The Game Census
Unbox: Newbie's Adventure cover art

Unbox: Newbie's Adventure

Prospect Games · Merge Games · 2016-09-05

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 05, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 26, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

Unbox: Newbie's Adventure is a 90s style 3D platformer about the ultimate postal service, self-delivering cardboard boxes! Unbox: Newbie's Adventure has giant worlds full of challenges, collectibles and boxy boss battles!

Unbox: Newbie's Adventure is a 2016 Action, Adventure, Indie game priced at $1.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 627 reviews).

0
playing now
83%
positive of 627 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 627 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.59 at Humble Store (2025-06-02) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 24 of 27 observed days · $0.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.592016-09-052026-10-122016-09-05 — best price $12.792016-11-02 — best price $15.992017-01-12 — best price $11.192017-05-01 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $19.992017-10-26 — best price $7.992017-12-21 — best price $5.992018-01-29 — best price $19.992018-05-01 — best price $4.502018-07-16 — best price $3.992018-09-17 — best price $19.992019-01-04 — best price $19.992019-05-13 — best price $4.992019-09-30 — best price $19.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-02-17 — best price $3.992020-05-07 — best price $3.192020-11-28 — best price $3.192021-02-15 — best price $19.992022-06-22 — best price $19.992023-03-06 — best price $3.392023-05-08 — best price $3.992023-09-18 — best price $3.192023-11-17 — best price $3.192024-01-05 — best price $19.992024-03-04 — best price $3.392024-04-22 — best price $19.992024-08-05 — best price $2.392024-09-30 — best price $19.992025-08-04 — best price $2.492026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-08-25 — best price $1.992026-08-30 — best price $1.992026-10-03 — best price $1.992026-10-08 — best price $1.992026-10-12 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
59.5%
earned "Training Montage"
13.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play Together1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-09-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)1,0530%15
Switch (Nintendo)220%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CuteFunnyIndieActionComedyAdventureOpen WorldPlatformerMultiplayerCollectathon

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

VaganteChildren of MortaBorderlands 3LEGRAND LEGACY: Tale of the FateboundsPikunikuDude SimulatorSemblanceDream Alone

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗