
Unpacking is an exceptional Casual that raises the bar for the genre.
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Very Positive on Steam (93% positive from 39K reviews)
Highly rated by 481 players
No significant drawbacks reported
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.

Runs well on modern hardware.
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I was expecting this game to be a short time waster where I unpack stuff and arrange them as I please in each room. Unpacking is more than that and a very emotional one. You basically experiencing a woman's ups and downs as she goes through about 20+ years life through moving places until she achieved a really beautiful, happy ending. Each level are specific years of her life and as I unpack and arrange the stuff I get to see many changes she went through as well as what items she kept, lost and added along the way. A game without dialogue somehow made me feel a great sense of nostalgia and crack me a smile each time I finished a level. Lastly, I wanna say lovely end credit song made me shed a few tears automatically and really shows how glad I am for her that she found true happiness. A highly recommended 10/10 game. One of the rare times I actually felt happy and content to 100% complete this.
It is a really special puzzle game where you slowly unpack boxes and place belongings into different rooms across several stages of a person’s life. The gameplay is very simple you just take items out of boxes and decide where they belong. It really reminds me of my own moving experiences. Every time I move to a different city, I have to pack everything into boxes and then unpack them in a completely new space. The room always feels unfamiliar at first, and even the view outside the window changes, giving a totally different feeling and atmosphere. 📦🏠 Highly recommend it!
bought unpacking thinking “haha chill sorting game”, ended up emotionally invested in a stranger’s life.
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