IndieBox was a monthly independent video games (indie game) subscription box service. The company worked directly with indie game developers to design and manufacture boxed collector's edition releases of games that are typically only available in digital form. The company started operations in May 2014. Each monthly box included a digital rights management-free (DRM-free) game disc (or custom-designed rewritable USB-stick for most boxes released before July 2016), Steam key, full-color printed instruction game manual, game soundtrack CD, sticker, and an exclusive collectible, such as a plushy or action figure of a notable character from that game. All games were packaged in a physical game box similar to software titles in the 1980s and 1990s.
IndieBox was founded by John Carter, Jason Blank, and James Morgan, who were assisted by various teams of volunteers to help with design, packaging, and shipping. They formed the company to create a Book of the Month Club-type service for independent video games; subscribers would not necessarily know what game they were getting, but the company's curation process would assure they would be getting a game with a strong reputation. When they started, they had to cold call several developers to gain interest, eventually signing on Rain Games to use their game Teslagrad as the first IndieBox title.
In October 2016, IndieBox partnered with GameStop to release a limited set of steelbook-case packages for ten titles, half of which had already previously received a collector's edition through IndieBox's service, to be retailed in the GameStop stores under the name "GameTrust Collection", based on GameStop's GameTrust publishing arm.
In October 2017, IndieBox announced it was closing down its subscription product; the company cited that the market for physical box releases was not as large as they had anticipated to cover all costs of preparing the boxes for subscribers. After completing its final box and handling existing accounts, the company transitioned to helping support online marketplace features for indie developers.
Past IndieBoxes: Torchlight IISeptember 2017Invisible, Inc.August 2017The Banner SagaJuly 2017Hollow KnightJune 2017NefariousMay 2017Super Meat Boy: Dr. Fetus EditionApril 2017Typoman: RevisedMarch 2017Wasteland 2February 2017HueJanuary 2017Forced: ShowdownDecember 2016Halcyon 6November 2016JotunOctober 2016RiveSeptember 2016The Stanley ParableAugust 2016Hand of FateJuly 2016Moon HuntersJune 2016Dust: An Elysian TailMay 2016Galak-ZApril 2016Assault Android CactusMarch 2016Lovers in a Dangerous SpacetimeFebruary 2016Nuclear ThroneJanuary 2016ArmelloDecember 2015Freedom PlanetNovember 2015Axiom VergeOctober 2015TowerFallSeptember 2015ApotheonAugust 2015Guacamelee!July 2015Captain Forever RemixJune 2015DyscourseMay 2015Lovely PlanetApril 2015The Next PenelopeMarch 2015Risk of RainFebruary 2015Super Win the GameJanuary 2015Rogue LegacyDecember 2014SteamWorld DigNovember 2014Brütal LegendOctober 2014LuftrausersSeptember 2014MouseCraftAugust 2014ForcedJuly 2014Escape Goat 2June 2014TeslagradMay 2014
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