Comparison

Hindsight 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

Hindsight Game

Explore a woman's entire life, from birth to present, by interacting with everyday objects that act as windows to memories and future possibilities. Piece together fragments of her past and present to understand her journey.

Highlights
  • Interactive memory exploration
  • Life-spanning narrative
  • Object-based storytelling
  • Perspective shifting gameplay
  • Focus on details and reflection
Features
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What if the physical objects of everyday life, the possessions we hold close, were actual windows to the past? Peer into distant memories and unseen futures in Hindsight. From the creator of Prune, Hindsight is a narrative exploration game spanning the entirety of a woman's life, from birth to present day, as she tries to make sense of it all. Revisit her childhood home, sort through personal belongings, and step through windows to memories frozen in time. Hindsight asks you to slow down and pay attention to the little things left behind. Piece these things together and shift your viewpoint until you find just the right perspective to pull you deeper into the past. Long forgotten memories and dreams cascade into one another. Linger as long as you wish, but sooner or later you must come back to the present. What will you take with you? And what will you leave behind?

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

Hindsight Game4 screens
Boxville4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Boxville at 4.7 against Hindsight Game's 3.6. Boxville also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (773 vs 15). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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

Hindsight Game costs $4.99 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

Boxville holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boxville has 773 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Hindsight Game's written reviews are positive against 78% of Boxville's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hindsight Game ships an update every 2 months, Boxville every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Hindsight Game versus Boxville: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHindsight GameBoxville
Price$4.99$3.99 — better
Rating3.6 (15 ratings)4.7 (773 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews78.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15773 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#129 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size724 MB1.2 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnnapurna Games, LLCTriomatica Games

Customer experience

Hindsight Game

All ratings14 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative21.4%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative10.0%

Boxville

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

Bugs and requests

Hindsight 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

Hindsight Game

No in-app purchases

None

Boxville

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hindsight Game free?
Hindsight Game costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boxville free?
Boxville costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hindsight Game or Boxville?
Boxville is rated higher. Hindsight Game averages 3.6 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Boxville averages 4.7 from 773 ratings.
Do Hindsight Game or Boxville have ads?
Neither Hindsight Game nor Boxville shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hindsight Game or Boxville?
Hindsight Game ships an update every 2 months, and Boxville every 9 days. Most recently, Hindsight Game was updated on October 29, 2026 and Boxville on October 30, 2026.

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