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Cube Escape: The Cave is a single player casual puzzle game. It was developed by Rusty Lake and was released on March 23, 2017. It received very positive reviews from players.

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94%Audience ScoreBased on 4,568 reviews
story105 positive mentions
monetization24 negative mentions

  • Challenging puzzles that require creative, out-of-the-box thinking and provide a satisfying sense of accomplishment.
  • Immersive and eerie atmosphere with beautiful graphics, well-crafted storylines, and fitting music that enhances the dark and mysterious vibe.
  • Effective in-game hint system that offers helpful clues without spoiling solutions, making the game accessible while maintaining difficulty.
  • Some puzzles and controls, especially in parts like the submarine and octopus ink section, can be confusing, unintuitive, or glitchy, leading to player frustration.
  • Certain game parts feel repetitive or have mechanical issues, such as difficulty with item interactions, lack of reset options for puzzles, or game crashes.
  • The story can be vague, complex, and hard to follow; some players find the cryptic narrative and cliffhanger ending dissatisfying without more explicit guidance.
  • story

    239 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    44% positive mentions, 53% neutral mentions, 3% negative mentions

    The story in this game is widely praised for its creepy, mysterious, and intricate narrative that unfolds across multiple interconnected titles in the Rusty Lake series, often requiring players to piece together clues from various games to fully understand it. While some find it confusing or vague at times, many appreciate the deep, dark, and engaging atmosphere that complements the challenging puzzles, with a strong craving for longer and more developed storylines continuing in future installments.

    • “Each game's storyline reveals itself more as you progress through the intriguing, sometimes intricate puzzles; using items you collect throughout your journey in each unique scene.”
    • “I really enjoy Cube Escape and have played all of them. What I love most is that the more games you play, the more you understand the great storyline. You think it's just another room escape game but it surprises you with twists and story development.”
    • “The puzzles really get you thinking and the story gets you hooked. One of the best games I have ever played; the story was well written and quite mysterious!”
    • “After playing it I left even more confused about the plot than I was before, but this just adds to the allure of the game.”
    • “Also, the story is too complicated; impossible to understand.”
    • “But the part that disappointed me was the cliffhanger ending, which states, "to be continued". As I indicated earlier, there is a story but it's briefly incorporated in the storyline.”
  • graphics

    101 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    65% positive mentions, 32% neutral mentions, 3% negative mentions

    The graphics are widely praised for their eerie, beautiful, and distinctive art style that effectively complements the game's creepy and mysterious atmosphere. While some find the visuals dark or simplistic, most appreciate the consistent, sophisticated aesthetic that enhances immersion and story connection. Overall, the graphics stand out as a strong aspect that pairs well with challenging puzzles and an engaging narrative.

    • “Eerie, beautifully intriguing graphics, perfectly enhancing the creepy story and puzzles.”
    • “The graphics and art style are exactly what I've come to expect and love from the series.”
    • “Brilliant graphics, great use of audio, and a nearly endless variety of game mechanics.”
    • “I gave you 4 stars because the graphics are dark and gloomy.”
    • “Best puzzle series in my opinion but older ones lack the graphics!”
    • “Very simplistic graphics yet the puzzles and story are completely arbitrary and the hints are worthless.”
  • music

    46 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    46% positive mentions, 47% neutral mentions, 7% negative mentions

    The music in the game is widely praised for its haunting, eerie, and atmospheric qualities that greatly enhance the mood and gameplay experience. While many find the soundtrack brilliant and fitting the theme perfectly, some users report technical issues with controlling or disabling the music, including crashes and intrusive ads. Overall, the music is considered a standout feature that significantly contributes to the immersive, spooky ambiance.

    • “The music, art style, and setting combine to create an atmosphere that's inviting yet unsettling at the same time, and this installment advances the mythos in interesting ways.”
    • “The puzzles were all new, challenging, fun and they made me feel really smart after solving each one and the music simply is as brilliant as before.”
    • “Two very complex rooms to solve, outstanding and eerie background music, loads of puzzles to work out.”
    • “The music is very glitchy; every time I tried to turn it off, the game would crash.”
    • “If I turn the music off, the sound turns off too, and trying to disable music results in repeated ads that turn the sound back on, creating an endless loop.”
    • “Migraine... can't turn off music without turning off the sound. The overly loud and incessant dripping/ticking sounds gave me a headache, so I uninstalled after 10 minutes.”
  • atmosphere

    46 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    74% positive mentions, 26% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The atmosphere is consistently praised for being uniquely eerie, spooky, and immersive, combining dark, mysterious, and unsettling elements with beautiful, consistent art and music. Fans highlight its ability to enhance the storytelling and puzzle experience, creating a hauntingly memorable and engaging environment throughout the series.

    • “The music, art style, and setting combine to create an atmosphere that's inviting yet unsettling at the same time, and this installment advances the mythos in interesting ways.”
    • “Another bizarre, dark, atmospheric, but delightfully puzzling entry in the Rusty Lake series.”
    • “Incredibly well thought-out and atmospheric as hell!”
  • gameplay

    44 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    55% positive mentions, 38% neutral mentions, 7% negative mentions

    The gameplay is widely praised for its engaging, challenging puzzles and intuitive mechanics that encourage independent problem-solving without hand-holding. It offers a unique, mysterious atmosphere enriched by creative design and an immersive story, though some players desire even more difficult puzzles and clearer guidance. Overall, the gameplay is captivating, well-executed, and a key reason for the series' strong appeal.

    • “The gameplay, storyline, execution, and puzzles are simply fantastic.”
    • “From the mechanics to the deep lore of the Rusty Lake and everything in-between is amazing.”
    • “It does not hold your hand and makes you solve the problems on your own with mechanics that are easy to understand.”
    • “There were plenty of times where I got stuck because the gameplay was very unintuitive and it just wasn't clear what I was supposed to do next.”
    • “Was a bit disappointed with Roots - the gameplay suffered slightly due to the focus on the story, but they have definitely redeemed themselves with The Cave!”
    • “That's their business strategy and gameplay decision: up the difficulty to absurd heights and make the player sit through dozens of ads just to complete it.”
  • monetization

    30 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    20% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 80% negative mentions

    The monetization in this puzzle game is generally well-received, with ads being minimal and mostly optional, primarily tied to accessing hints. Players appreciate the balance of challenging puzzles without excessive ad interruption, though some express frustration at having to watch ads to get clues. Overall, the ad system is seen as unobtrusive, enhancing the experience rather than detracting from it.

    • “It's free, fun, and has no ads (unless you need hints).”
    • “No ads if you don't want to watch them.”
    • “Challenging but fun and most importantly no ads.”
    • “Not even started the game that I have to watch an ads video!!”
    • “Started game, go to option, back, and already ads... insta uninstall”
    • “That's their business strategy and gameplay decision: up the difficulty to absurd heights and make the player sit through dozens of ads just to complete it.”
  • stability

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game exhibits frequent glitches and bugs, particularly affecting controls and specific parts like the ink section, causing freezes and frustration for many users. Stability issues significantly impact gameplay, with some players requiring restarts or reinstallation to continue. Overall, stability remains a major concern that disrupts the player experience.

    • “So many glitches.”
    • “The freezes actually forced me to take breaks from completely cracking out on the game.”
    • “I love the series but the controls in this latest game are really buggy; the drag function does not work and it often takes me over 5 minutes to complete a single task because of this.”
  • humor

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is a blend of quirky sound effects, clever and unexpected moments like eerie jumpscares, and a warped sense of comedy that players find both funny and engaging. Overall, users praise the game for its amusing and addictive comedic elements.

    • “Sound effects are funny.”
    • “I have never thought my knowledge about geographic coordinates would be so valuable and funny.”
    • “Developer has a sense of warped humor.”
  • grinding

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding in this game can become tedious and repetitive, especially in later stages where similar puzzles are repeated and the connection to the story weakens. While the graphics and overall concept are praised, many find the puzzle solutions arbitrary and the gameplay frustratingly monotonous beyond a certain point.

    • “The first part is good, but the second part can get tedious because the same types of puzzles have to be repeated, and the connection to the story becomes thin.”
    • “This series is fantastic, but this particular game goes from odd-but-interesting to obnoxiously tedious about two-thirds of the way through.”
    • “The second stage was a bit tedious and repetitive, ending very abruptly without any real sense of accomplishment.”
  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers exceptional replayability, consistent with the high standards of the rest of the series.

  • optimization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game is praised for its amazing performance and smooth optimization, providing a challenging and engaging experience without technical issues.

    • “Amazing performance and challenging gameplay.”
  • emotional

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The emotional experience is marked by a sense of accomplishment and enjoyment from solving challenging, innovative puzzles, enhanced by brilliant music that elevates the overall feeling.

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Play Times

3h Median play time
3h Average play time
3-3h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 1 analyzed playthroughs
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Cube Escape: The Cave is a casual puzzle game.

Cube Escape: The Cave is available on PC, Web Browser, Mac OS, Phone and others.

On average players spend around 3 hours playing Cube Escape: The Cave.

Cube Escape: The Cave was released on March 23, 2017.

Cube Escape: The Cave was developed by Rusty Lake.

Cube Escape: The Cave has received very positive reviews from players. Most players liked Cube Escape: The Cave for its story but disliked it for its monetization.

Cube Escape: The Cave is a single player game.

Similar games include Samsara Room, Cube Escape: Paradox, Cube Escape Collection, Cube Escape: Birthday, Unwanted Experiment and others.