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Unravel

Coldwood Interactive · Electronic Arts · 2020-06-04

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 09, 2016 (Xbox One), Feb 09, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 09, 2016 (PlayStation 4)

Unravel is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Yarny, a character made from a single thread of yarn, must embark on a larger than life adventure.

20
playing now
91%
positive of 5.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (19 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (288 ratings)
5.9h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 11h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

20 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Unravel is a puzzle-platform game developed by the Swedish company Coldwood Interactive and published by Electronic Arts. It was announced on 15 June 2015 and released in February 2016 for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. The game centers on Yarny, a small anthropomorphic creature made of yarn the player navigates through the environment, utilizing the unraveling yarn which makes up Yarny to solve puzzles, avoid dangerous creatures, and traverse obstacles.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 20 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 366 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~46/week).
  • · Review velocity up 52% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 111k–251k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,568 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at EA Store (2022-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 23 of 37 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26126120202026Week of 2020-06-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3602026-08-07 00:00 — 18 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 18 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 28 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 22 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 34 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 15 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 23 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 33 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 21 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 23 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 25 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 25 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 18 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 32 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 19 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 15 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 31 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 18 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 21 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 31 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 19 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 15 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 17 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 20 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$20.97$0.002015-06-162026-08-272015-06-16 — best price $19.992016-11-29 — best price $19.992017-11-28 — best price $19.992019-03-19 — best price $19.992020-01-13 — best price $19.992020-02-12 — best price $20.722020-05-14 — best price $19.992020-06-02 — best price $17.992020-07-16 — best price $19.992020-08-03 — best price $19.992020-09-06 — best price $19.992020-09-23 — best price $17.992020-10-11 — best price $17.992020-11-15 — best price $19.992020-12-05 — best price $17.992020-12-23 — best price $9.992021-01-24 — best price $17.992021-02-11 — best price $4.992021-03-15 — best price $19.992021-04-07 — best price $10.002021-05-06 — best price $17.992021-05-24 — best price $17.992021-06-24 — best price $18.992021-09-01 — best price $17.992021-12-01 — best price $17.992022-02-15 — best price $19.992022-06-14 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $1.992023-04-13 — best price $19.992023-11-02 — best price $19.992024-05-09 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-05-01 — best price $4.992025-09-22 — best price $4.992026-02-09 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-27 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

137642026-05-29 — 128 pageviews2026-06-01 — 92 pageviews2026-06-04 — 97 pageviews2026-06-07 — 131 pageviews2026-06-10 — 77 pageviews2026-06-13 — 97 pageviews2026-06-16 — 76 pageviews2026-06-19 — 100 pageviews2026-06-22 — 102 pageviews2026-06-25 — 65 pageviews2026-06-28 — 114 pageviews2026-07-01 — 94 pageviews2026-07-04 — 102 pageviews2026-07-07 — 98 pageviews2026-07-10 — 97 pageviews2026-07-13 — 94 pageviews2026-07-16 — 86 pageviews2026-07-19 — 113 pageviews2026-07-22 — 87 pageviews2026-07-25 — 92 pageviews2026-07-28 — 105 pageviews2026-07-31 — 93 pageviews2026-08-03 — 114 pageviews2026-08-06 — 89 pageviews2026-08-09 — 115 pageviews2026-08-12 — 68 pageviews2026-08-15 — 93 pageviews2026-08-18 — 80 pageviews2026-08-21 — 79 pageviews2026-08-24 — 98 pageviews2026-08-26 — 98 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
53.3%
earned "Missing piece"
10.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)50,55719%26
Xbox One (Xbox)44,9054%26
Steam (Steam)4,74310%26

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

Player tags

Co-opIndieActionPuzzleColorfulAdventureBeautifulPlatformerAtmosphericMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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