Boxed In
The pencil-and-paper classic, rebuilt for touch. Close a box, take another turn — and try not to hand your opponent the chain.
How it works
- Players take turns drawing one line between two adjacent dots — across or down, never diagonally.
- Each line can only be drawn once.
- Close the fourth side of a box and you claim it: one point, and you go again.
- One line can close two boxes at once. That is two points, but still only one extra turn.
- The game ends when every line is drawn. Most boxes wins.
Every board size has an odd number of boxes, so a two-player game can never end in a draw.
What is in it
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Three board sizes
Small (21 boxes), Classic (55) and Large (91) — a quick game or a long one.
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Five ways to play
Pass-and-play with a friend, or four AI tiers: Beginner, Easy, Hard and Expert.
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Three themes
Paper & Ink, Minimal Studio and Midnight Neon. Switch any time, even mid-game.
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Pick up where you left off
A game in progress is saved automatically and resumes exactly as you left it.
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Sound and haptics
A distinct cue for a line, a box, and a double. Both toggle off if you would rather they did not.
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Plays offline
No account, no network, no waiting. The whole game runs on your device.
Three themes
Where to get it
Boxed In is still in development. The browser version and the mobile builds are both on their way.