The Alien Cube

The Alien Cube

Steam Deck Playable

Alessandro Guzzo · Lovecraftian · Oct 14, 2021

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $3.99.

80%
Very Positive
578 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 87 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 6 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Optimization: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 578 player reviews · updated 6 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
27% of themes are praise46% are divided27% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Still a fun walk through and interesting visuals.
87 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
As for the sound design, the only hint of voice acting is from a dude named Ryan Laughton who does a pretty decent voice performance for Arthur himself but nothing too crazy (no pun intended) to really freak out about.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
The graphics were beyond beautiful and it was my perfect level of exploration/puzzle difficulty.
6 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 love3 themes
Graphics87 reviews
Audio29 reviews
Difficulty6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters157 reviews
75%
Gameplay37 reviews
73%
Performance16 reviews
81%
Controls7 reviews
86%
Interface6 reviews
83%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes10 reviews
70%
Bugs10 reviews
60%
Optimization7 reviews
57%

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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $3.99 (−80%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $3.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
80%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.