The Window Box
Sundew Studios · 2019 · Visual Novel, Dialogue Heavy, Emotional, Dark Comedy, Surreal
PC
Positive88% · 34 📉 Recent reviews down 80%
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About The Window Box
Content Warning: The Window Box features mature themes and topics such as emotional abuse. Please keep this in mind when purchasing the game.
Elsa has invited four friends from her college days for a chance to catch up. However, a freak storm rolls, ruining their plans. So instead, they are forced to spend the day inside. It doesn’t take long for them to figure out everything isn’t right with Elsa and maybe even themselves.
Their time together makes them realize they’re not as close as they once thought. Some question their careers and life choices. Others have secrets.
Why did Elsa invite everyone over? Was it to celebrate Sophie’s coming baby? To try and get Paige and Finley back together? To tease Margot?
Wander from room to room as you watch their day unfold. For what is a house but a box with windows?
In Elsa’s home, you’ll encounter all sorts of strange events, such as…
And more!
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Elsa has invited four friends from her college days for a chance to catch up. However, a freak storm rolls, ruining their plans. So instead, they are forced to spend the day inside. It doesn’t take long for them to figure out everything isn’t right with Elsa and maybe even themselves.
Their time together makes them realize they’re not as close as they once thought. Some question their careers and life choices. Others have secrets.
Why did Elsa invite everyone over? Was it to celebrate Sophie’s coming baby? To try and get Paige and Finley back together? To tease Margot?
Wander from room to room as you watch their day unfold. For what is a house but a box with windows?
In Elsa’s home, you’ll encounter all sorts of strange events, such as…
- Getting trapped in a souffle
- Meeting strange creatures in a painting
- Receiving career advice from your B.F.G.
- Solving puzzles because puzzles are fun
And more!
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Game is very buggy and broken, Will not load a lot of the time. other then that the story is OK, I think I am still missing the full story, because the game kept breaking.5 found this helpful
The game trapped me in the scene selector when i clicked on a little drawer stand in the bottom right corner and wouldn't let me out without clicking on a scene, forcing me to reset the scene or go forward in the game.3 found this helpful
This VN starts all cute and whimsy, but it left me deeply unsettled. The content warnings do not lie, so consider those before buying. Beautiful to look at. Nice background music. 5 women getting trapped in a mansion. But it'll pass, right? The storm will pass, that is what storms do... There are parts of this where I, as the player, don't understand what is happening and why. When I say "whimsy" I also mean odd and sometimes unexplained. Somehow it fit, the artpiece that is this visual novel really resonated for me. If you like the vibes of it right away, then it will with you too. It is whimsy, but still serious, and it didn't let me forget that. To me the story felt like a little journey. I will be thinking about it for a while, and I really enjoyed the writing.
I really like this game. I love whimsical art styles, as well as mystery novels, so this game is just delightful. Playing this game on a rainy day while sipping coffee was the ultimate comfy go-to. This is a very excellent cozy game with soft mystery. Definitely a “girls girl” game.
genuinely one of the greatest short ish story games i have ever played. the puzzle aspect is so great and dont even get me started on the different story lines. paige and finley are my favorite <3. inclusive game and i was kept interested the whole time! beautiful game, beautiful art design, beautiful characters, and absolutely BEAUTIFUL story. took me about 2 hours to finish completely, so not super short but not too long. theres also a brown lesbian couple for all of you out there!!
Nice game. Good story, hard topics, good points of view and pretty enjoyable. I wish it was longer, but it's fine. I really like the aesthetic too.
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