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Unboxing the Cryptic Killer

Eleven Puzzles · 2023

  • Puzzle
  • Co-op
  • Mystery

Honestly, I couldn't understand why this game is so well rated. Overall, it frustrated more than it entertained.

Not recommended
  • 2.9 h played
  • Review published on Jan 20, 2025
  • 1 min read

Loved

  • One or two well-designed puzzles

Not for me

  • Dull, unintuitive puzzles
  • We moved forward by guessing
  • The free prologue is much better

The review

Honestly, I couldn't understand why this game is so well rated.

I found most of the puzzles pretty dull, often tedious. Not to mention most of them weren't intuitive at all.

We were both trying to figure out what on earth we had to do, and we still didn't get it, but we moved forward by guessing.

I won't be unfair: there are one or two well-designed puzzles, but overall the game frustrated more than it entertained.

I recommend playing only this game's prologue, which is free and has much better puzzles.

Published on Steam on January 20, 2025. Read the original

For comparison

I don't give scores. But if you like numbers, here are everyone else's.

MetacriticPC

tbd

MetascoreNot enough PC critic reviews

7.0

User scorefrom 5 ratings

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Numbers from Oct 21, 2026.

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