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Cube Escape: Paradox cover art

Cube Escape: Paradox

Rusty Lake · 2018-09-20

Steam

AdventureFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Side view

Releases: Sep 20, 2018 (Android), Sep 20, 2018 (Mac), Sep 20, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 20, 2018 (iOS)

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.

Cube Escape: Paradox is an Adventure, Free To Play, Indie game released in 2018, priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 12227 reviews).

158
playing now
97%
positive of 12k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
64/100
IGDB user rating (54 ratings)
2.9h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 1.8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

158 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Cube Escape: Paradox trailer thumbnail

Cube Escape: Paradox Official Trailer

≈314,988 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 158 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,037 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~130/week).
  • · Review velocity up 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 28,821 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
52052020182026Week of 2018-09-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

270522026-09-15 12:00 — 212 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 101 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 128 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 270 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 133 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 111 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 111 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 103 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 90 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 214 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 117 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 56 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 210 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 216 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 74 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 157 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 222 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 79 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 101 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 255 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 88 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 90 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 158 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
73532Sep 2018Aug 2026Sep 2018 — avg 735 · peak 1,828Dec 2018 — avg 55 · peak 110Mar 2019 — avg 39 · peak 102Jun 2019 — avg 35 · peak 83Sep 2019 — avg 35 · peak 82Dec 2019 — avg 56 · peak 127Mar 2020 — avg 106 · peak 189Jun 2020 — avg 92 · peak 162Sep 2020 — avg 56 · peak 103Dec 2020 — avg 74 · peak 145Mar 2021 — avg 66 · peak 135Jun 2021 — avg 72 · peak 169Sep 2021 — avg 66 · peak 155Dec 2021 — avg 83 · peak 181Mar 2022 — avg 77 · peak 172Jun 2022 — avg 70 · peak 168Sep 2022 — avg 58 · peak 119Dec 2022 — avg 114 · peak 248Mar 2023 — avg 79 · peak 171Jun 2023 — avg 107 · peak 202Sep 2023 — avg 106 · peak 267Dec 2023 — avg 108 · peak 245Mar 2024 — avg 96 · peak 208Jun 2024 — avg 106 · peak 215Sep 2024 — avg 99 · peak 214Dec 2024 — avg 93 · peak 190Mar 2025 — avg 92 · peak 179Jun 2025 — avg 140 · peak 313Sep 2025 — avg 98 · peak 205Dec 2025 — avg 107 · peak 233Mar 2026 — avg 129 · peak 291Jun 2026 — avg 139 · peak 298Aug 2026 — avg 211 · peak 514
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Twitch viewers

702026-10-01 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-01 20:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-01 22:34 — 3 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
74.6%
earned "Wooden Cube"
8.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Danish, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-09-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,47424%28

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieHorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveStory RichAtmosphericEscape Room

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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