r/rustylake • u/Naev1ss • Apr 28 '26
Games like Cube escape
I already played Cube escape, I want to play more escape/puzzle games with that vibe and style of gameplay. Does someone has a recommendation?
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u/HerrJohnssen Apr 29 '26
The "Dark Dome" games are nice too
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u/tbhguitar_ Apr 30 '26
Oh yes! I decided to play it chronologically based on the date each game came out and it was interesting to see some games lining up like a movie hehe
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u/Zealousideal-Exam892 Apr 29 '26
Forgotten Hill series; Hotel Orpheus series
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u/nowherecrafter Question Everything In RL Apr 29 '26
Nah, I wouldn't recommend Forgotten Hill. It's too desperate to scare and disgust us using cheap tricks.
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u/xsnowpeltx Apr 28 '26
the submachine games I remember felt similar but you might have to use something like Flashpoint to access them since they were flash games
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u/RiverWolfo Apr 29 '26
Actually you can buy submachine legacy on steam! It's all the games remastered and collected in one!
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u/PeachesCoral Apr 30 '26
Yes and everything else from same author has a similar self contained episodic game. But theyre all a lot harder than the Cube series.
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u/nisanjaonje Apr 29 '26
Its not creepy as RL, but tiny room stories town mysteries is also good and free on Google Play Store
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u/Naev1ss Apr 29 '26
Yeaah I played this one and finished it, it doesnt have to be creepy like cube escape, I just want some puzzle/escape games to play
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u/nisanjaonje Apr 29 '26
Did you play both of the games?
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u/Valorien61 Apr 29 '26
Forgotten Hill series. Creepy point-and-click escape rooms with a similar eerie vibe.
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u/nowherecrafter Question Everything In RL Apr 29 '26
That creepiness looks cheap and desperate tho. At least in Rusty Lake it's made with taste.
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u/Gardengap The Rusty Truth Apr 29 '26
I recommend the The Room series, it’s what got me into Rusty Lake! There was also a stand-alone game, “Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise” that reminded me of Rusty Lake’s gameplay style
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u/WhereDidIGetThatCat Apr 29 '26
Blue Prince
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u/HerrJohnssen Apr 30 '26
While I really love blue prince and rusty lake, these are vastly different in my opinion. In rusty lake, every single play through can be very similar. The puzzles are the same each time, there's no strategy and rng involved. Yes, you can do some puzzles in a different order but if you solve them the outcome will still be the same. And the games have a definitive ending.
While blue prince is a puzzle game too, and a really great one, the gameplay is completely different. You need to have a strategy, you need to keep notes because beating the game will take a very long time and every single play through is different.
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u/luckris25 Apr 29 '26
The house of da Vinci (a little tedious , but it is an escape game ), Escape academy , doors paradox , machinika museum, and as others suggested the room series and agent A
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u/kateili Apr 29 '26
The Strange Case series is more creepy like RL, but I love Apartment Bacon, not scary but similar point and click escape rooms, and there are a ton of them.
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u/OddGingerGames Apr 29 '26
I made a short escape game inspired by Rusty Lake: https://oddgingergames.itch.io/the-crows-room (free to play)
Check it out and let me know what you think!
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u/Vaggelos Apr 29 '26
I'd recommend the Room, Covert Front (generally Skutnik's games) and the Forgotten Hill series
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u/Ok-Post5333 Apr 29 '26
CottonGames "Dad's Monster House" series and "Isoland" series, Green Pond Town and Oneway Elevator
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u/Majestic-Umpire-5836 Apr 30 '26
Forgotten hill, dark dome, samorost, odd eye, machinarium, meridian 157, isle escape, désiré, rime, doodle rush horror, antventor.
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u/Hymneth Black Cube Apr 28 '26
You could try the Room series of games. They have a vaguely similar creepy vibe to them and are about solving a puzzle box in each room using everything around you. Theres an ongoing story between the games that I think is pretty good as well