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Super Crate Box

Super Crate Box

Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can.

Released Aug 29, 2012 Developer Vlambeer Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Free to PlayIndiePlatformerPixel GraphicsAction
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

89.0%positive6,486 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Good game, got 100% in ~3 hours but would play more to get 100 points in every map. Truly, a Vlambeer game TIP: Use "Browse local files" on Super Crate Box, open options.ini and set AlternateSyncMethod= to 0 if the game runs in 2000 FPS”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Sadly this game is unplayable unless you change your refresh rate to 60 fps, I assume. The game is one of those that depends completely on frame rate. So if you have a 180 hz monitor like me, the game is at 3x speed. And it doesn't have a dedicated FPS limiter, which is quite…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This weird cube thing goes on a shooting spree in random locations, killing monsters with all sorts of guns. Its good for a free game with an interesting style for its gameplay. Its an arcade game where you gain points by switching weapons, forcing a sense of adaptability to get…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:54 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

0playing at last check
224-hour peak
523all-time peak
0 100 200 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 160 avg · Sep 2012

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Indie, Free To Play
Player tagsFree to Play · Indie · Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Action · 2D · Shooter · Arcade · Multiplayer · Singleplayer · Difficult · Retro (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player
LanguagesEnglish * *
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.vlambeer.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: 1.2 Ghz Memory: 512 MB RAM DirectX®: 8.0 Hard Drive: 100 MB HD space