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Cube Escape: Paradox
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
87 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Good game and that short film is amazing Highly recommend”
“Interesting puzzles, lovely animation, great ending movie!”
“Cool thinking game.”
27 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Interesting puzzles, lovely animation, great ending movie!”
“Cube Escape: Paradox, developed and published by Rusty Lake, is a point-and-click puzzle adventure that leans fully into surrealism, psychological tension, and symbolic storytelling. It is part of the broader Rusty Lake…”
“Probably one of the best atmospheric puzzle games on Steam that doesn’t get on your nerves. Played it together with my wife (not co-op, just sitting and playing side by side) and had an absolute blast. We genuinely…”
19 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Cube Escape: Paradox, developed and published by Rusty Lake, is a point-and-click puzzle adventure that leans fully into surrealism, psychological tension, and symbolic storytelling. It is part of the broader Rusty Lake…”
“I like this series from rusty lake. Fun story”
“Original concept, play it you wont regret it And bonus, you'll get a cool surprise when you finish a chapter The story is also very amazing so are the vibes and the gameplay”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Probably one of the best atmospheric puzzle games on Steam that doesn’t get on your nerves. Played it together with my wife (not co-op, just sitting and playing side by side) and had an absolute blast. We genuinely…”
“A clever and engaging puzzle experience that encourages active thinking. The puzzles are designed in a way that makes you want to write things down and work through them yourself, rather than relying on simple…”
“Loved the game. Every Rusty Lake's Game feels unique. Some puzzles were hard hard for me though 😅. 10/10 💖”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Free Games on Steam 6/? This game is amazing and so fun. Its got cool mixed graphics, fun gameplay and a creepy story!! I would absolutely reccomend this game and although I personally am not buying the second chapter I…”
“A short but genius escape room-style puzzle game that leaves you wondering about its deeper mysteries. It's free, so go check it out and then come back for more from this talented developer.”
“I mean, the first chapter's free so you should have an idea of what you're looking at without me saying much, so all I'll say is go play the free first chapter. It's a fun little puzzle game, it has some weird…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Quite a boring game, but still interesting”
“I found this game severely meh.”
“More tedious than fun.”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I've played other Cube Escape games in the paste and enjoyed it. This game fried my brain lol. Mid to tail end of the game I had the cheats pulled up too get me through.”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“watch the movie before playing this or you will miss a majority of the achievements if you care about them”
“Fun and interesting puzzles, no hand-holding whatever, challenging but not so hard that it's frustrating. Also a good length for Chapter 1, given that there's no apparent save function. The mixture of cartoon and real…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 97.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“This game has good puzzles, but the race to kill the shadow in the forest at the end of chapter 1 is impossible for me. I went on to play chapter 2 to the end but could not get through the final gate in that forest because the statues had not been placed in the gate to unlock in…”
— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs played“Definately one of my favorite games in the franchise :3”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Played the whole game and here is what I have to say: (TL;DR play it. It's worth it) --Story-- The story is pretty simple after all, but it is still good. The mystery is hidden and instead of narration, you get to solve it by yourself. I want to keep this semi short and free of…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure, Free To Play, Indie |
| Player tags | Puzzle · Free to Play · Psychological Horror · Point & Click · Mystery · Singleplayer · Escape Room · Indie · Horror · Multiplayer · Adventure · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Danish, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Turkish * |
| Achievements | 28 |
| Official site | http://www.rustylake.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista/7,8, 10 or later Processor: 1.8 Ghz Processor Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Direct X 9.0c compatible video card DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 120 MB available space