Cube Escape is a series of

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games developed by indie game studio Rusty Lake. The series is heavily inspired by ''

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'' and follows detective Dale Vandermeer and his investigation into the death of Laura Vanderboom. As of June 2021, there have been ten mainline games released in the series, the tenth being complemented by a limited edition of the ''Cube Escape: Paradox'' comic book, illustrated by Lau Kwong Shing. In addition, ''Cube Escape Collection'', a collection of the first nine ''Cube Escape'' games, was released on Steam in October of 2020 in advance of the deprecation of

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. A prequel series following Laura Vanderboom's ancestry includes three paid games: ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Roots'' and ''Paradise''. In the same universe, but considered singular games, Rusty Lake has released both '' The White Door'' and ''Samsara Room.'' Additionally added to the series on November 2, 2022 was '' The Past Within'', which is a two-player game, the first Rusty Lake has made of this type. The game revolves around solving the mystery of Albert Vanderboom by communicating between the past and future, and fulfilling his legacy.''

Gameplay

''Cube Escape''s gameplay involves the player navigating cubical rooms using

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controls and collecting items and clues to help them escape.

Games

A series of three, paid prequels, along with three interconnected games outside the two aforementioned series have also been released.

References

External links

Rusty Lake website
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