War in a Box: Paper Tanks
Skip · Strategy · 2014
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 30, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 3.9h 9.9h to 100%
- Value
- $1.28/hr
- Reviews
- 71% of 209 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 2113 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Build your towers of paper before they get out of the box and make a big mess in the room. Manage the turrets, upgrade and be careful where you put them... every decision can be fatal! Watch out for the air units, they have a different route!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Pixel Shaders 2, 799 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
24 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 11 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 302 weeks ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 50 percent on value. It is less well reviewed than 66 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Dwarfs!? ($9.99, scores 46) beats it on value, while it beats Particula ($1.49, scores 27).
More about War in a Box: Paper Tanks
Finishing takes 3.9 hours; clearing it takes 10, which is 2.5 times the campaign.
The drop-off
91% start to 6% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
What can I say about this game? It's absurdly addictive :) Really wasn't expecting much of anything from this title at all. I bought it on sale figuring it'd make a nice mindless game for my 6 year old son. As it turned out, it made a nice mindless game for Dad - LOL. No kidding, I love it! Waves and waves of progressively harder enemy armored cars, tanks, and planes attempt to navigate the maze of defensive...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Very limited game play for a game that looks so amazing. For a simplistic idea of a cardboard box kids play area they sure put a lot into making this game look really really stunning. If this had more more to it, less retrictive placement of guns, control of route of tanks, Build AA along side cannons. There would be a little replay value. But there is not. Once you figure out the map win placemt there's no point in...
It's a basic little tower defense game with a cute aesthetic. There are a handful of total turrets which can be upgraded twice and ~32 missions. There is an option to fast-forward up to 3x, but it seems to increase the chance of issues with the turret projectiles. The issue I have with it is that the projectiles from the turrets are inconsistent and can be deflected by the map and dead hulls of the enemies. The...
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No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
War in a Box: Paper Tanks scores 30/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/308460/war-in-a-box-paper-tanksReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 30, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.