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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.

0
playing now
82%
positive of 28 reviews
Positive
steam rating
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 2026-08-30 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 80% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.

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

Players online

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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).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

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

Census log

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

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