Patrick's Parabox Reviews

it is 2:00 am and I am so tired but still i recomend this game, tho don't play when your tired it just makes it harder

Good guiding rules without clearly telling you the rules. Good learning curve.

stellar puzzle game, especially if you like math-y ideas.

This is a fantastic mind bending puzzle game that will put your brain to the test! If you only do the main puzzles you will have a good time, but I definitely recommend playing around in the challenge puzzles, as it is very rewarding to figure out the solution to many of those puzzles!

fun, simple, creative and challenging, definitely a great chill itch-scratcher for any puzzle-enjoying nerd

The puzzle design is Amazing, almost no puzzles feel 'dumb' or feel the need to brute force. Every solution is satisfying.

This game was absolutely amazing. However, I must give a fair warning about this game: If you are a hardcore puzzle game expert I feel like this game will be fairly easier for you than you would like. I am no genius, in fact, I can't beat most puzzle games I install, however, it only took me 10 hours to beat this game 100%. For a game that's centered around paradoxes I was expecting it to take me a solid the rest of my lifespan to beat, but it didn't. And I liked that about this game. Thats what leads me to believe hardcore puzzle game fans may find it a bit easier than expected, but otherwise I think this game is perfect. The only real complaint I have is I wish there was an in-game level maker and not just a puzzle loader.

Patrick's Parabox, a logical puzzle game. It's about recursion and infinity, yes, but it's so much more than that! There's a handful of rules intentionally designed and made good use of to create all the smart and intricate puzzles. Some of them can be a bit challenging, but always with easier tutorial levels and nothing impossible to come up with yourself, which encourages you to think outside the "box". Strongly recommend, a masterpiece, one of a kind in puzzle games. The developer, Patrick Traynor, must have put a lot of effort and love in it. I used 31 hours to solve every puzzle without referencing any walkthrough. The game that inspired this, Sokosoko, was mentioned at the ending, and there's some Extra about the development. Clearly this wasn't made overnight. An absolutely amazing and beautiful mathematical journey <333

[Mediocre] sokoban game. It's neat, cute, and has interesting mechanics, but it's ultimately boring. About 10% of the game is actually fun and interesting, the rest is not. The game is worth the casual speed-run through main levels just to check out the gimmicks and finish the game. The first issue is "quantity over quality". Majority of levels are on shape-box difficulty, repeating the pattern you were given in previous levels and simply applying it again, and often again and again. Sometimes it worked well, making it trickier, but more often than not, it was not trickier, just the same in a different layout. The second issue is resetting difficulty with each "area". You get to the area, you are given new gimmick, about half of the levels are tutorial, maybe 1 or 2 levels that makes you stop and think, then it's over and it resets to the next gimmick, next tutorial and so forth. In my opinion, the game would've been far more fun if each area had two main paths and a third one for funny nonsense levels (blue ones). One path would be the base puzzle level, while the other one contains the same base as its counterpart but is significantly more challenging. Thus, giving the player a choice, either go through the easy path first and come back to the challenging path. The player would also have a choice to go through the challenging part, which would complete the easy version automatically, therefore, skipping the easy path altogether. Also, the easy version would be a hint/help towards completing the challenging versions, so new players would struggle less while more experienced players would prefer to skip them or use them as a hint. However, with the current design, those two issues go hand in hand and make playing the game tedious far more often than fun.

Patrick’s Parabox is an incredibly fun and clever puzzle game with some of the best “aha!” moments I’ve had in a while. The mechanics are simple to grasp but keep unfolding into mind-bending challenges. Some puzzles can be brute-forced if you’re patient enough, but finding the intended solution always feels way more satisfying.