Unpacking
“Pick things up and put them down.” That’s the pitch, and the extent of what you can do, in Unpacking, an isometric puzzle game with some serious decorating sim bona fides. You play as an unnamed, unseen woman. Every level showcases a different stage in her life—her childhood room, her university dorm, a jackass boyfriend’s sumptuous pad—in which you’re tasked with emptying moving boxes and placing the contents in roughly the proper area. As you see which objects make it from move to move, and which are left behind, you quietly piece together a narrative with astonishing emotional depth.
Playtime: 3.5 hours
