Unpacking

Unpacking is a singleplayer bird's-eye view and isometric puzzle game.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere. Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Steam		DRM-free if Steam is not installed or by creating a `steam_appid.txt` file in `<path-to-game>` containing the game's Steam App ID number `1135690`.^[2] When run DRM-free, save progress is only retained when the Steam client running, since the save files are linked to the Steam client.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Witch Beam\Unpacking\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Witch Beam/Unpacking/prefs

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Witch Beam\Unpacking\*.sav
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\HumbleBundle.Unpacking_q2mcdwmzx4qja\SystemAppData\wgs
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\1135690\remote\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Witch Beam/Unpacking/

GOG and Steam save files are incompatible.^[3]

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video settings

Accessibility settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Camera can be zoomed in-and-out freely.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Used instead of exclusive fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Not applicable. A pixel sprite game such as Unpacking has its colors as definitive values, so it would not gain any fidelity by supporting HDR.
Color blind mode		The Invalid item highlight color can be set to red, blue, magenta, or green in the Accessibility settings.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Input settings

Control remapping

Keyboard, mouse, and touch	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen support
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Motion sensors support
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, Sound Effects
Surround sound		Stereo.^[4]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language selection

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Filipino
French
German
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Malay
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Latin American Spanish
Turkish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise
Input	Rewired

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1
Processor (CPU)	SSE2 instruction set support
System memory (RAM)
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 10 compatible Shader model 4.0 support

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.13
Processor (CPU)	SSE2 instruction set support
System memory (RAM)
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 10 compatible Shader model 4.0 support

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 16.04
Processor (CPU)	SSE2 instruction set support
System memory (RAM)
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 10 compatible Shader model 4.0 support

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unity engine build: 2019.4.34f1^[1]

References

↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-03-03
↑ Verified by User:Jwillikers on 2025-10-21
Confirmed on Linux that unpacking.x86_64 can be launched directly through the game folder without the Steam client running or launching.
↑ [1] - last accessed on 2022-01-13
↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-03-25
Tested with Special K.

[2] Unity engine build: 2019.4.34f1^[1]

[engineversion-1] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-03-03

[3] Verified by User:Jwillikers on 2025-10-21
Confirmed on Linux that unpacking.x86_64 can be launched directly through the game folder without the Steam client running or launching.

[4] [1] - last accessed on 2022-01-13

[5] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-03-25
Tested with Special K.

[Note 1]

[2]

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[4]

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Developers

	Witch Beam
Publishers
	Humble Games
Engines
	Unity 2019^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	November 2, 2021
macOS (OS X)	November 2, 2021
Linux	November 2, 2021
Reception
Metacritic	84
OpenCritic	83
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Relaxed
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Puzzle
Art styles	Pixel art
Themes	Contemporary