Today’s the day! Unpacking is officially available on the App Store and Google Play!
We’ll keep this post short and sweet because the important information is right there—Unpacking is now available on mobile and tablets, and you can purchase it at the links above.
A few FAQs for those curious:
You can play it on BOTH phones and tablets
It is a premium title, but the price may vary based on what country you’re in.
There are no ads or in-app purchases!
It's the complete game – now designed to play great with touch screen controls right in the palm of your hand!
We hope you enjoy it in its new form, and please tag us (@UnpackingALife on Twitter and @unpackinggame on TikTok) if you take any particularly good photos or videos of you playing it out in the world. We’d love to see them!
Unpacking is coming to phones and tablets!
We’re happy to announce that Unpacking is coming to phones and tablets! 🎉
This has been a long time coming, and we can’t wait for you all to experience it on iOS and Android phones and tablets later this year!
We shared the trailer during Wholesome Direct, and you can check it out below (including a cute cameo from the plushies!):
Cheers,
Emily and the Witch Beam team
Tune in this Saturday for a big announcement from Unpacking!
We’ve got news to share!
We have an announcement coming up—and you can tune in to see what it is this Saturday!
Wholesome Direct is a yearly celebration of exclusive footage and announcements from 70+ indie games, and this year, that includes Unpacking! As a heads up, it’s not a DLC announcement, but it’s still something that a lot of folks have been asking for!
So mark your calendars for Saturday June 10th at 9AM Pacific Time / Sunday June 11th at 2AM AEST (yes, we’ll be very sleepy) and tune in on YouTube or Twitch!
Disegno published a really lovely piece on Unpacking—hitting points about the expansiveness and limits of cozy and wholesome games as a genre, the sadness we can feel when comparing our life to that of a protagonist, and the stories that are told throughout Unpacking. It’s well worth a read!
Don’t forget, Unpacking merchandise and plushies are still available at Serenity Forge! We absolutely love seeing them come to life, and as shipments are arriving at folks’ homes, it’s brought us so much joy!
See you all Saturday at Wholesome Direct!
Cheers,
Emily & the Unpacking team
Unpacking PLUSHIES officially for sale!
Wait, did you think we were done with merch? SURPRISE!!! We’ve got a second wave of Unpacking-related goodies for you, and yes, it includes PLUSHIES!
Next up, a lovely stationery set, complete with journal, pen, pencil, ruler, and washi tape! AND an Unpacking pouch, with some of our favorite items spilling out of a box.
We’ve been waiting to share this news with all of you, and hope you’re as excited as we are!
Cheers,
Emily and the Witch Beam team
How Unpacking handles sentimentality, level design, “stuff” and the idea of home
Two great interviews, one with Edge Magazine and one with Gameshub, that we’re quite proud of!
We talked to Edge about a huge range of things, from choosing which items came along from each level, sentimentality, level design of the post-boyfriend level, UI/interface, and of course: fan theories.
With Gameshub, the conversation began with our definitions of home, and then we discussed the idea of “stuff” in the game, what you can control (and what you can’t), and how the ways people play the game is still so, so varied.
We’re headed to GDC!
It’s a month out (how is that possible?) and we’re headed to GDC to give two talks. Please come join us if you’re attending the conference!
Unpacking physical editions are still available at major retailers (Amazon, Target, and others!) and you can still pick up Unpacking merchandise from Serenity Forge’s online shop. We’ve been loving seeing people share their pictures of packages arriving!
Unpacking is one year old—and our merch is now available!
This past year has flown by so quickly, but it’s been an absolutely wonderful journey. To celebrate a full year of Unpacking, we thought it was the perfect time for the official release of our merch collaboration with our friends at Serenity Forge!
And of course, since it’s our one year anniversary, ✨ Unpacking is officially on sale here on Steam for 30% off ✨ —so if you know of anyone that hasn’t played, now’s the perfect time to pick up the game!
Finally, we can’t help but look backwards at what a year it’s been. We’ve put together an infographic of our favorite stats—including that we’ve officially sold over a million copies of Unpacking!
Cheers,
Emily and the Witch Beam team
Unpacking is one year old—on sale for 30% off—and our merch is now available!
This past year has flown by so quickly, but it’s been an absolutely wonderful journey. To celebrate a full year of Unpacking, we thought it was the perfect time for the official release of our merch collaboration with our friends at Serenity Forge!
And of course, since it’s our one year anniversary, ✨ Unpacking is officially on sale here on Steam for 30% off ✨ —so if you know of anyone that hasn’t played, now’s the perfect time to pick up the game!
Finally, we can’t help but look backwards at what a year it’s been. We’ve put together an infographic of our favorite stats—including that we’ve officially sold over a million copies of Unpacking!
Cheers,
Emily and the Witch Beam team
Unpacking is now in a museum!
We’ve been joking that Unpacking is built in a “secret third dimension” - this is what it looks like in-engine!
The Sydney Morning Herald wrote a piece on kinder, cosier video games, and Unpacking is featured alongside other Australian games. It’s well worth a read, especially if you’re looking for new games to add to your queue.
Audio Director Jeff van Dyck was interviewed on the Sifter podcast, talking about using music to tell the story of Unpacking.
Wren joined GLITCH to read reviews of Unpacking, and we find out who feels strongly about soy sauce placement:
Cheers,
Emily and the Witch Beam team
A peek at Unpacking merch, and a new way to play Dark Star Mode
How on earth is it September already!? Time flies, especially when you’re headed to multiple events like we have. The team headed back to BitSummit for the first time in three years (!) and showed Unpacking, as well as Witch Beam’s newest game, Tempopo. Then, we bounced over to New Zealand for Wren to give the keynote at NZGDC. But we’re home now, thank goodness!
We’re VERY excited to share that ✨ Unpacking merch is coming soon! ✨ We’re so excited to have partnered with Serenity Forge to create some things we’re so excited to have in our hands soon and do our own IRL unpacking of boxes!
We’ve got two t-shirts, one with a rendition of the final scene that says “Unpacking a life with you,” and the other with Piggy peeking out of a cardboard box—and the box is a POCKET!
Then some keychains of some of our favorite plushies (jk we can’t pick favorites, we love them all) AND an enamel pin set of some of the achievements in the game.
They’ll be available at PAX West this weekend in Seattle (at Serenity Forge’s Booth: #757), and after that… well, you’ll just have to stay tuned! (and we just might have a few more things in store for you… 😉)
Also at PAX West, we’ll also be a part of Pinny Arcade’s Pin Quest with these fantastic enamel pins that will be available at the Humble Games booth (#317).
“We wanted to make the characters feel like real, three-dimensional people so that players could relate to them. One aspect of that is a religious and cultural identity. Our character happens to be an artist, and she happens to be queer, and happens to be Jewish. All of these are important parts of who she is.”
Our Discord is finding new and exciting ways to play the game, play Dark Star mode, and speedrun (yes, we have a speedrunning community!). Our current favorite is “Floor is Lava” mode for Dark Star, where you still have to put everything in the wrong place, but the floor is off-limits! Let us know if you give it a try.
Finally, do you know anyone that hasn’t grabbed the game on PC yet? If so, Humble is having a sale through September 6th, and Unpacking is 20% off in their store.
That’s all for now!
Cheers, Emily & the Witch Beam team
Unpacking is 20% off as part of the Tiny Teams Festival!
We're so excited to be a part of the Tiny Teams Festival here on Steam! As part of it, Unpacking is 20% off through next Monday, August 8th. Be sure to check out all the great games that are taking part in it!
