Cube Escape Collection

About Cube Escape Collection

Cube Escape Collection was released on Steam in October 2020 by Rusty Lake, and is free to start on iPhone, iPad and Android. It bundles the nine chapters of Cube Escape, the studio's first series and the start of the Rusty Lake universe, preserved from the end of the Flash games era with achievements, a new hint system and translations but no new content: Seasons, The Lake, Arles, Harvey's Box, Case 23, The Mill, Birthday, Theatre and The Cave.

You follow Dale Vandermeer, a homicide detective, as he investigates the death of a woman and finds himself drawn into the mysterious world of Rusty Lake. Its makers say it was heavily inspired by Twin Peaks.

Each chapter is a small room seen one wall at a time, full of objects to examine, codes to crack and items to combine. The flat, hand-drawn rooms look ordinary, a grandfather clock, a phone, a desk, a room after Van Gogh, but strange things wait in them: a man with a crow's head, a fish with human legs, an old man at a birthday party.

Rating boards flag violence and horror: PEGI 12 on Google Play, 13+ on the App Store. It suits puzzle fans who like the uncanny, and it is the natural start before Rusty Lake: Roots.

How to play Cube Escape Collection

1. Get it on Steam, GOG or itch.io for Windows or Mac, or free on the App Store and Google Play.
2. Pick a chapter and look at each wall of the room.
3. Pick up items, combine them and use them to open the next part of the puzzle.
4. Use the hint system if you are stuck, and follow the detective's story through all nine chapters.

Tips

• Note down numbers, colours and symbols; they are often the codes you need later.
• Play the chapters in order, from Seasons to The Cave, to follow the story.
• Try the built-in hint system before looking up a walkthrough; it nudges you without giving the whole answer away.

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