Plan the order, never pull

Shove pine crates across a warehouse floor and park every one on its chalk target. You can push but you can never pull, so the order you work in is the whole puzzle.

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Genre: Puzzle
Controls: Touch
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Devices: Desktop
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Released: 2026

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Crate Shove

Crate Shove is a warehouse at the end of a long shift. Somebody has chalked targets on the concrete, the crates are standing in the wrong places, and it is your job to walk them home before the foreman comes back. You play a forklift driver in a hard hat and a hi-vis vest, and you move one square at a time. Step into a crate and you shove it one square ahead of you. That is the only thing you can do to a crate: you can never pull one back, and you can never shove two at once.

That single rule is what turns a tidy job into a proper brain teaser. Push a crate into a corner and it stays in that corner for good. Push one flat against the racking and it can only slide along the wall. Fill the nearest chalk square first and you will find you have walled yourself out of the one behind it. The fix is always the same: stop, look at the whole floor, and work out which crate has to move first. Undo is unlimited and restart is one key away, so you are free to try a line, see it fail three moves later, and wind the whole thing back without losing anything but a few seconds.

There are forty hand-made floors across five aisles, from a Loading Bay that teaches you the shove in two moves to a Night Shift that will have you staring at five crates for a while. Every one of them was checked by a solver before it shipped, so there is always a way through. Each floor carries a par on moves, and beating it earns a star on the level select. There is also a daily run — one floor picked from the set by the date, the same board for everybody, a nice five minute sit-down with a coffee. Arrows or WASD on a keyboard, a swipe or a tap on a phone, and a move counter and a push counter along the top so you can see exactly how tidy your solution was.

Tips for Crate Shove

Before you take a step, look at the whole floor and ask which crate has to move first. Because you can only push, a crate in a corner is stuck for good, and a crate pushed flat against the racking can only slide along that wall. Treat corners and walls as traps unless a chalk target sits right there.

A common mistake is filling the nearest target first and then finding you have blocked the way to the one behind it. Work from the far targets inwards, and keep a path open so the driver can walk round to the other side of a crate. Undo is unlimited and R restarts the floor, so try an idea freely and wind it back the moment it goes wrong. Once a floor is solved, have another go at beating the par on moves to earn its star; the move and push counters show where you wasted steps. Start in the Loading Bay and work through the aisles in order.

How to play Crate Shove

In Crate Shove you play a forklift driver on a warehouse floor. Some squares of the concrete are marked with chalk targets, and the floor is solved once a crate stands on every one of them. You move one square at a time, up, down, left or right.

Walking into a crate pushes it one square in the same direction, as long as the square beyond it is free. That is the only way to move a crate. You cannot pull a crate towards you, and you cannot push two crates in a row at once, so a crate jammed into a corner can never come out again. Most floors are therefore about order: which crate goes first, and where you need to stand to push it.

There are forty floors in five aisles, starting in the Loading Bay and ending with the Night Shift. A move counter and a push counter run along the top, and every floor has a par on moves; matching or beating it earns a star on the level select. Undo has no limit and restart puts the floor back as it began. The daily run gives you one floor chosen by the date. On a computer you walk with the arrow keys or WASD, Z or U undoes, R restarts, P pauses and M mutes. On a phone you swipe, or tap the tile next to the driver.

About Crate Shove

Crate Shove follows the rules of the classic box-pushing puzzle best known by its Japanese name, Sokoban, usually translated as warehouse keeper. The rules have stayed the same in countless versions: one worker, crates that can be pushed but never pulled, and targets on the floor that every crate must reach. Few puzzle formats get so much depth out of so little, because a single careless push can make a floor impossible.

Kiloo's Crate Shove, made by the Kiloo team, keeps those rules exactly and sets them in a warehouse at the end of a shift. Its forty floors were all checked by a solver, so a floor that seems hopeless always has an answer, and the move par gives a reason to replay a floor you have already solved. Unlimited undo makes it forgiving for newcomers, while the later aisles give experienced players something to think about. It suits anyone who enjoys planning several steps ahead, and the daily run is a good size for a short sit-down.

Frequently asked questions

Is Crate Shove free to play?

Yes. Crate Shove is free to play in your browser on Kiloo. There is nothing to download and no account to create. Pick a floor from the level select, or try the daily run, and start shoving straight away.

Can I play Crate Shove on my phone?

Yes. On a phone or tablet you swipe to walk, or tap the tile next to the driver. On a computer you walk with the arrow keys or WASD, press Z or U to undo and R to restart the floor.

Is every Crate Shove level solvable?

Yes. All forty floors across the five aisles were checked by a solver before they shipped, so there is always a way through. If you are stuck, undo a few moves or restart and look again at which crate needs to go first.

What is the daily run in Crate Shove?

The daily run is one floor picked from the set by the date, so everybody is pushing the same crates on the same day. It is a short puzzle to sit down with, and the par and counters work just as on any other floor.

What are the rules of Crate Shove?

In Crate Shove you walk one square at a time and push a crate by stepping into it. You cannot pull a crate or push two at once. A floor is solved when every chalk target has a crate on it.

How do I earn stars in Crate Shove?

Every floor in Crate Shove has a par on moves. Solve the floor in that many moves or fewer and it earns a star on the level select. The move and push counters at the top show how close you are.