How many copies has Unpacking sold?

indielist estimates Unpacking has sold between 1,253,916 and 2,925,804 units (median 2,089,860), derived from its 34,831 Steam reviews with the white-box Boxleiter v1.0 method. The full breakdown is shown on the page.

Who developed Unpacking?

Unpacking was developed by Witch Beam and published by Balor Games.

Who published Unpacking?

Unpacking was published by Balor Games, developed by Witch Beam. See Balor Games's full catalogue and submission status on indielist.

When was Unpacking released?

Unpacking was released in 2021.

How many reviews does Unpacking have on Steam?

Unpacking has 34,831 Steam reviews, of which 93% are positive.

Is Unpacking worth playing?

Steam players rate Unpacking 93% positive across 34,831 reviews. indielist doesn't score games editorially; it surfaces public review sentiment and a white-box sales estimate so you can judge reception and reach yourself.

Unpacking

Nov 1, 2021 Casual $19.99

Developer Witch Beam Publisher Balor Games

Profile updated May 2026

A casual simulation game released in 2021, Unpacking offers a zen-like experience of unpacking boxes and arranging belongings. With over 34,025 positive Steam reviews, this indie title has resonated with players. The developer attribution is currently unknown.

Unpacking is a 2021 Casual game developed by Witch Beam and published by Balor Games. On Steam it has gathered 34,831 player reviews, 93% of them positive, which counts as a very positive reception among indie titles in the Casual category. The game is available on linux, mac, windows, and launched at $20. The pairing of developer Witch Beam with publisher Balor Games is one of the studio-publisher relationships indielist tracks, letting players find comparable games and letting developers and investors study how Casual projects reach the market. indielist's white-box method estimates its lifetime sales at roughly 1.3 million to 2.9 million units, with the full Boxleiter factor breakdown shown on this page rather than a single black-box figure. Within indielist's catalog of indie games mapped to their studios, publishers, and funding, Unpacking can be compared against similar Casual titles and benchmarked on review counts and estimated sales.

Reviews

34,831

Positive

93%

Steam appid

1135690

Engine

Unknown

Players (snapshot)

279

Historical snapshot · 2026-06-02 22:35 UTC

Sales estimate

v1.0

1.3M to 2.9M

units (median: 2.1M)

≈ $14.3M to $33.4M modeled net revenue (fixed store-cut, refund, and regional-price assumptions applied)

1.3M median 2.9M

+ How is this calculated?

34,831 reviews × NB(60) = 2,089,860 median units

Factor	Adjustment
base	+50
year_2021	+15
price_$20	0
positive_93%	+10
genre_Casual	-15
final NB	60

Heuristic display range: median × [0.6, 1.4]. Boundary protection: NB ∈ [15, 150].

Methodology & limitations

Sales estimates use an additive Boxleiter-derived heuristic against public Steam review counts. They are not authoritative sales data, and the fixed display range is not a statistically validated confidence interval. Actual results may fall outside it, especially for deeply discounted or bundle-heavy titles. Algorithm version v1.0. Read the exact method and validation status.

indielist estimates lifetime unit sales for Unpacking at roughly 1.3 million to 2.9 million copies, with a median around 2.1 million, derived from its 34,831 Steam reviews using a multi-factor Boxleiter method (version v1.0). That median maps to approximately $23.9M in net revenue after Steam's 30% cut, regional pricing, and refunds. Unlike black-box trackers, the full calculation is shown on this page: a base review-to-sales multiplier is adjusted for release year, launch price, review sentiment, studio size, and genre, and every adjustment is listed so developers, publishers, and investors can audit exactly how the figure was reached. The range itself reflects genuine uncertainty — review-to-sales ratios vary widely between games — so indielist publishes a low, median, and high band rather than a false-precision single number, and treats free-to-play, heavily discounted, and bundle-distributed titles as having wider error margins still.

Price history

54 observed days · window low $7.99

Across 54 observed UTC days from 2026-05-31 to 2026-07-24, the daily lowest tracked USD price across stores ranged from $7.99 to $19.99. The tracked-window low was $7.99 on 2026-05-31.

Real store observations · daily lowest tracked USD price across stores · missing days are not filled.

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Frequently asked questions

How many copies has Unpacking sold?: indielist estimates Unpacking has sold between 1,253,916 and 2,925,804 units (median 2,089,860), derived from its 34,831 Steam reviews with the white-box Boxleiter v1.0 method. The full breakdown is shown on the page.
Who developed Unpacking?: Unpacking was developed by Witch Beam and published by Balor Games.
Who published Unpacking?: Unpacking was published by Balor Games, developed by Witch Beam. See Balor Games's full catalogue and submission status on indielist.
When was Unpacking released?: Unpacking was released in 2021.
How many reviews does Unpacking have on Steam?: Unpacking has 34,831 Steam reviews, of which 93% are positive.
Is Unpacking worth playing?: Steam players rate Unpacking 93% positive across 34,831 reviews. indielist doesn't score games editorially; it surfaces public review sentiment and a white-box sales estimate so you can judge reception and reach yourself.

Players looking for games like Unpacking can compare it on indielist against semantically similar Casual titles such as Assemble with Care, Coloring Pixels, Cozy Grove, Minami Lane, ranked by shared tags and genre rather than by ad spend. On the developer side, Witch Beam's other releases and Balor Games's wider catalog are one click away, letting developers benchmark where Unpacking sits among a studio's body of work and how its publisher's portfolio performs. Because indielist maps studios, publishers, games, and funding into one connected graph, the same Unpacking page serves three audiences at once: players hunting their next Casual game, developers studying how comparable projects were positioned and what they sold, and investors tracing which teams and labels are active in the space. A machine-readable markdown mirror of this page is published at the same path with a .md suffix for AI assistants, and its review, price, and sales-estimate figures are refreshed on a schedule rather than frozen at launch.

Matched from shared Steam tags and primary genre. Review count breaks ties; it is not a personal recommendation score.