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Unpacking – Puzzle Game Review
Unpacking is a Puzzle/Casual game from Humble Bundle, Inc., first launched in 24th August 2023.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 5,562+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Unpacking Stand Out
Unpacking is a BAFTA Award-winning zen 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. 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.
FEATURES
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Unpack a home — from a single bedroom to an entire house
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Meditative gameplay with no timers, meters or scores — perfect for playing at your own pace or on the move
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Explore domestic environments with all their nooks and crannies while you stack plates, hang towels, and arrange bookshelves
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Discover a character's story through the items that come with her to each new home (and the items that get left behind)
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Perfect for mobile — Unpack with the touch of a finger, feel the world through haptics, and easily create snapshots and videos for sharing on social media
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Soundtrack by BAFTA award-winning composer and audio director Jeff van Dyck
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Winner of over 20 awards, including the 2022 BAFTA Games Awards for Narrative and EE Game of the Year
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Experience this handcrafted story in its entirety right in the palm of your hand
This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Unpacking is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 31st August 2023
Recent improvements include:
- Bug fixes and Performance Improvements
Download & Availability
Unpacking is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We love love love thisss game we just really wish there were more levels and what not and we want to see what the people look like and maybe every level there's a story behind we idk but thxs for making this game.
We really recommend this if you like calming organization games if you really like this game then we would like try it like you like watching it and even though we got a lot of money than yes, it is worth it so and its like really nice and you can listen to music you know like you can shut off the music if you want to. Its kind of coming to do like during like a long car ride, but we would really what we would ask the makers of the game we would ask for more levels..thank you.
Why did we delete it? We love this so much!!! And guess what there was another journal and we were so excited we thought the green one was the last! But Im so mad about ourselves for deleting it.
Ok so we LOVE this game it's amazing buttt we wish there were more levels, since we already completed the girl's life we should be able to unpack the baby's life! That means more stickers/achievements, more of us sobbing because this game stabbed us in the heart by how cute and calm it is so PLS MAKE MORE LEVELS!! Xoxo us.
We absolutely loved this game. Please make more like it! It's the perfect pace, the perfect amount of user control, the perfect amount of reward. There just really isn't any other game like this one. The only complaint we have is that it's too short. We wish it had many more levels.
Though the game costs money, it has no ads, its so cute, and the storyline made us cry. We love this game so much.
We like this game mainly for the design and just the things in general. One thing we would like is if they kind of organize the things more instead of like one rooms furniture being mixed up with another furniture and also we wish they made more like a second unpacking at least had more rooms, freedom unpack it felt very limited and like you couldnt really do much its like we wish we had more stories so with each album it was a different persons life and a whole bunch of albums, cause gosh it was so limited.
This game of heard so cute and we think everyone should get it.
It was really fun no ads it was really good and of course we finished it in a couple months. Sure you can finish it in a whole day but we just did a little bit at a time and it was really fun.
We love this game so so much, but we finished it in less than a day. We need more LEVELS.
This game is great, even though we've finished the game we keep replaying it because the gameplay is just that satisfying. It's very fun to listen to the sound effects of the objects, and putting everything in their place. We just have one simple suggestion, if adding more levels isn't an option, we were thinking there could be a customizable level where you get to pick your own furniture and items to move in with. So that way, more levels wouldn't have to be added continuously and the variability would help add something new. This game is great, but we hope updates are taken into consideration.
We shush we could rate this game even higher you can really tell all to work put into it there are countle amazing thing about this game but we should keep you here all day.
A cute story game of your life. The money was so worth it we just beat it and it was the best game ever we loved it so much definitely check this cute game out.
One of the best games! Love how there is a min goal to complete but you can organize the room how you want and there is no rush! Finished the game Multiple times now! Only wish there were more levels and rooms.
Ive been playing for hours and every single day and its perfect that it has no Internet so we can play when Im on very long road trips and its really good. You guys should buy it. Theres no ads no money descriptions Buying it, but thats great but best game ever buy it now.
We used to play this, and never got to finish it. This made us so emotional, we just love everything about it. Heartwarming and overall so fun. The design, game, story, everything made this perfect! A puzzle worth completing.
This game is so great. We cant find a game we like better. Unpacking is a game we can enjoy and release stress. Its such a beautiful game. There are hidden messages that you can find and stickers to collect! This game is great. Long live unpacking.
We love how cute it is, heart touching it is, and how much it made us cry and the song at the end.
Please its too short we need more.
We finished today. It was amazing. Its a story of love.
When we saw a video on this game we said wow that game looks fun and maybe it will help us with our organizing skills so we downloaded the game and we realized that it had more things and we really appreciated that so in conclusion we just think a few more levels would be appreciated but overall Best Game EVER.
This game made us cry at the end because we literally grew up with her.
We LOVE THIS GAME but our only thing is its kinda annoying on mobile because of a the tiny things so if you want it you should take that into consideration but its SOOOOO MUCH easier with an apple pen we and stuff.
EEEEEEE IT WAS SO GOODDDDDD AND GAYYYYY.
So this game was sooo good we loved It but the ending was Sad when we tried to do the second book it was just the same just restarted we were pretty disappointed we thought it would keep going through the years but yeah its still pretty good and pls add more levels.
El mejor juego que e jugado en ni vida.
We love this game very much. Wish they would add more levels that five though.
We cant get enough of this game! Ive completed it multiple times and enjoyed it so much that we even downloaded the soundtrack on Spotify and listen to it often. Now, Im off to start a new save file on our iPad and play again.
We love it but we NEED NEW LEVELS.
If you start a new album if you put everything in the wrong place you get a black star try it pls.
We LOVE THIS GAME!! 10$ completely worth it.
This is the best game ever Its so relaxing and its fun. There are no adds or you have to pay anything just $10 and then all fun p.s. We just wish there was more to do we finished it in a week.
Very well-made adorable story one of our favorite games we played.
Yes this game is the best ever! But it is so short that we finished it in a few hours. So please make more levels because we mean 10 bucks? Please add a few more levels! Other then that we love this game and can not stop playing. Thank you developers for making this game! We can see the hard work in each level.
This is the best game ever better then Endling extinction is forever.
We loved this game. It was relaxing and kept our interest following the life of the person moving. We would love if there were more moves to unpack. We especially appreciated the fact that it didnt have constant ads and micro transactions.
This game is really soothing and it is worth the money. Its nice to play when you are having anxiety.
Although we do wish that the game was longer we like to keep playing over and over to compare how we organize it each time. It is definitely worth the price.
This game is the best because no adds and so calming and it shows there life and so much fun we could play this game forever.
Love this game sm but we do wish it was longer.
We almost cried at the end, especially with the cut scene fun game, but is expensive totally worth it though its great for people who love to organize. This game was so fun and satisfying to do. Plus, we liked how we were able to arrange some things how we would want them to be. We love how she found the right person to marry we could tell her the same interest as her. We also love how it showed her her lifes up and down like real life. Its not all cupcakes and rainbows like it is in the movies we would totally recommend to buy.
We love this game so much and its worth the money but we fee like there should be another game but its going through the persons life again but its packing the stuff up instead of unpacking it anyway this game is one of the best games ever we think. We love how it shows how they feel about the picture when their back in their own bedroom bye putting the pin on the others face and in the end making you put it away shows how upset they are. Plus we love that when you put the final two plushies together it gives you a cute and funny badge and how they bring their most prized possessions to the dorm and other places. Overall we think this game is awesome and that there should be a game thats packing their stuff up!!! Would really recommend.
So we love where you collect stickers we love how it shows you how you grow up, but it was so emotional like we almost started crying at the end, but so fun we have anxiety and a lot of stress after school cause especially on days where we have a test so when we get back home, Im like stressing and we have a lot of anxiety. Im like this will not or so. We always stress and when Im practicing like this is so hard so we just play this game and oh our stress goes away and our anxiety. Im a girl and Im seven like its kind of hard for our test. But when you get to the only two room house and we shook the purple sweater it sound like there was water inside it so we are only seven and we dont really know why its doing that.
We wish there was unpacking like the next book would be a different person, but overall this game is amazing! Highly recommend. This made us cry in a good way.
Such a cute game hope you have fun playing :p.
Once we started the game, it was kind of cool like you were unpacking and putting things away nice and organized until we got to the end and it was so sad. We literally almost started crying and it was probably our top three most favorite game we just wish there were more rooms that you could do instead of just those certain rooms like each book had different rooms that you can pick from, but it was definitely a great game.
We absolutely love this game! The price is pretty high but its 100% worth it. We finished the game in a little over two days after buying it and we found it really interesting how we could freely organize and reorganize the items in the rooms and watch the character in the game kind of grow up through the different rooms moving house to house. It tells a story each level you get to. It is pretty short but it was worth the money.
The story that we follow through out this game is so sweet all the ups and downs and what she goes through in her life is so cute especially the little baby room at the end Im kinda sad we dont get to see how the baby grows up but thats ok we love this game and we hope other people love it too and please please please (Sabrina carpenter) Make other games like this.
We just finished this game. We pick it up whenever we need to turn off our brain, forget about it for a few weeks, and then pick it back up. We found ourselves looking forward to seeing whats next for our MC. And the story was cute.
You should add more levels to the game.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.04
- Size: 548.71 MB
- iOS: 14.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, ZH, TR
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Humble Bundle, Inc.
Last updated: 31st August 2023 | Genre: Puzzle, Casual | Developer: Humble Bundle, Inc.