About Cube Escape
Cube Escape is the one 3D game on the site. The board is a stack of candy-coloured blocks with an arrow on each, and you drag to turn the stack and tap a block to send it out the way its arrow points. Instead of hearts and a clock, each level gives you a move budget: its number of blocks plus three.
That budget is what sets it apart from the four grid games here, because a bump or a short slide costs a move rather than a heart, and you can see only some faces at once. There are 96 levels in six tiers, from a flat 3 × 3 slab of 9 blocks to 4 × 4 × 3 stacks of 48, ending with pyramids, crosses and steps. You can play it in your browser for free, with no install.
Cube Escape screenshots
How Cube Escape works
Every block points one of six ways: left, right, forward, back, up or down. Tap a block and it moves that way. With nothing in its path it leaves the stack. With a block right next to it in that direction, it bumps and stays where it is. With a gap and then a block, it slides into the gap and stops: a nudge, which can open a lane for something else.
Each of those three outcomes uses one move. Turning the stack is free: drag anywhere, including underneath, to find the blocks that can go. Because a level allows its block count plus three, you can afford three moves that do not remove a block.
How Cube Escape gets harder
| Tier | Levels | Shapes | Blocks | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1–10 | 3 × 3 × 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 2 | 11–24 | 3 × 3 × 2 | 18 | 21 |
| 3 | 25–40 | 3 × 3 × 3 | 27 | 30 |
| 4 | 41–58 | 3 × 3 × 4 | 36 | 39 |
| 5 | 59–74 | 4 × 4 × 2, 2 × 2 × 5, 4 × 4 × 3, 3 × 3 × 5 | 20–48 | 23–51 |
| 6 | 75–96 | pyramid, plus, step, L shape | 14–27 | 17–30 |
- Level 1: Tier 1: flat 3 × 3 slabs. Levels 1 to 5 never need a nudge.
- Level 25: Tier 3: the first full cube, with a hidden centre block.
- Level 39: The first level that cannot be cleared without a nudge (and level 40 after it).
- Level 59: Tier 5: four shapes in rotation, up to 48 blocks.
- Level 75: Tier 6: pyramid, plus, step and L shapes, 14 to 27 blocks.
Cube Escape strategy
- Turn before you tap. In level 1 only five of the nine blocks can leave at the start; each of the other four has a block right in front of it.
- Plan for the nudge on levels 39 and 40, the first two that cannot be cleared without one. A nudge is not a wasted move there: it is one of your three spares, spent on purpose.
- In tier 5, every 2 × 2 × 5 tower (levels 60, 64, 68 and 72) needs a nudge, while the 4 × 4 × 3 stacks between them hold the most blocks in the game, 48, against 51 moves.
- The last three levels, 94 to 96, all need a nudge as well, so count your spare moves before the first tap rather than after the third bump.
Cube Escape version history
- — Cube Escape and its 96 levels were added to the site.
- — Going to the raw game file now brings you to this page instead.
Cube Escape FAQ
- Does turning the cube cost a move?
- No. Dragging to turn or tilt the stack is free; only taps on blocks use moves.
- What happens when the moves run out?
- If blocks are left when the counter reaches zero, the level fails and you can retry it. Clearing the last block with your final move still counts as a win.
- Can I pick a level?
- Yes, from the level screen. Tiers 1 and 2 (levels 1 to 24) are open from the start; after that, each level opens when you clear the one before it, and any open level can be replayed.
Cube Escape details
- Developer
- Jing
- Added
- Levels
- 96, in six tiers
- Controls
- Tap a block to move it; drag to turn or tilt the stack
