Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. The importance of video game box design cannot be overlooked, and another important aspect of game development is background design. Exploring different design game background ideas can completely change the experience of a game. It’s not just about the visual design, but how these backgrounds can increase a player’s engagement with the game and improve their experience. As with box art, backgrounds should be exciting and relevant, triggering the player to get deeper into the game’s world. The variety of background concepts and their relevance to the game’s theme can be just as important as choosing the right game art studio. But unfortunately, nobody on the list of 25 games we are going to review today has done so. 

Clues The Ward

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This video game’s box art is confusing, from the characters to the logo.

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

Just Dance 2015

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There is too much going on in the background of the logo, like I get the tiled aesthetic, but don’t use in game screenshots. It’s just confusing.

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

Brink of Consciousness

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I’m on the brink of consciousness trying to figure out this box art.

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

European Fishing

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From the logo to the fish’s face, this video game box art is not appealing at all!

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

Sonic Boom

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This Sonic game’s box art is confusing and too much is going on… I get trying to show off all the playable characters, but there’s better ways to do it!

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

Rugby 15

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Don’t use mid-play of actual rugby for your box art, they all look constipated.

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

Fable of Dwarfs

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If that’s the picture they use for the box art, I don’t want to see the in game graphics!

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

TMNT

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The turtles already look ugly, so lets put all four of them on the cover!

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

Nascar 14

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You could’ve at least smiled.

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

The Voice

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The pre-rendered hand and microphone are off putting, and the minimalist look doesn’t work with this game art!

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

Hello Kitty Kruisers

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The logo and the graphics on the box art are slightly off putting. I mean not like I’d play Hello Kitty Kruisers, but you would imagine Wii would put up a bigger budget for graphics.

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

Beach Resort Simulator

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“Let’s just put the logo over a stock image of a beach!”

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

Duck Dynasty

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An awful game with an awful box art! Let me buy a game with four old guys with beards.

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

Why So Evil?

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I don’t know what the low res box’s problem is, but it doesn’t have to be evil.

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

Jurassic Mahjong

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You didn’t need the weird looking scientist, you could’ve put a dinosaur or something instead, since it’s called Jurassic Mahjong!

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

Freedom Wars

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There are too many things and colors happening on this box art for me to want to buy it. A game that definitely needs a more minimalistic look to it!

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

Football Manager 2015

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The manager is really happy to be a manager of that team in 2015!

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

WWE

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One of the first games to barely put the game logo on the box, and having hulk hogan barely grasping his shirt…

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

Roadside Assistance Simulator

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They’re making simulators of everything nowadays!

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

Zombie Trek

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What kind of game is this? The box art doesn’t tell me!

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

Mining Industry

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This looks like a billboard ad on the side of a highway!

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

World of Leaders

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Mixing real and fake people, it doesn’t work! Also, who are these people!?

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

Spellbind

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MS Paint is a h*** of a program!

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

Magus

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Low quality jpg images, and horrible fonts make for an awful box art!

Video game box art is the first thing a player sees when they see your game. Therefore, it should draw the person in to pick up the pox and flip it around to find out more. These 25 games didn’t get that memo… Here are the 25 worst video game box arts in recent history!

Wildlife Park 2

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If it were just the underwater part, it’d be passable. However, the above sea level part isn’t necessary!