Unboxathon Review

 Unboxathon is an incremental game developed by Skye <3 and published by EVIL CORP GAMES (wow, what contrasting names). This game is all about collecting mystery boxes and opening them for huge profits, and after 100% Ship, Inc., I am thoroughly familiar with these cardboard containers. So, will I lose my mind over unboxing thousands of packages, or would I rather impulsively buy stuff I don’t need from Amazon? Let’s check it out!

It all starts out pretty simple, even though I started a little confused due to a lack of a tutorial. All you have to do is pop bubbles for box fragments. Once you have enough, you can open a box, take out all the filler, and collect whatever's inside to sell for cash or Archive for later use. You start off scouring through boxes containing only socks and old toothbrushes, but eventually you can get boxes containing stuff like luxury bags and actual magical artefacts. 

Although at the beginning you only get a couple of coins for each item (you might even get lucky and get something in the double digits), you’ll soon become a multi-quadtrillionaire in only a matter of time. You go from slowly opening each and every box to practically destroying them in seconds. I mean, a fire laser is definitely the most efficient way to get rid of package filler!

Why bubbles? Bubble wrap.

However, you need more than cash to go through the numerous upgrade menus (which just get a little confusing to navigate). You’ll need cogs and shards to obtain some of the more substantial unlocks, like adding bombs to your bubbles to pop more of them at once or have needles constantly being shot around the screen to pop bubbles for you. It’s quite a difference from the start of the game, where you have to click on everything (you can hold down your LMB instead if you want to save your finger), and it’s honestly a little nice being able to relax a little.

There is a little more to Unboxathon than just, well, opening boxes. Eventually, you can unlock item synthesis to obtain higher=value loot than normal, which you can then put on a shelf to passively generate coins. If you find yourself with an excess of stuff, you can sacrifice them for stickers, which are more passive bonuses that layer onto all your other passive bonuses. There’s a lot of stuff to upgrade, and it is honestly a little addicting.

This is just one of many upgrade menus.

However, I did have some issues. Although the title never gave me trouble with glitches or FPS, it was more quality-of-life issues I was having gripes with, such as when organising your shelf items. I couldn’t find a way to check my inventory of Archived loot when I was changing them. Also, I had to manually check each price to see which had the most value. It was kind of annoying that I had to go through this song and dance every time I Archived an expensive product.

I... literally just learned Unboxathon is a mobile game right at this moment.

Overall, I had a nice time with Unboxathon, however, I’d prefer if I played it on my phone rather than my PC. To have access to it all the time, have a quick session of earning money, then going about my day would be nice, especially since I completed the game in record time. I got all the achievements in Unboxathon in four hours. I don’t have all the upgrades unlocked, but that’s only a matter of time rather than a concentrated effort. If you want something short and sweet, this might be the title for you.