Unpacking
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…
Unpacking is an indie developed by Witch Beam, released 2 November 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. The main story takes about 3 hrs to finish.
What Unpacking is
Unpacking is an indie game developed by Witch Beam and released in 2021. It was published by Humble Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Over the course of eight house moves, you are given a chance to experience a sense of intimacy with a character you never see and a story you’re never told. Discover a character's story through the items that come with her to each new home (and the items that get left behind).
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are drama. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 25 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Unpacking holds a critic score of 93 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 19 points above the year average. Players rate it 82, 11 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 5.7 hrs, roughly 1.9 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for SSE2 instruction set support and Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities.. Install size is roughly 1GB.
What it launched against
Unpacking launched on 2 November 2021, within three weeks of Age of Empires IV, Forza Horizon 5, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy and Inscryption. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Age of Empires IV, Forza Horizon 5, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Inscryption.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Unpacking yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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