Cube Lab

Thousands of retro 2D platformers are infesting Steam, and "Cube Lab" is just more pollution in a crowded market of terrible games. There are over 17,000 platformers on Steam, literally thousands (you can go see for yourself if you search for the platformer tag on the store, I'm not kidding). And this is far from being one of the best of those. This is a minimalist platformer with some interesting puzzles... the design of which is completely wasted because of the incredibly weak visual presentation and phoned in technical delivery, the result of which was failure on Steam Direct. The platforming genre is pretty much obsolete... just a tiny number of professionally developed platformers exist on PC and offer any real value or interest to gamers (Silksong, etc). This is nowhere near being as good as Hollow Knight or Silksong. Even without a price tag, it is easy to see why gamers ignored this in favor of modern, professionally developed 3D games. This is offering nothing new or interesting, so it's easy to see why this failed. This game features very lacklustre minimalist "art" for graphics instead of anything remotely contemporary. I'm sure the "developer" thought this would…

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Cube.

Cube Lab is a really straightforward puzzle platformer, but I liked the way it builds almost everything around two simple abilities. I have to make my way through a series of compact stages while using locking and portal mechanics to manipulate the environment. The rules are easy to understand, but I still enjoyed figuring out how the two abilities could be combined to get around obstacles. The portal system is the mechanic that immediately grabbed my attention. It gives me a way to change how I approach spaces and can turn an otherwise unreachable area into a solvable route. The locking ability adds another useful layer, and I liked experimenting with both powers rather than thinking of them as completely separate tools. The level design introduces different mechanisms as I progress, which keeps the puzzles from feeling completely identical. I enjoyed the satisfaction of looking at a room, understanding what the game expects me to manipulate and then finding the solution through trial and error. It is not an especially complicated puzzle game, but there are enough little surprises to keep me interested. The minimalist presentation works well too. The simple visuals keep the att…

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