Cube Escape
Cube Escape is a series of surrealistic room escape games developed by the indie game studio Rusty Lake.[1] The series is heavily inspired by Twin Peaks[2][3] and follows detective Dale Vandermeer and his investigation into the death of Laura Vanderboom. As of June 2021, there have been ten mainline games released in the series. In addition, Cube Escape Collection, a collection of the first nine Cube Escape games, was released on Steam in October of 2020 in advance of the deprecation of Adobe Flash[1]
Cube Escape | |
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Genre(s) | Escape Room |
Developer(s) | Rusty Lake |
Publisher(s) | Rusty Lake |
Platform(s) | |
First release | Cube Escape: The Lake April 25, 2015 |
Latest release | Cube Escape: Paradox September 20, 2018 |
Gameplay
Cube Escape's gameplay involves the player navigating cubical rooms using point-and-click controls and collecting items and clues to help them escape.
Games
Release Year | Title |
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2015 | Cube Escape: Lake |
2015 | Cube Escape: Seasons |
2015 | Cube Escape: Arles |
2015 | Cube Escape: Harvey's Box |
2015 | Cube Escape: Case 23 |
2015 | Cube Escape: The Mill |
2016 | Cube Escape: Birthday |
2016 | Cube Escape: Theatre |
2017 | Cube Escape: The Cave |
2018 | Cube Escape: Paradox |
2020 | Cube Escape Collection |
A new game titled The Past Within is set to release in June 2022.[4]
There are also four paid games and another one set in the same universe.
Release Year | Title |
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2015 | Rusty Lake: Hotel |
2016 | Rusty Lake: Roots |
2018 | Rusty Lake: Paradise |
2020 | The White Door |
2020 | Samsara Room |
References
- Wales, Matt (October 14, 2020). "Rusty Lake's Cube Escape Collection bundles 9 wonderful, darkly surreal puzzlers on Steam".
- Chalk, Andy (October 16, 2020). "Cube Escape dodges the end of the Flash era with a new collection on Steam".
- Golubev, Pavel (June 2, 2017). "Interview: The Hidden Secret of Building A Cult Following to Monetization". www.gamasutra.com.
- "The Past Within Official Trailer is Out Now!". Rusty Lake Blog (in Dutch). 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2022-02-08.