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Cube Racer cover art

Cube Racer

Simon Blasen · 2017-10-30

Steam

ActionCasualIndieRacing

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Oct 23, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 23, 2017 (Linux)

Cube Racer is a round based multiplayer racing game with cubes. Every round, all players race against each other to the finish line. Before every round, the players get to build one or more obstacles on the map. In the next round, all players have to pass all the obstacles, which have been built yet.

Cube Racer is an Action, Casual, Indie, Racing game released in 2017, free-to-play, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 2430 reviews).

487
playing now
90%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

487 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 487 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 306 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~38/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2018-02-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
828220172026Week of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.5k1292026-09-15 13:00 — 941 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 491 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 259 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 898 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 796 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 173 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 521 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 1,065 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 181 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 862 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 1,321 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 129 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 438 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 1,282 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 313 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 410 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 1,185 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 281 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 227 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 881 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 498 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 164 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 487 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9980Oct 2017Aug 2026Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 6Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 14Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 16May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4May 2020 — avg 42 · peak 161Aug 2020 — avg 142 · peak 579Nov 2020 — avg 211 · peak 914Feb 2021 — avg 232 · peak 839May 2021 — avg 428 · peak 935Aug 2021 — avg 645 · peak 1,625Nov 2021 — avg 367 · peak 923Feb 2022 — avg 362 · peak 860May 2022 — avg 319 · peak 784Aug 2022 — avg 378 · peak 813Nov 2022 — avg 456 · peak 1,032Feb 2023 — avg 354 · peak 831May 2023 — avg 293 · peak 692Aug 2023 — avg 408 · peak 958Nov 2023 — avg 366 · peak 1,273Feb 2024 — avg 476 · peak 1,259May 2024 — avg 382 · peak 948Aug 2024 — avg 485 · peak 1,080Nov 2024 — avg 459 · peak 1,174Feb 2025 — avg 503 · peak 1,276May 2025 — avg 579 · peak 1,637Aug 2025 — avg 443 · peak 1,142Nov 2025 — avg 560 · peak 1,831Feb 2026 — avg 749 · peak 1,876May 2026 — avg 802 · peak 1,963Aug 2026 — avg 844 · peak 2,198
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
442026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 4 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$0.002017-10-312018-07-112017-10-31 — best price $4.492017-11-06 — best price $4.992018-02-15 — best price $2.492018-02-19 — best price $4.992018-07-11 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-09-30 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
0.8%
earned "Rocket"
0.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam Cloud1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-10-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)15820%24

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

IndieActionCasualRacingMultiplayerFree to Play

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.