Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut

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Developer:
Toxic Games
Release date:
21 May 2014
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All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (866)

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Description

Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut is the definitive version of the indie puzzler Q.U.B.E., accompanied by a completely new story by award-winning writer Rob Yescombe.

Q.U.B.E. is a brain-twisting first-person puzzler. Using special high-tech gloves to manipulate cubes in the environment, the player solves an array of conundrums - from physics-based challenges; to 3D jigsaws; to platform-based trials.

Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary is now available (Includes level editor):

Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut now has a sequel, Q.U.B.E. 2:
Feature List
  • Single player campaign with an all new narrative
  • Challenging and unusual puzzles
  • New time-trial mode with 10 levels
  • Brand new original music score
  • New achievements and leaderboards
  • Oculus Rift DK1 support
  • Mac and Linux Support

Q.U.B.E. 1 Original Soundtrack is available here:

The All New Story
To reboot the narrative, Toxic Games brought in industry veteran Rob Yescombe, writer on franchises including CRYSIS, ALIEN: ISOLATION, STAR WARS and PS4’s upcoming RIME; winner of Best Thriller Screenplay at the Creative World Awards, and the screenwriting Award of Excellence at the Canada International Film Festival.

“The Director’s Cut is a single-location thriller” says Yescombe, “It’s about figuring out what the Qube is, and why you’re inside it. You’re told you are an astronaut inside some kind of alien structure hurtling towards Earth, but it’s also about something deeper than that.”
Under the surface, there is a subtext about games themselves – “We are conditioned to expect death and doom. We’re resigned to it. At its heart, this story is about that state of mind and how it effects the way we view our experiences, in games and in life. The Director’s Cut will feel either heroic or unnerving, depending on your own personal trust issues.”

Recommended system requirements

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OS *:
Windows XP SP2 / Vista / 7
Processor:
2.0+ GHz (Dual Core Recommended)
Memory:
2 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA 8000 Series or higher (Shader Model 3 Compatible & 128MB or more memory)
DirectX:
Version 9.0c
Storage:
1100 MB available space

recommended*

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User reviews

EditDotEXE
Not recommended | 16 Jan 2025
2.4h played

Almost direct downgrade from the original QUBE as it adds a poorly written story to a game that didn't need one in the first place and then makes the music worse to keep it in line with the story. The game is just

Helpful: 5
Striker
Recommended | 22 Jan 2025
2.8h played

There is a 10th anniversary edition which can effectively be called a remaster with better everything (including some reworked puzzles), get it instead. This edition of the game is dated and good for collecting

Helpful: 5
maggrand
Recommended | 13 Mar 2026
4.5h played

Its a small puzzle game in the same genre as portal, talos principle and others. But the puzzles can be a bit fiddle to solve. You have no tutorials or anything that helps you. Just figure it out by yourself...

Helpful: 0
MiscOne
Recommended | 18 May 2025
4.4h played

Its not PORTAL, but its not bad either. Would Rate it a 72 of 100 I had fun playing it. the white on white is just at one point annoying and the story is weird at best..you never get rly into it.

Helpful: 0
Kraken
Recommended | 27 Jun 2025
3.2h played

Simply perfect. I`m not a big fan of puzzle games but this stuff hits hard. The story was amazing. The puzzles itself were... alright i guess but some of them were just waaay too hard. Still a really good game

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Gosha Berlinsky
Not recommended | 27 Dec 2025
32 min played

the original version was way better in everything than the director's cut. they removed some good puzzles, expanded the story but made it worse. idk why devs are obsessed with reworking the first game. they've done it

Helpful: 8