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Unboxing the Cryptic Killer

Eleven Puzzles · 2023-04-27

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 27, 2020 (Web browser), Q4 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Unravel the mystery of a cryptic box in this 2-player co-op puzzle game. Join forces as two detectives, solve cooperative puzzles, communicate effectively, crack the codes and outsmart the killer.

Unboxing the Cryptic Killer is an Adventure, Casual and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 2753 reviews).

19
playing now
90%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

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

After receiving a suspicious message, two detectives, Ally and Old Dog, are sent to two different locations. On arrival, they quickly realize that the Cryptic Killer is on the hunt again, and they’re his next targets! However, remembering his past crimes, they know that there is a way to save their lives. They have to solve the puzzles he created for them. And they have to do it fast because they only have 90 minutes before something really bad happens!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 19 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 354 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~44/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 55k–124k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,753 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.79 at Steam (2025-02-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 12 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15515520232026Week of 2023-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6812026-09-15 00:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 12 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 29 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 25 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 19 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 24 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 14 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 16 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 24 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 68 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 37 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 28 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 33 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 14 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 22 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 24 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7415May 2023Aug 2026May 2023 — avg 40 · peak 170Jun 2023 — avg 25 · peak 82Jul 2023 — avg 29 · peak 89Aug 2023 — avg 21 · peak 89Sep 2023 — avg 17 · peak 53Oct 2023 — avg 15 · peak 46Nov 2023 — avg 21 · peak 75Dec 2023 — avg 22 · peak 73Jan 2024 — avg 25 · peak 85Feb 2024 — avg 20 · peak 77Mar 2024 — avg 17 · peak 63Apr 2024 — avg 15 · peak 61May 2024 — avg 18 · peak 93Jun 2024 — avg 17 · peak 72Jul 2024 — avg 23 · peak 97Aug 2024 — avg 25 · peak 93Sep 2024 — avg 25 · peak 135Oct 2024 — avg 25 · peak 140Nov 2024 — avg 24 · peak 86Dec 2024 — avg 26 · peak 89Jan 2025 — avg 35 · peak 124Feb 2025 — avg 32 · peak 373Mar 2025 — avg 74 · peak 328Apr 2025 — avg 27 · peak 159May 2025 — avg 31 · peak 130Jun 2025 — avg 23 · peak 72Jul 2025 — avg 27 · peak 103Aug 2025 — avg 20 · peak 82Sep 2025 — avg 34 · peak 125Oct 2025 — avg 25 · peak 106Nov 2025 — avg 18 · peak 82Dec 2025 — avg 26 · peak 89Jan 2026 — avg 55 · peak 275Feb 2026 — avg 20 · peak 65Mar 2026 — avg 29 · peak 94Apr 2026 — avg 17 · peak 86May 2026 — avg 17 · peak 66Jun 2026 — avg 20 · peak 75Jul 2026 — avg 26 · peak 80Aug 2026 — avg 22 · peak 85
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$1.792023-04-272026-08-072023-04-27 — best price $4.192023-07-13 — best price $5.992023-08-10 — best price $5.992023-11-13 — best price $5.992023-11-28 — best price $5.992023-12-20 — best price $5.992024-01-04 — best price $5.992024-02-12 — best price $5.992024-03-21 — best price $5.992024-04-22 — best price $5.992024-05-30 — best price $5.992024-07-11 — best price $5.992024-08-23 — best price $5.992024-10-07 — best price $5.992024-11-01 — best price $5.992024-11-21 — best price $5.992024-12-04 — best price $2.992024-12-19 — best price $2.992025-01-13 — best price $3.592025-02-27 — best price $1.792025-04-24 — best price $1.792025-06-05 — best price $5.992025-06-21 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-08-08 — best price $5.992025-09-21 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $5.992025-11-04 — best price $5.992025-12-04 — best price $2.992025-12-11 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-01-19 — best price $5.992026-03-18 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-04-27 — best price $5.992026-05-28 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-07-24 — best price $2.992026-08-07 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
93.3%
earned "Pegasus"
33.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Indonesian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,03018%13

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCo-opCrimeLogicCasualPuzzleMysteryCartoonyAdventureComic Book

Census log

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

Recent updates

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