatos on the other untouched pizzas.

    2017ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Dangerous FightCIA

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for What The Box? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with What The Box?.

    Welcome to the adrenaline-pumping adventure "Dangerous Fight" - an online shooter that will take you to the heart of the action in the atmosphere of the city of Yerevan, Armenia. You will go into epic battles where the technology of the future and the cultural heritage of the ancient city mix.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Sky Noon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with What The Box?.

    Third-strongest match for What The Box? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with What The Box?.

    Sky Noon is a First-Person Shooter with Brawler mechanics. Players are equipped with a grappling hook, a lasso and an arsenal of weapons and abilities. There is no health in Sky Noon - players eliminate their enemies by pushing and pulling them off the Floating Frontier.

    2018ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ace Squared

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for What The Box? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with What The Box?.

    Ace Squared is a multiplayer arena first-person shooter. You can build huge structures and dig tunnels behind enemy lines. Imagination is the only limit. Featuring 32-player servers, different classes and gamemodes.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Hacktag

    WHY THIS

    Shares a comedic mood with What The Box?.

    Ranked #5 for What The Box? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with What The Box?.

    Hacktag is a fast-paced two-player co-op stealth-game with unique asymmetric gameplay. Play as the stealth Agent in the field or as the virtually-infiltrated Hacker and work together to carry out espionage missions where nothing goes as expected!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Wild Animal Racing

    WHY THIS

    Shares a comedic mood with What The Box?.

    Ranked #6 for What The Box? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with What The Box?.

    Wild Animal Racing is an exciting go-kart simulation game with a twist. Play as an elephant, a lion, a zebra, a giraffe, a rhino or a hippo! Play against the other animals or against a friend on the same PC with the split-screen mode! Or invite Steam friends in the multiplayer mode!

    2016ActionSportsIndie3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Shotgun Farmers

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with What The Box?.

    Ranked #7 for What The Box? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with What The Box?.

    Shotgun Farmers is the multplayer shooter where missed shots grow guns. Fire your bullets into the ground to plant your ammo. The longer a gun plant grows the more ammo you will get!

    2019ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Second Wave

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for What The Box? fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with What The Box?.

    Welcome to the world of Second Wave, where the battle for supremacy is about to begin! Get ready to dive headfirst into a world that combines the best elements of competitive team-based shooters into an exhilarating gaming experience unlike any other!

    2024ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to What The Box?

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Screencheat

    WHY THIS

    Shares a comedic mood with What The Box?.

    Reviewers of What The Box? cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with What The Box?.

    Screencheat is a ridiculous competitive split-screen first-person shooter where everyone is invisible, so players are forced to look at each other’s screens to win. Supporting both local and online multiplayer, combat in Screencheat is fast and furious with a wide variety of one-hit kill weapons.

    2014ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with What The Box?.

    Reviewers of What The Box? cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with What The Box?.

    PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, the high-stakes winner-take-all shooter that started the Battle Royale craze, is free-to-play! Drop into diverse maps, loot unique weapons and supplies, and survive in an ever-shrinking zone where every turn could be your last.

    2017ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerFreeSteam ↗
  3. Prop Hunt

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of What The Box? cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with What The Box?.

    PropHunt is a game in which you have to become a prop or a hunter.

    2021SportsIndieMassively Multiplayer9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below What The Box? at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under What The Box? on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with What The Box?.

    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. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under What The Box? on Steam right now. Shares Indie with What The Box?.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under What The Box? on Steam right now. Shares Indie with What The Box?.

    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 ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a comedic mood with What The Box?.

    Priced ~80% under What The Box? on Steam right now. Shares Action with What The Box?.

    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 ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under What The Box? on Steam right now. Shares Action with What The Box?.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under What The Box? on Steam right now. Shares Indie with What The Box?.

    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 ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under What The Box? on Steam right now. Shares Action with What The Box?.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under What The Box? on Steam right now. Shares Indie with What The Box?.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 What The Box?.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with What The Box?.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. 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 What The Box?.

    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 ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with What The Box?.

    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 ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with What The Box?.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with What The Box?.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with What The Box?.

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Bitten Toast Games Inc.

Other recommendable Steam games by Bitten Toast Games Inc., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Garden Paws

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Bitten Toast Games Inc., the studio behind What The Box?. Shares Indie with What The Box?.

    You have inherited your grandparents farm as they set off to travel the world. Work with Frank at the local construction shop to finish off the final touches on your new home. Aid Frank and Mayor Wilson in building up the town so it may reach it's full potential.

    2018IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Rocket Fist

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with What The Box?.

    Another title from Bitten Toast Games Inc., the studio behind What The Box?. Shares Action and Indie with What The Box?.

    Rocket Fist is an arena game with crazy robots in chaotic rocket fist battles. Aim against your frenemies and prove your dexterity by killing each other with rocket propelled fists in this frenetic mix of dodgeball and billiards!

    2016ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Spacecats with Lasers : The Outerspace

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Bitten Toast Games Inc., the studio behind What The Box?. Shares Action and Indie with What The Box?.

    In this twin-stick shooter the evil space rats locked you up in their space arena and your only hope is to fight as many waves as possible. Help your Spacecat to survive with the help of several perks and powerups.

    2017ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Spacecats with Lasers VR

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Bitten Toast Games Inc., the studio behind What The Box?. Shares Action with What The Box?.

    Spacecats with lasers VR is a wave shooter where you can prove to be the su-purr-rior feline in the galaxy by destroying not so claw-ver rat enemies with your mighty lasers! Customize your spacecat and choose perks to improve it as you get to harder waves.

    2016Action4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Winter Warland

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Bitten Toast Games Inc., the studio behind What The Box?. Shares Action and Indie with What The Box?.

    In this free for all multiplayer battle, fight to be the last snowman standing. Use your snowballs to destroy your enemies from far away, or use your carrot as a sword and deal damage up close.

    2017ActionIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about What The Box?

How much does What The Box? cost?
What The Box? is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does What The Box? have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — What The Box? supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to What The Box??
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside What The Box? are Wasted Pizza, Dangerous FightCIA, Sky Noon.
Who developed What The Box??
What The Box? was developed by Bitten Toast Games Inc..

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 What The Box?.

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