Comparison

Happy Game vs Boxville

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Happy Game

Guide a young boy through his terrifying nightmares to bring him happiness. Solve disturbing puzzles and confront unsettling characters in this psychedelic horror adventure.

Highlights
  • Psychedelic horror adventure
  • Escape three nightmares
  • Solve disturbing puzzles
  • Unsettling characters
  • Creepy soundtrack
Features
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A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again? - Brand new psychedelic horror adventure from the creators of Botanicula and CHUCHEL - Endure and escape three unforgettable nightmares - Solve deeply disturbing puzzles in (not so) charming environments - Deal with suspicious smiley faces and pink bunnies - Creepy songs and screeches from the Czech freakfolk band DVA

About

Boxville

This animated adventure puzzle game features speechless cans navigating a city of boxes. Solve logic puzzles and riddles, explore a charming world, and uncover the mystery behind earthquakes. Enjoy a unique audio-visual experience, playable solo or with a friend.

Highlights
  • Animated film and puzzle game hybrid
  • Hand-drawn graphics and custom animations
  • Environmental quests and logical puzzles
  • Unique music for each scene
  • Wordless communication via speech bubbles
  • Playable solo or co-op
Features
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Boxville is 2-in-1: an animated film and a puzzle game. Boxville is an adventure puzzle game about speechless cans living in the city of boxes and drawing doodles on cardboards to tell the stories. Boxville is good for playing alone to dive into the atmosphere and challenge your brain with sophisticated logic puzzles and riddles, or playing with a friend or family to share unique audio-visual experiences and solve the puzzles together. Design The core idea of the game is that it’s not just a game - but also an animated film that you can watch and play at the same time. We designed Boxville’s gameplay with the purpose of taking away your anxiety and stress. You can explore and observe the world without rushing and pressure. The game is full of environmental quests and logical puzzles that we have carefully picked from among hundreds of options. Story Boxville is a city of boxes populated with old cans. They live quiet and happy lives with their everyday routines and habits. But one day, unexplained earthquakes disturbed their idyll... Blue Can (our hero) lost his best friend because of that. He started his search but it is not so easy to move through the city after earthquakes. He has to find a way to move forward, return the friend back home and discover the real reason for all those earthquakes. There are many adventures, new friends and it’s not only friends that are waiting for him on the way. He has to be curious, inventive, careful, and to help others, to reach his goal. What you can expect to see and hear in Boxville: - Hand-drawn graphics — all backgrounds and characters are carefully drawn by our artists. - Every animation and sound is created especially for each interaction. - Unique music track was created for every scene to accomplish the atmosphere of the game. - Tens of logical puzzles and mini-games are tightly incorporated into the story of the game. - There are no words in the game — all characters communicate via cartoony speechbubbles.

Screenshots

Happy Game4 screens
Boxville4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Happy Game at daily against Boxville's every 9 days. Boxville's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $6.99) and chart position (#136 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Happy Game costs $6.99 and Boxville $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Happy Game against 4.7 for Boxville. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boxville has 777 ratings behind it against 149, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Happy Game's written reviews are positive against 78% of Boxville's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Happy Game ships an update daily, Boxville every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Happy Game versus Boxville: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHappy GameBoxville
Price$6.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.6 (149 ratings)4.7 (777 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.4% of reviews — better78.3% of reviews
Number of ratings149777 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#136 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.1 GB1.2 GB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAmanita Design s.r.o.Triomatica Games

Customer experience

Happy Game

All ratings142 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral3.5%
Negative9.2%
Written reviews97 reviews
Positive81.4%
Neutral5.2%
Negative13.4%

Boxville

All ratings755 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews226 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral8.0%
Negative13.7%

Bugs and requests

Happy Game

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Boxville

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Progress reset after updates
  • Inventory items disappearing
  • Puzzle mechanics not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Longer game with more content
  • Ability to use stylus/Apple Pencil
  • Improved save/load system
  • In-game hints or ability to skip puzzles

In-app purchases

None

Happy Game

No in-app purchases

None

Boxville

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Happy Game free?
Happy Game costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boxville free?
Boxville costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Happy Game or Boxville?
Boxville is rated higher. Happy Game averages 4.6 out of 5 from 149 ratings, while Boxville averages 4.7 from 777 ratings.
Do Happy Game or Boxville have ads?
Neither Happy Game nor Boxville shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Happy Game or Boxville?
Happy Game ships an update daily, and Boxville every 9 days. Most recently, Happy Game was updated on November 5, 2026 and Boxville on November 3, 2026.

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