{"id":26909,"date":"2026-06-08T00:01:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=26909"},"modified":"2026-05-21T08:56:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T08:56:59","slug":"unbox-the-room-switch-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/08\/unbox-the-room-switch-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Unbox the Room (Switch, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Last year I reviewed a game about packing things in boxes in a house<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t very much fun, just like in real life.\u00a0 But what about unpacking things from boxes once you move into a new home?\u00a0 Would that make a better game? (turns out, yes it does)\u00a0 Unbox the Room lets you unpack boxes and arrange the items in little rooms.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

There are two modes of play.\u00a0 Story mode has you unpacking boxes for clients who want certain things arranged in their rooms.\u00a0 You might have to put an umbrella by the door or put certain plush toys on a bed, for instance.\u00a0 This story mode kind of reminded me of the Happy Home Designer and Happy Home Paradise add-ons for Animal Crossing games.\u00a0 Sometimes in Story Mode you have to put things in two rooms, or get boxes from a truck.\u00a0 You finish the level once all the boxes are gone and you\u2019ve fulfilled the requirements of the client.\u00a0 There is also a Sandbox mode where you are free to put anything you like in a room and arrange it how you want and save it for later.<\/p>\n

To play, you\u2019ll move a cursor around the screen and click on boxes to open and unpack them.\u00a0 Once all the items in a box are gone, it\u2019ll disappear.\u00a0 You can also move items around with the cursor and rotate them with a button.\u00a0 You view the game in a 2D isometric fashion with 16-bit style pixel graphics.\u00a0 People who like stress-free games and enjoy decorating rooms in Animal Crossing may like this one.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nothing violent or objectionable here.\u00a0 Reading skill is a must, though.\u00a0 Unbox the Room is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last year I reviewed a game about packing things in boxes in a house.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t very much fun, just like in real life.\u00a0 But what about unpacking things from boxes once you move into a new home?\u00a0 Would that make a better game? (turns out, yes it does)\u00a0 Unbox the Room lets you unpack […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26909"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26911,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26909\/revisions\/26911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}