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Unboxing the Cryptic Killer cover art

Unboxing the Cryptic Killer

Eleven Puzzles · 2023-04-27

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

18
playing now
90%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 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
  • · 18 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 18% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 54k–122k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,717 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 14 of 27 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

3942026-08-11 19:00 — 17 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 20 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 11 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 19 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 21 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 19 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 17 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 29 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 23 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 22 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 33 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 8 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 14 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 16 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 39 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 29 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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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