Boxes Wizard feels like a small throwback, but with an odd twist that kept me curious longer than I expected. You play as a little wizard—quite literally, he’s tiny on the screen—with only a wooden staff and some clever magic tricks at your disposal. Mostly it’s about pushing boxes, or well, sometimes you swap places with them (which honestly threw me for a loop on level three). The puzzles ramp up in complexity quicker than you’d think; one minute you’re just moving something aside and next thing you know, there’s this multi-step routine requiring both timing and patience. Teleporting is probably what makes the game so different from typical platformers—sometimes you stare at the screen for a minute just trying to figure out which box to use first or where exactly to stand. The level design has this retro charm without being stuck in nostalgia mode. Not sure everyone will have the patience for some of the trickier stages, though—it does get surprisingly tough. For players who enjoy slow-paced problem solving mixed with old-school visuals, it fits the bill nicely. Oh, and about those graphics: pixel art lovers should be pretty happy here. It never tries to show off; it’s more about how all these pieces fit together quietly behind the puzzles themselves.

Honestly? At first I thought Boxes Wizard would be another generic pixel puzzler—but then the whole box-swapping mechanic hit me. There were moments I really had to stop and just experiment because things aren’t always obvious (and that part really matters, really). Some levels got frustratingly tricky around halfway through—bit much if your patience runs thin. I did enjoy working out how teleporting could create paths I didn’t see at first glance. Sometimes I wished checkpoints were closer together; having to redo steps got tiring now and then. But overall, if you like piecing together platforming solutions rather than just jumping fast, it’s interesting.