Nineteen games, released between 2015 and 2026, plus one compilation. They share a single story, but they were not written to be played in story order — and playing them in story order is not what the series is built for.
Short answer: play them in release order. The list is below.
Release order — all 19
The Cube Escape line
| # | Game | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cube Escape: Seasons | 2015 |
| 2 | Cube Escape: The Lake | 2015 |
| 3 | Cube Escape: Arles | 2015 |
| 4 | Cube Escape: Harvey's Box | 2015 |
| 5 | Cube Escape: Case 23 | 2015 |
| 6 | Cube Escape: The Mill | 2015 |
| 7 | Cube Escape: Birthday | 2016 |
| 8 | Cube Escape: Theatre | 2016 |
| 9 | Cube Escape: The Cave | 2017 |
| 10 | Cube Escape: Paradox | 2018 |
The standalone releases
| # | Game | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Rusty Lake Hotel | 2015 |
| 12 | Rusty Lake: Roots | 2016 |
| 13 | Rusty Lake Paradise | 2018 |
| 14 | The White Door | 2020 |
| 15 | Samsara Room | 2020 |
| 16 | The Past Within | 2022 |
| 17 | Underground Blossom | 2023 |
| 18 | The Mr. Rabbit Magic Show | 2025 |
| 19 | Servant of the Lake | 2026 |
The two lines interleave by year — Rusty Lake Hotel (2015) came out during the first run of Cube Escape games, not after it. If you want one flat list, sort by year and keep Cube Escape entries ahead of the standalone release from the same year.
Cube Escape Collection (2020, Steam) bundles the first nine Cube Escape games. It is a compilation, not a twentieth game — it is the cheapest way to play entries 1–9 on PC in one place.
Why release order and not story order
The series drops its answers slowly and on purpose. Entries made later assume you have seen the earlier ones and are written as payoffs, not as setups. Played in story order, several of those payoffs arrive before the thing they pay off.
The one thing story order is good for is a second run. Once you know the shape of it, going back in narrative sequence is a genuinely different read.
The shortest way in
You do not have to start at game 1. The Cube Escape entries are short, free, and mostly self-contained, so a common start is:
- Cube Escape: Seasons — the first game, and the one everything else refers back to.
- Cube Escape: The Lake — immediately follows Seasons.
- Rusty Lake Hotel — the first premium entry, and the point where you decide whether the series is for you.
If those three land, work forward through the release list. If they do not, the rest will not change your mind.
Where Servant of the Lake goes
Play it last. It is the nineteenth and newest game, released 13 August 2026, and it is written for people who already know the Vanderboom family. Its full hub is here.
Narratively it sits at the other end — the earliest confirmed point on the timeline, before Rusty Lake: Roots. That is exactly why it is a bad first game and a very good last one.
Not confirmed
We could not verify the following against a source we trust, so it is left out rather than guessed at.
- The in-universe chronological order of all 19 games. Only two anchors are confirmed so far: Servant of the Lake is set before Rusty Lake: Roots, in spring 1839, and Roots / Hotel / Paradise cover earlier family history than the Cube Escape entries. A full ordered timeline is not published here until a second independent source confirms it.
- Exact release dates. The years below are confirmed; day-level dates for most entries are still being sourced from the individual store pages.