Pile Up! Box by Box
Released Mar 2021
Pile Up! ticks all the right boxes as a family-friendly cooperative 3D platformer! Jump up, slide down, play together and carry the load!
90% positive · 101 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Pile Up! Box by Box launched on March 18, 2021 as a complete, finished cooperative platformer. Following release, the developer shipped a handful of maintenance and polish patches through September 16, 2021 (version 1.0.25), which addressed graphical issues, translation corrections, and missing colliders. No paid DLC, expansions, or named content updates have ever been released or announced for the game. The developer's own news posts since late 2021 have focused on publisher-wide sales announcements and promotions for other titles — notably the studio's next game, Baladins, announced in May 2024. There is no roadmap, no unshipped DLC on the store, and no developer statement indicating further content for Pile Up. The game launched as a self-contained package and has received no post-launch content beyond polish patches. The most recent developer communication touching this game (September 26, 2025) was a routine sale post from the publisher, with no mention of any upcoming Pile Up content.
Evidence
Developer announced the game's March 18, 2021 launch date, describing it as the final product ready for release.
Developer announced a new game (Baladins), signaling the team's focus has moved on from Pile Up.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
THQ Nordic Mobile
Achievements
38
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP · Local/Split Screen
About this 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!
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
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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
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Sep 10, 2026
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