By Noyon Rahman · Updated August 2026 · Reviewed for accuracy against the live game

About Crate Push

Crate Push — Japanese for "warehouse keeper" — was created in 1981 by Hiroyuki Imabayashi and went on to become one of the most influential logic puzzles ever made. You control a single worker in a walled warehouse full of crates, and your job is to shove every crate onto a marked target square. The twist that makes it so fiendish: you can only push crates, never pull them, and crates can jam against walls or each other with no way back. Crate Push is a game about planning several moves ahead — the kind of puzzle that teaches you to think before you move.

How to Play Crate Push

Use the arrow keys or WASD to walk your worker one square at a time. When you walk into a crate, you push it one square in that direction — provided the square beyond the crate is empty floor. You cannot push two crates at once, and you cannot push a crate into a wall. Place every crate on a target square to clear the level. Because pushing is irreversible, mistakes compound: if you jam a crate into a corner it can never be freed. Use Undo to step back move by move, or Restart to begin the level again. Twelve handcrafted levels escalate from gentle warm-ups to genuinely brain-bending warehouse puzzles.

Tips & Strategies

Never push a crate into a corner — it becomes permanently stuck and the level is unsolvable.
Avoid pushing crates against walls along their long edge; they can then only slide one way.
Work backwards: look at where each crate must finally sit and figure out the last push first.
Clear a path before you commit — sometimes you must walk around a crate to push it from the correct side.
If you feel stuck, undo rather than continue. Every push that feels forced usually is.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I pull crates in Crate Push?

No — pushing is the only way to move a crate, which is exactly what makes Crate Push hard. Every move is permanent in effect, so you must think ahead before each shove and use Undo when a plan goes wrong.

What happens if I get a crate stuck?

If a crate ends up in a corner or against a wall in a spot that is not a target, the level is almost certainly unwinnable. Press R to restart the level and try a different approach — there is no penalty for restarting.

Are all Crate Push levels solvable?

Yes. Every level in this collection is hand-built and verified solvable. If you cannot find a solution, the answer is usually a route you have not considered rather than an impossible puzzle.

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