Crit Verdict
Yes, worth playing.
It's free to play.
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
12k player reviews
Buy it if you like
- Story and characters: 109 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews
Based on 12k player reviews · updated 4 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
86% of themes are praise14% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Cube Escape: Paradox very much like the previous nine games in the franchise has a surreal nightmarish story, that isn't really spoon fed to you.
109 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Visually the art style is identical to the previous Cube Escape games.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
As a sequel to the previous Cube Escape games, the gameplay is pretty much identical to the other games in the series.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The audio design is a again pretty decent, although that flash audio crunch is still here and present however this time around it's a bit more poorly masked.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
As I mentioned in my Paradise review, you have to go through a couple of steps to get the codes right, but it's not too difficult and it truly feels like you're doing some proper detective work for once.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Helpful walkthrough straight from game menu
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Story and characters109 reviews
Graphics29 reviews
Gameplay19 reviews
Audio15 reviews
Difficulty14 reviews
Interface8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Monetization7 reviews
57%
Players complain% still recommend
No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
Player review score
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
28
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yetWe’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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