Q.U.B.E. 2
Skip · Action · 2018
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
The value isn't there at $24.99.
- Length
- 5.3h
- Value
- $4.72/hr
- Reviews
- 84% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 or AMD Radeon 6870 HD series card, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.
Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has awoken among the ruins of an ancient alien landscape. With the distant help of another survivor you must solve the puzzles of this mysterious world and find a way back home.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
December 2022 is where it bottomed out, at $2.49. Its cuts run 75 percent off as a rule. There have been 46 in the 9 years tracked, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price. The last sale was about 13 weeks ago, and on this game's rhythm the next one tends to arrive within 7 weeks.
Value puts it in the top 19 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 88 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Outer Wilds ($24.99, scores 83) beats it on value, while it beats INDUSTRIA ($19.99, scores 25).
Critics scored it 76. Players sit 8 points higher at 84 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
This site sampled 379 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026.
The drop-off
72% start to 3% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
About 3 players at once, at SteamSpy's last count.
Player counts via SteamSpy.
What players say
as a fan of the original qube i was excited to hear about/play the sequel with raytracing and more modern specs the game looked super cool, and ran at a stable 80 fps which was definitely fine for me. it did deviate quite a bit from the original game (flora taking over the facility, the more detailed textures), a bit to my disappointment but understandable given it's a sequel. the puzzles were slightly...
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Cite this score
Q.U.B.E. 2 scores 45/100 on the BANG Score (a skip). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/359100/q-u-b-e-2Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 23, price as of Sep 24.
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