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Pile Up! Box by Box

Pile Up! ticks all the right boxes as a family-friendly cooperative 3D platformer! Jump up, slide down, play together and carry the load!

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Developer
Seed by Seed
Publisher
HandyGames
Release
March 18, 2021
5 years and 137 days ago
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Very Positive98 reviews91.8%

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About the Game

Pile Up! ticks all the right boxes as a family-friendly cooperative 3D platformer!
Jump up, slide down, play together and carry the load!



Coordinate with your friends or rely on your own creativity to navigate cardboard worlds full of uniquely joyful levels. Unfold mysteries, solve puzzles and quests as a team, help the friendly citizens of sunbaked islands, amber forests, magical caves, and visit the fantastic feather theater. Or maybe just kick-back and challenge your friends in action-packed rounds of Boxball, Basketball, or Tic Pile Toe?

Play together, stick together, think together – and pile up!

FEATURES

  • GO ON AN ADVENTURE

    Explore colorful cardboard worlds in this cute 3D platformer. Find your way through open-ended levels, uncover mysteries and bring joy to the cardboard inhabitants of these places.

  • LOCAL MULTIPLAYER

    Play with your friends up to 4 players! Drop-in and out at any time with dynamic challenge rescaling.

  • A GAME FOR EVERYONE

    Anybody can play Pile Up! The game has simple controls, no punishment for failure, a chill-pacing, very little time pressure and remember that teammates can always help each other!

  • TEAM WORK

    Cooperate to progress! It is all about communication and organization. Share the tasks, synchronize your moves and carry each other to overcome the challenges.

  • MINIGAME FRENZY

    Face your friends in frantic mini-games, and lead hilariously chaotic battles. For party-game lovers!

  • CREATIVITY IS KEY

    Think outside the box and solve the puzzles your way. There is no unique solution, creativity is the key! Reach to anywhere by building stairs and structures with the boxes you collected.

  • OPTIMIZE YOUR STRATEGIES

    Unlock the timer mode and test your skills at piling up boxes. Find the best path and the quickest way to progress through the world.

Overview

  • Pile up on each other!
  • A joyful adventure for 1 to 4 players
  • Cute colorful cardboard worlds and creatures to discover
  • Open-ended puzzles that foster creativity
  • Minigames to challenge your friends!
  • Drop in and out at any time with dynamic challenge rescaling
  • Choose from a variety of skins for your own Boxling

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