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Play Overview

Wonderbox (2020) is an action-adventure game where you tap to build beautiful miniature diorama scenes in which to explore. Like Toad Treasure Tracker Each of these worlds has its own micro-adventure with enemies, puzzles, mazes and platforms. Some require you to collect coins to buy swords, others have you fighting goblins to get a key or find hidden treasure.

Along with the adventure challenges the Creator Mode grants simple, powerful tools to sculpt places for their own adventures. Drawing on Minecraft and Roblox you can build with blocks, characters, and fantasy items like swords and grappling hooks. Each piece you place automatically reacts to those around it to create smooth landscapes. Each item has its own behaviours.

With a few interactions, you can create game content using the same tools that the developers use themselves. Blocks magically combine into stunning structures and your characters come to life. These new challenges can then be published online.

Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Wonderbox 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 4 months ago.

Play Style

This is an Adventure and Creative game with Action and Puzzle elements. You can play this by yourself or as a 4-player online game. Up to four players can form a party and play any adventure together.

You can play this game in the following styles:

Competitive Online

Duration

Play Time: It takes between 5 minutes and 10 minutes to play a round of this game. Each box level takes different amount of time depending on how quickly you solve or beat it. The creative mode is like Minecraft and will entertain for many many hours.

Benefits

This game is good if you want to:

Age Ratings

Content Rating

This game has not yet been rated, but we anticipate it is likely to be rated PEGI 7.

Users Interact: The game enables players to interact and communicate with each other, so may expose players to language usually associated with older rated games.

Not yet PEGI or ESRB rated.

Rated 9+ on Apple App Store for Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes and Cartoon or Fantasy Violence.

Skill Level

5+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. One family told us, "Finn (5) plays Wonderbox on the iPad and likes me watch. He loves the characters, the graphics, the music and the challenges - which are set at just the right level of difficulty for both of us. He told me that it makes him feel, "happy, and sometimes, a bit scared." What I like about it is that it forces him to problems-solve. He starts with an overview of the level, works out the objective and then assesses the obstacles that will have to be overcome. Depending on the number of slugs and trolls he will then decide whether he should play the level or I should."

Costs

Wonderbox

iOS	Subscription	–	Free Apple Arcade
Apple TV	Subscription	–	Free Apple Arcade
Mac	Subscription	–	Free Apple Arcade

There are no additional in-game purchases, loot boxes, adverts or subscription costs.

Game Details

Release Date: 23/09/2020

Out Now: Apple TV, Mac and iOS

Expected Content Rating: PEGI 7

Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds

Players: 1 (4 online)

Genres: Adventure, Creative (Action and Puzzle)

Accessibility: 0 features documented (Tweet Developer )

Components: 3D Third-Person and Blocks

Developer: Aquiris GS (@AquirisGS)

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