Cube Escape: Paradox

The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

Verdict

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Player sentiment

Player sentiment is from Steam (PC) reviews.

All time

97.1%

12,274 reviews

12 months

95.5%

1,529 reviews

90 days

94.6%

410 reviews

30 days

95.7%

94 reviews

Stable+0.4 pts versus the previous 90 days

Review history

Bars are review volume. The line is the positive percentage. Periods under 10 reviews are faded.

What players are saying

Positive

I always love these moments when playing Rusty Lake games. This one is great: nice puzzles, nice riddles, and always that creepy atmosphere. I really enjoyed watching the movie too, like a real escape game. I love how Rusty Lake pushes their games' lore to its core every time, creating something really fascinating and disturbing in every game.
5h 57m played at review · 27 Sept 2026
Above and beyond ANYTHING I expected. Not only is there a film with CLUES in it, but there's so much thought in this game that I fell in love and stayed here. Visually and Audibly stunning, Story is brilliant, puzzles are fun, lore is everywhere, and it is just one of my favorites. Everyone should play this.
2h 41m played at review · 11 Sept 2026
The game is a fantastic blend of short film and escape room game. It features a captivating story combined with challenging puzzles. I love the entire Rusty Lake series and the developers' affection for detail and bizarre stories, which they use to further expand their weird universe with every game.
4h 3m played at review · 26 Sept 2026
One of my absolute favorites. I only recently got into escape games, and this one got me hooked. The story, the animation, the puzzles. Truly immersive.
31h 21m played at review · 24 Sept 2026

Negative

I hated this. I absolutely hated this. So the First Chapter lures you in and gets you hooked on some of the mechanics, and some of them are frustrating but it's a Point 'n' Click Adventure Title so of course it's got some chicanery akin to using a fish to mine for spacedust to give to the Juju Witch in the Bayou to animate a talking skull to find a secret path that lets you rent a speedboat to find Gromit from Wallace and Gromit squaredancing with Shaun the Sheep in an 80's themed bar in Manhattan in 2002. Then they're like "Ok time's up, pay us £3 for Chapter 2". ... God I hate this game.
5h 45m played at review · 29 Sept 2026