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Cube Escape: Paradox

Rusty Lake · 2018-09-20

Steam

AdventureFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

125
playing now
97%
positive of 12k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
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)
Free
steam price (US)

125 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 125 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 7% of 11,312 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

518622026-08-06 22:00 — 62 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 163 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 208 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 87 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 162 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 219 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 81 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 180 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 264 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 96 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 162 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 238 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 62 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 189 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 261 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 84 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 194 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 436 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 171 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 267 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 387 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 174 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 222 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 397 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 210 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 163 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 311 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 179 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 125 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Twitch viewers

402026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 0 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…

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.

Player tags

2DIndieHorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveStory RichAtmosphericEscape Room

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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