IndieBox


IndieBox was a monthly independent video games subscription box service. Working directly with the indie game developers, IndieBox designs and manufactures boxed collector’s edition physical releases of games that are typically only available in digital form. The company has been operating since May 2014. Included in every monthly box is a digital rights management-free game disc, 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 are 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, and are 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 will transition to help support online marketplace features for indie developers.
Past IndieBoxes:
Torchlight IISeptember 2017
Invisible, Inc.August 2017
The Banner SagaJuly 2017
Hollow KnightJune 2017
NefariousMay 2017
Super Meat Boy: Dr. Fetus EditionApril 2017
Typoman: RevisedMarch 2017
Wasteland 2February 2017
HueJanuary 2017
December 2016
Halcyon 6November 2016
JotunOctober 2016
RiveSeptember 2016
The Stanley ParableAugust 2016
Hand of FateJuly 2016
Moon HuntersJune 2016
May 2016
April 2016
Assault Android CactusMarch 2016
Lovers in a Dangerous SpacetimeFebruary 2016
Nuclear ThroneJanuary 2016
ArmelloDecember 2015
Freedom PlanetNovember 2015
Axiom VergeOctober 2015
TowerFallSeptember 2015
ApotheonAugust 2015
Guacamelee!July 2015
Captain Forever RemixJune 2015
DyscourseMay 2015
Lovely PlanetApril 2015
The Next PenelopeMarch 2015
Risk of RainFebruary 2015
Super Win The GameJanuary 2015
Rogue LegacyDecember 2014
SteamWorld DigNovember 2014
Brütal LegendOctober 2014
LuftrausersSeptember 2014
MouseCraftAugust 2014
ForcedJuly 2014
Escape Goat 2June 2014
TeslagradMay 2014