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Unpacking

Witch Beam · Balor Games · 2021-11-01

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CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 02, 2021 (Mac), Nov 02, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 02, 2021 (Xbox One), Nov 02, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 10, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Nov 02, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S)

Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle, part home decoration, you are invited to create a satisfying living space while learning clues about the life you’re unpacking.

150
playing now
93%
positive of 41k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
93/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (240 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 3.3h · completionist 5.7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

150 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Unpacking is a 2021 puzzle video game developed by Australian independent developer Witch Beam and published by Humble Bundle for Microsoft Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. The game received positive reviews, and won several awards, including two BAFTA Games Awards, a D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game, and Game of the Year by Eurogamer.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 150 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,052 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~382/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 9,503 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 814k–1.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 40,680 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.99-60%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2025-11-17) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 20 of 32 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.2k3.2k20212026Week of 2021-11-01: 3,235 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 258 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,289 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,824 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,356 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 988 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 653 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 717 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 883 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 630 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 870 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 767 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 719 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 609 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 560 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 647 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,136 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 647 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 999 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 822 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 677 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 795 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 485 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 590 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 466 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

195802026-08-06 22:00 — 124 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 99 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 144 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 137 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 111 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 178 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 142 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 117 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 190 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 171 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 96 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 125 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 128 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 92 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 142 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 135 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 84 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 147 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 153 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 101 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 95 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 143 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 130 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 117 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 151 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 128 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 89 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 140 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 150 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$7.992021-11-022026-08-302021-11-02 — best price $19.992022-02-07 — best price $19.992022-04-04 — best price $19.992022-05-23 — best price $15.992022-06-11 — best price $15.992022-07-25 — best price $15.992022-09-27 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $13.992022-12-19 — best price $13.992023-02-03 — best price $19.992023-03-20 — best price $13.992023-05-08 — best price $13.992023-05-30 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-09-11 — best price $11.992023-09-27 — best price $11.992023-11-08 — best price $11.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-02-15 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-05-10 — best price $19.992024-05-30 — best price $19.992024-07-04 — best price $19.992024-08-15 — best price $9.992025-02-28 — best price $9.992025-06-05 — best price $19.992025-07-17 — best price $19.992025-11-06 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-04-06 — best price $19.992026-06-17 — best price $7.992026-08-25 — best price $7.992026-08-30 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

208642026-05-29 — 110 pageviews2026-06-01 — 102 pageviews2026-06-04 — 141 pageviews2026-06-07 — 181 pageviews2026-06-10 — 133 pageviews2026-06-13 — 114 pageviews2026-06-16 — 128 pageviews2026-06-19 — 99 pageviews2026-06-22 — 111 pageviews2026-06-25 — 84 pageviews2026-06-28 — 144 pageviews2026-07-01 — 96 pageviews2026-07-04 — 110 pageviews2026-07-07 — 102 pageviews2026-07-10 — 80 pageviews2026-07-13 — 80 pageviews2026-07-16 — 82 pageviews2026-07-19 — 88 pageviews2026-07-22 — 116 pageviews2026-07-25 — 67 pageviews2026-07-28 — 86 pageviews2026-07-31 — 71 pageviews2026-08-03 — 92 pageviews2026-08-06 — 72 pageviews2026-08-09 — 95 pageviews2026-08-12 — 80 pageviews2026-08-15 — 95 pageviews2026-08-18 — 72 pageviews2026-08-21 — 76 pageviews2026-08-24 — 77 pageviews2026-08-26 — 75 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

902026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 5 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
98.1%
earned "Make some memories"
53.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only Option1 DLC

16 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Italian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)55,83234%25
Steam (Steam)20,95237%25
PS5 (PlayStation)13,58665%26
PS5 (PlayStation)12,21760%26
PS4 (PlayStation)10,62354%26
PS4 (PlayStation)7,68966%26
Switch (Nintendo)6040%0

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

CuteIndieCasualLGBTQ+PuzzleLife SimRelaxingIsometricSimulationStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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