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Unravel

Coldwood Interactive · Electronic Arts · 2020-06-04

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Unravel is an Action and Adventure game released in 2020, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 5587 reviews).

7
playing now
91%
positive of 5.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (19 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (288 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (339 downloads)
4.48★
PlayStation Store rating (43,334 ratings)
5.9h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 11h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 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.

Trailer

Unravel trailer thumbnail

Unravel: Official Announce Gameplay Trailer | E3 2015

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7 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 6% of 27,912 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 112k–251k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,587 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
Steam$2.99-85%

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 42 of 54 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

4772026-09-15 13:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 15 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 12 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 31 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 31 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 15 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 27 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 27 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 29 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 26 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 38 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 16 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 30 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 20 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 26 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 39 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 16 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 19 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 35 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 35 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 26 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9614Jun 2020Aug 2026Jun 2020 — avg 40 · peak 96Aug 2020 — avg 14 · peak 147Oct 2020 — avg 20 · peak 52Dec 2020 — avg 48 · peak 144Feb 2021 — avg 86 · peak 307Apr 2021 — avg 34 · peak 81Jun 2021 — avg 30 · peak 112Aug 2021 — avg 46 · peak 127Oct 2021 — avg 45 · peak 147Dec 2021 — avg 38 · peak 107Feb 2022 — avg 54 · peak 154Apr 2022 — avg 31 · peak 96Jun 2022 — avg 51 · peak 109Aug 2022 — avg 39 · peak 95Oct 2022 — avg 24 · peak 66Dec 2022 — avg 82 · peak 229Feb 2023 — avg 42 · peak 114Apr 2023 — avg 41 · peak 96Jun 2023 — avg 37 · peak 92Aug 2023 — avg 28 · peak 70Oct 2023 — avg 21 · peak 62Dec 2023 — avg 30 · peak 79Feb 2024 — avg 36 · peak 87Apr 2024 — avg 20 · peak 51Jun 2024 — avg 16 · peak 56Aug 2024 — avg 24 · peak 60Oct 2024 — avg 15 · peak 39Dec 2024 — avg 41 · peak 102Feb 2025 — avg 29 · peak 76Apr 2025 — avg 17 · peak 42Jun 2025 — avg 20 · peak 50Aug 2025 — avg 20 · peak 50Oct 2025 — avg 15 · peak 42Dec 2025 — avg 28 · peak 81Feb 2026 — avg 34 · peak 89Apr 2026 — avg 23 · peak 60Jun 2026 — avg 26 · peak 70Aug 2026 — avg 20 · peak 41
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$20.97$0.002015-06-162026-10-152015-06-16 — 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 $19.992026-09-03 — best price $0.002026-09-30 — best price $2.992026-10-15 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

142642026-05-29 — 128 pageviews2026-06-02 — 67 pageviews2026-06-06 — 119 pageviews2026-06-10 — 77 pageviews2026-06-14 — 96 pageviews2026-06-18 — 77 pageviews2026-06-22 — 102 pageviews2026-06-26 — 72 pageviews2026-06-30 — 74 pageviews2026-07-04 — 102 pageviews2026-07-08 — 82 pageviews2026-07-12 — 96 pageviews2026-07-16 — 86 pageviews2026-07-20 — 102 pageviews2026-07-24 — 109 pageviews2026-07-28 — 105 pageviews2026-08-01 — 79 pageviews2026-08-05 — 137 pageviews2026-08-09 — 115 pageviews2026-08-13 — 64 pageviews2026-08-17 — 102 pageviews2026-08-21 — 79 pageviews2026-08-25 — 84 pageviews2026-08-29 — 102 pageviews2026-09-02 — 109 pageviews2026-09-06 — 142 pageviews2026-09-10 — 104 pageviews2026-09-14 — 81 pageviews2026-09-18 — 89 pageviews2026-09-22 — 106 pageviews2026-09-26 — 110 pageviews2026-09-30 — 94 pageviews2026-10-04 — 84 pageviews2026-10-07 — 85 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.

Where its players are

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

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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