Developed By: Red Rabbit Games
Published By: SlimeWare
Category: 3D Platformer
Release Date: 10.20.25
Price: $9.99
Unsent might be one of the greatest indie platformers that I ever played. It’s a bit sad though because, it looks like nobody knows about the game. I was given a Steam key while I was at PAX East last week, and when I was looking into it, there were a few dozen reviews on Steam. But they were all positive, so I had to try it out immediately.
You control a little guy named Valentine, who lives in a separate realm from the humans. He gets a job as a delivery boy, but he’s not just delivering any old mail. His job is to deliver letters from the human realm that were accidentally never sent. The hub world is the Unsentiment Department, which itself is pretty large. Every time Valentine has a job to do, he’s sent to a large level that takes place in the human realm.
The game is still in early access, and there’s only a couple of levels right now. There’s a bit more planned for the future, but you could probably beat everything that’s available in a few hours. Every hour you play Unsent is going to be an hour well spent. The gameplay is fun and smooth, the world is wacky, and the story is full of solid humor.
Each level has some linear stuff, such as a rising water area in the first human realm. You can’t really deviate from this, but the rest of the game encourages you to explore. For example, there’s this one spot in the Archives where there’s a series of jumps that look like you can’t reach them and serve no purpose. But you can fine tune your path and find a small area with pennies past them. Then that opens up to a whole new area.
There’s really no point to exploring and collecting pennies just unlocks new cosmetics. But when you reach a spot that would be impossible in a normal game, you’re filled with a sense of accomplishment. The smoothness of the gameplay makes it even more enjoyable. Unsent is not meant to be a hard game, so its physics and platforms are very forgiving. Maybe you have to jump to a very tiny ledge, but you have to mess up horribly to not make it.
There are some spots where you have to climb really high, but the game never punishes you for messing up. In the rising water level, I must have died 30 times, but I never felt like it was too hard. The smoothness also translates to the Steam Deck quite well. I was playing docked with a controller and movement was flawless. While the gameplay is fun and incredibly satisfying, it was the wacky world that kept me interested.
Both realms look and feel like something you’d expect out of a Tim Burton or Dr. Seus story. The characters are quirky, the story is full of humor, and there’s nonsensical physics everywhere. Each level is crafted with so much love and so many secrets. You’re going to want to talk to every character and explore every nook and cranny.
Unsent is such a charming and whimsical game. For only $10, you’re getting a ton of value. Plus, the game is still in early access, and there will be another level in the future. So buy the game now because it’s definitely worth it.
10/10