Unpacking
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (25%); after 5h it's 1 in 30 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 61% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Fellowship” (Unpacked 2007) and “Too cool” (Unpacked 2010): from 87% to 78% of starters.
- 98% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 41,674 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 5h for positive, 4.4h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (98.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Beginning Unpacked 1997. 99% −1
- Get smart Unpacked 2004. 94% −4
- Fellowship Unpacked 2007. 87% −7
- Too cool Unpacked 2010. Most players quit here 78% −9
- Home cooking Unpacked 2012. 75% −3
- Independence Unpacked 2013. 71% −4
- Love Unpacked 2015. 68% −3
- No place like home Unpacked 2018. 61% −7
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (25)
story milestone ending side
- Make some memories Found your camera. 100%
- Beginning Unpacked 1997. 99%
- Get smart Unpacked 2004. 94%
- Fellowship Unpacked 2007. 87%
- Too cool Unpacked 2010. 78%
- Home cooking Unpacked 2012. 75%
- Independence Unpacked 2013. 71%
- Green thumb Found a place for every plant. 68%
- Love Unpacked 2015. 68%
- No place like home Unpacked 2018. 61%
- Rediscover childhood Rescued a forgotten poster. 58%
- Fuzzy friends Put the tiger and pig side by side. 57%
- Strike a pose Made the mannequin dab. 54%
- A sometimes food Put the cookie jar out of reach. 51%
- Electrical hazard Put an electronic item somewhere dangerous. 47%
- Brilliantly solved Wrote an equation with fridge magnets. 40%
- Tidy whities Tidied up his underwear drawer. 39%
- Baby builder Built a tower out of baby blocks. 37%
- Blast some tunes Turned on a music player. 32%
- Game on Turned on a game console. 26%
- Solve a puzzle Solved the cube. 23%
- 12:00 Set the time on the microwave. 23%
- Hat on head Found a head to wear the hat. 19%
- Brew some coffee Placed all the coffee-making equipment on the counter. 17%
- Gotta flush 'em all Flushed every toilet. 16%