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Cube Escape: Paradox

Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2018

Should you play it?

The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

What works

  • Engaging and challenging puzzles
  • Immersive eerie atmosphere
  • Strong narrative with companion movie
  • Free first chapter with affordable dlc
  • Unique integration of live-action film and gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Lack of hint system can cause frustration
  • Some puzzles are obscure or difficult
  • Story can be confusing without prior series knowledge
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Repetitive environment (single room setting)

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery

  • Puzzle Agent

  • Underground Blossom

  • Submachine: Legacy

  • Samsara Room

  • There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension

More violent

Games that feels like Cube Escape: Paradox but with more combat and destruction

  • Rusty Lake Hotel

  • Fran Bow

  • Rusty Lake: Roots

  • Forgotten Hill Mementoes

  • Metal Dead

  • Creepy Tale 3: Ingrid Penance

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Samsara Room

  • The Mr. Rabbit Magic Show

  • Cube Escape Collection

  • Underground Blossom

  • Rusty Lake Hotel

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Cube Escape: Paradox. These titles are not in What to play next.

Cube Escape: Paradox: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026