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Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Game

Electric Eggplant · 2014-04-22

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 22, 2014 (Mac), Apr 22, 2014 (Linux), Apr 22, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The first and only official Rube Goldberg puzzle game. Solve everyday problems in Rube’s trademark elaborate style by creating complex and hilarious machines.Is pouring a glass of juice just too straightforward and boring? Try using a jack-in-the-box, magnifying glass, string and a cymbal-wielding friend to achieve your goal.

Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Game is a 2014 Casual game priced at $4.99, with a Positive review sentiment (82% of 28 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
82%
positive of 28 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 62% of 29,219 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $1.24 at IndieGala Store (2016-01-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620142025Week of 2014-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 01:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$1.242015-01-012021-01-052015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-06-22 — best price $4.992016-01-28 — best price $4.992016-02-12 — best price $4.992016-07-04 — best price $4.992016-08-18 — best price $4.992016-09-16 — best price $4.992016-11-23 — best price $2.492016-12-22 — best price $2.492017-06-22 — best price $2.492017-10-26 — best price $3.342017-11-22 — best price $2.492017-12-21 — best price $2.492018-04-06 — best price $1.242018-04-23 — best price $4.992018-06-22 — best price $2.492018-07-06 — best price $4.992018-11-01 — best price $4.992018-11-28 — best price $4.992019-01-03 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $4.992019-11-01 — best price $4.992019-12-03 — best price $4.992020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-01-27 — best price $4.992020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-11-02 — best price $4.992020-12-01 — best price $4.992021-01-05 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
58.9%
earned "Warwick N. Twine's String Handling Award"
20.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian

Player tags

CasualPuzzle

Census log

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

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