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Unboxing the Cryptic Killer
Unravel the mystery of a cryptic box in this 2-player co-op puzzle game. Join forces as two detectives, solve cooperative puzzles, communicate effectively, crack the codes and outsmart the killer.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Quick co-op puzzle game. It's nothing outstanding, but it's fun 5-ish hour game. There are some pretty unique puzzles in there :)”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“This was very fun. I like the puzzles and it was engaging without being stressful. the voices were funny.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Amazing short co-op puzzle games. The art style is top-notch, and the puzzles are very intuitive, unique, and challenging without being too frustrating. It took my friend and me about 6 hours to complete 100% of the achievements.”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:59 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Unboxing the Cryptic Killer - Patch 1.4.0
New features: Added Japanese localization Added Korean localization
Sales in Russia suspended due to connection issues
Detectives, Due to ongoing technical issues affecting connections to our servers, we’ve decided to suspend sales of our games in Russia. We don’t think it’s fair to sell a game in a region where we ca
Unboxing the Cryptic Killer - Patch 1.3.0
We’ve just released Patch 1.3.0 for Unboxing the Cryptic Killer. This update addresses connection issues experienced by some players. You can now manually select a server when creating a game, instead
Unboxing the Cryptic Killer - Patch 1.3.1
Detectives!Unity (the game engine we use) recently released an important security patch. It was discovered that all versions of the engine (and by extension, our games) were affected by a specific vul
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Puzzle · Online Co-Op · Escape Room · Point & Click · Mystery · Adventure · Casual · Exploration · 2D · Cartoony · Co-op · Comic Book (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Indonesian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish * |
| Achievements | 13 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://elevenpuzzles.com/unboxing-the-cryptic-killer/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel core 2 DUO 2GHz+, AMD Athlon TMX2 2.2GHz+ Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel Hd graphics 520 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: A working PC-compatible microphone