Cube Escape Collection review

Cube Escape Collection is the budget pick for players who like short, strange room escapes. Rusty Lake bundled the nine chapters of its first series, Seasons, The Lake, Arles, Harvey's Box, Case 23, The Mill, Birthday, Theatre and The Cave, so they would survive the end of Flash games. You follow homicide detective Dale Vandermeer into the mysterious world of Rusty Lake, and the studio says the series was heavily inspired by Twin Peaks. The Steam version adds achievements, a new hint system and translations, but Rusty Lake is clear that there is no other new content. At $4.99 it ties The Room as the cheapest paid pick, and it needs only 300 MB of storage on Windows or Mac. It ranks lower on capabilities because it is a 2D point-and-click collection rather than a 3D room you can explore. It is also the natural lead-in to The Past Within, which shares its world. We compared documented features and published prices.

Who it is for

Budget players who like eerie, bite-size room escapes.

Price

$4.99 on Steam.

Buy Cube Escape Collection $4.99
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 11, 2026.

Key features

• 9 chapters: Seasons, The Lake, Arles, Harvey's Box, Case 23, The Mill, Birthday, Theatre and The Cave
• Point-and-click room escapes in the Rusty Lake universe
• New hint system
• 72 Steam achievements
• Runs on Windows and Mac with 300 MB of storage

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Nine games for $4.99
• Strength: Hint system helps when you get stuck
• Strength: Light enough for almost any computer
• Weakness: No new content beyond the original versions
• Weakness: Simple 2D point-and-click visuals
• Weakness: Single-player only

Key facts

• Developer: Rusty Lake
• Chapters: 9
• Achievements: 72
• Languages: 20

Where it ranks

Cube Escape Collection is No. 9 in our Best Escape Room Games verdict.