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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

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!

0
playing now
83%
positive of 626 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 42% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 626 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 11 of 14 observed days · $0.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.592016-09-052026-08-302016-09-05 — 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 $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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

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.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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