The Game Census
Cube Runner cover art

Cube Runner

EGAMER · SA Industry · 2016-12-13

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 13, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 13, 2016 (Mac)

Cube Runner is a 3d action platformer that's simple to learn, exciting to play, and deep enough to challenge even the greatest gamers.

1
playing now
83%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 10,945 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 31k–74k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,238 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2017-02-14) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-08-11 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.492016-12-132026-07-232016-12-13 — best price $1.192017-03-30 — best price $0.492017-06-22 — best price $0.492017-10-26 — best price $0.492017-12-21 — best price $0.492018-03-09 — best price $4.992018-06-21 — best price $0.492018-09-26 — best price $0.492018-11-21 — best price $0.492019-01-05 — best price $0.492019-03-14 — best price $0.492019-05-20 — best price $4.992019-12-03 — best price $4.992020-03-19 — best price $4.992020-05-16 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $1.092020-10-28 — best price $10.992020-12-01 — best price $10.992021-06-02 — best price $10.992021-09-04 — best price $10.992021-12-01 — best price $10.992022-01-26 — best price $10.992023-01-05 — best price $10.992023-09-22 — best price $10.992023-11-28 — best price $10.992024-01-20 — best price $1.092024-04-08 — best price $16.992024-07-11 — best price $16.992024-09-08 — best price $16.992024-11-06 — best price $24.992025-01-18 — best price $1.992025-03-21 — best price $1.992025-06-26 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $1.992025-11-21 — best price $1.992026-02-19 — best price $1.992026-04-04 — best price $1.992026-06-25 — best price $1.992026-07-23 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
20.4%
earned "YOU DIED"
15.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,56347%41

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

Player tags

IndieActionCasualPlatformerGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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