Rubek

About

Rubek is a color-based puzzle game where you roll a cube to match colors on the floor and solve mind-bending puzzles across 70+ handcrafted levels. Compete on global leaderboards, with support for color blind options and a beautiful minimalist aesthetic.

Genres & Tags

Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

71%

Audience ScoreBased on 55 reviews

graphics4 positive mentions

grinding2 negative mentions

The game features captivating puzzles and a unique concept that keeps players engaged.
Visually pleasing minimalist design and relaxing soundtrack enhance the overall experience.
Offers a fair amount of replayability with numerous levels and challenges to complete.

Controls are often clunky and unresponsive, leading to frustration during gameplay.
The game lacks basic options such as volume control and customizable key mappings.
Many players report bugs and issues that have not been addressed by the developers.

gameplay
17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
18%
65%
18%
The gameplay is characterized by intuitive controls and unique mechanics that appeal to puzzle enthusiasts, though it suffers from repetitive elements and occasional technical issues, such as unreliable undo functions that can lead to unsolvable states. While the game features a variety of levels, many players find the mechanics underutilized and the challenge level inconsistent, with some suggesting that it resembles free online games in complexity. Overall, it offers a simple yet engaging experience, particularly for those who appreciate its core concept, but may not justify its price for everyone.
- “With intuitive controls and mind-bending mechanics, this game offers endless fun for puzzle enthusiasts.”
- “The gameplay is smooth and minimal yet very unique in its mechanics.”
- “A simple and refreshing puzzle game with a unique concept in gameplay.”
- “What's more, sometimes the undo will break the mechanics of the game: color a side, click undo and sometimes the side remains colored, teleport to a new block, click undo and sometimes you'll return to the original teleport pad but not have teleported.”
- “Worse, it will sometimes fail to undo certain field mechanics like side-painting and buttons, which leads to unsolvable states that force a full level restart -- which is of course a needlessly long animation for something that should be a very simple level state.”
- “Most of the gameplay is nothing different from several free games online, so not worth purchasing.”
music
11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
27%
45%
27%
The music in the game is generally described as relaxing and minimalistic, providing a soothing background ambiance. However, users express frustration over the lack of volume control and the inability to mute the music separately from sound effects, leading to a repetitive experience. While some appreciate the calming nature of the soundtrack, many feel that more variety and options for customization would enhance the overall experience.
- “I relaxed for 5 minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay.”
- “The music is simple, and sits in the background enough that the repetition isn't too bad, but some variety would be a plus.”
- “I love the minimalistic design, beautiful color scheme, and relaxing soundtrack.”
- “There is no volume control, no separate controls for effects and music; it's very irritating and should have been trivial to fix.”
- “Very depressive music track, with no possibility to mute only the music.”
- “More than one music track would be nice.”
graphics
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
13%
38%
The game's graphics are characterized by a lazy minimalist aesthetic with low-polygon, untextured assets that evoke a retro feel reminiscent of early 1990s 3D games. While some players appreciate the polished UI and pleasant art style, others criticize the lack of detail and performance issues, particularly on older hardware, which detracts from the overall experience.
- “Nice aesthetics and polished UI.”
- “The game does feature a scaling difficulty ladder along with pleasant 3D graphics and relaxing sounds.”
- “The art style is lovely.”
- “The lack of textures is a method that lazy devs often use to disguise their lack of talent or interest in doing the graphics properly, trying to disguise it under the name of 'art' or 'we made it look bad on purpose', which really isn't something gamers should have to put up with.”
- “Also, this game lags really badly on an NVIDIA 8600 GT, which is fully compatible with DX 9.0c and can handle graphically complex games like Tropico 4 with good FPS, but not with this simple game, where FPS drops down to 3-5.”
- “My only problem is that the system's graphics are not accurate.”
story
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The story conveys a moral about perseverance and the unpredictability of life, emphasizing that giving up can prevent one from achieving success. However, despite its meaningful message, the narrative failed to engage gamers, leading to a lack of interest in the game overall.
- “The moral of the story is that you never know what life has in store for you. If I had given up when all odds were against me, I wouldn't be where I am today.”
- “Hardly a success story; gamers just weren't all that interested in the game.”
grinding
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the grinding aspect of the game tedious, particularly in longer sessions, as the lack of engaging mechanics leads to repetitive gameplay and a sense of monotony when attempting to complete levels efficiently.
- “I had far more fun with shorter games because there just aren't the interesting mechanics here to stop it from becoming really quite tedious.”
- “Trying to beat levels in a few moves quickly became tedious to me.”
replayability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
150%
The game offers strong replayability, encouraging players to revisit levels to complete them with fewer moves and to earn missed stars, enhancing the overall experience.
- “Great replayability if you want to finish all the levels with the minimum number of moves.”
- “There is a fair amount of replayability, as you can always go back and try to earn missed stars.”
- “The game lacks significant replayability; once you've completed the main story, there's little incentive to return.”
- “After finishing the game, I found that there was no real reason to replay it, as the choices made didn't impact the outcome enough.”
- “While there are some collectibles to find, the overall experience feels too linear to warrant multiple playthroughs.”