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What The Box?

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!

Released Sep 12, 2016 Developer Bitten Toast Games Inc. Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ActionIndieMultiplayerFunnyFPS
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

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79.4%positive752 reviews
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“What The Box? is a multiplayer indie shooter developed and published by Bitten Toast Games Inc. that builds an entire competitive experience around one absurdly simple idea: every player is a cardboard box. Instead of armored soldiers or sci-fi operatives, you control an…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
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Latest official news

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Aug 10, 2018
Garden Paws is now live on Kickstarter! New game from the creators of What The Box!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26236250/9a73bb7f73071cb487ce3635d585bc243b9d3818.jpg We just launched a Kickstarter campaign for our new game Garden Paws, if beside

Jul 11, 2017
The Workshop Update is here!

It took a while but the Workshop update is finally here! What The Box now features a level editor in which you can create and share your own WTB maps! If you want to know more about how the level edit

Jul 11, 2017
The Workshop Update is here!

It took a while but the Workshop update is finally here! What The Box now features a level editor in which you can create and share your own WTB maps! If you want to know more about how the level edit

May 28, 2017
Upcoming Workshop Update!

It's been a long time since the last post but here we go again! I'm preparing a new update of What The Box, this update will be mainly focused in introducing a new level editor integrated with Steam W

May 28, 2017
Upcoming Workshop Update!

It's been a long time since the last post but here we go again! I'm preparing a new update of What The Box, this update will be mainly focused in introducing a new level editor integrated with Steam W

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Facts & details

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GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsAction · Indie · Multiplayer · Funny · FPS · Stealth · Arena Shooter · Memes · Great Soundtrack (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · PvP · Online PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Partial Controller Support · Includes level editor
LanguagesEnglish * *
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://whattheboxgame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 (2.5GHz) or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9.0c compatible dedicated graphics card DirectX: Version 9.0 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 1 GB available space