Rusty Lake

We are Rusty Lake:

Rusty Lake is both the name of our indie game studio and the eerie and surrealistic world we have created. Become part of Rusty Lake's mysterious adventures!

Dear visitor,

Welcome to Rusty Lake, a surreal place where anything can happen. We offer you the most mysterious game series you'll ever play.

Why not try out our praised Cube Escape series first? Let the cubes guide you the eerie and atmospheric point-and-click adventures with an "escape room" feeling. Currently we have ten Cube Escape games taking place in the Rusty Lake universe. Cube Escape: Paradox is our latest installment which is combined with a short film! Download them for ten on iOS, Android or play on Desktop.

Next to our Cube Escape series we created three premium adventure games with unique story lines taking place in Rusty Lake as well. Serve deadly dinners to five animal-headed guests in Rusty Lake Hotel, expand the bloodline of the Vanderbooms in our award-winning adventure Rusty Lake: Roots or stop the ten plagues on a small island in Rusty Lake Paradise.

On the right, you can find a list of all our games sorted by release date.

On our game portal you can play our free games but also find other adventure, room escape and puzzle games. We selected games with a fascinating story, ambiance or unique game-play made by more forward-looking developers.

Check out our blog, social media or newsletter for new updates and content.

We wish you a pleasant stay in Rusty Lake!

Read more about the studio
  • AwardIndie Prize, Best Narrative Award ‘16
  • AwardTop 10 Google Play Indie Games Contest ‘17
  • AwardPremiere Paradox - A Rusty Lake Film @ LIFF '18
  • Award"Most Inventive" App nomination Google Play Awards ‘18
  • AwardFinalist Google Play Indie Games Contest ‘20

Cube Escape: Paradox

Release date: September 20th, 2018

82%     18%
4725 votes

The story

Paradox is a combined Rusty Lake game & short film! Both follow the story of a detective who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape.

When the infamous detective Dale Vandermeer wakes up in an ominous room without any recollection of his past, he soon finds himself part of a bizarre game orchestrated by an old foe as he must solve increasingly challenging puzzles to escape the room and recover his memories.

Features

- A unique, never-before-seen, game/film crossover experience
- The absorbing gameplay, atmosphere and wealth of puzzles fans would expect from the tenth Cube Escape game
- A ton of connections and interactions with Paradox - A Rusty Lake Short Film
- There will be two different chapters available (one for free and one premium) with multiple endings
- Beautiful paintings handmade by Johan Scherft
- Immersive and atmospheric soundtrack by Victor Butzelaar
- Powerful voice-overs by Bob Rafferty and lead actor David Bowles
- Supporting 14 languages

Walkthrough

Cube Escape: Paradox Walkthrough

Chapter 1 & 2

Questions, glitches, bugs? Let us know!

Reviews

Andy Chalk

PC Gamer

"A new Paradox trailer teases a Rusty Lake detective mystery"

Matt Cox

Rock Paper Shotgun

"Cube Escape: Paradox will creep out September 20th"

Kasper Hermans

Metro

"In Paradox komen de werelden van game en film samen (Dutch Interview)"

Hayden Dingman

PCWorld

"Cube Escape: Paradox review: There's nothing else like this surreal room-escape/short film mash-up"

Jared Nelson

TouchArcade

"I am seriously just beside myself with how well done Paradox is. It’s probably more meaningful to the folks who have previously played the Cube Escape and Rusty Lake games as there’s all sorts of little touches of fan service to discover."

Download the soundtrack

Download the immersive Paradox soundtrack by Victor Butzelaar

Download on Bandcamp

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