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Cube Escape: Harvey's Box – Puzzle Game Review
Cube Escape: Harvey's Box is a Puzzle/Adventure game from Rusty Lake B.V., first launched in 25th June 2015.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 819+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Cube Escape: Harvey's Box Stand Out
Harvey the parrot is moving to Rusty Lake inside of a cardboard box. Help Harvey find a way out by discovering the purpose of the odd items scattered around the box: a fruit, a comb and a box of cigars…
Cube Escape: Harvey’s Box is the fourth episode of the Cube Escape series and part of the Rusty Lake story. We will unfold the mysteries of Rusty Lake one step at a time, follow us @rustylakecom.
This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Cube Escape: Harvey's Box is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 9th June 2021
Recent improvements include:
Thank you for playing Cube Escape: Harvey's Box! We fixed a few bugs in this new version.
Download & Availability
Cube Escape: Harvey's Box is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
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Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Best puzzle games ever. ESPECIALLY on a mobile device. Truly phenomenal. Please NEVER stop making these games. Theyre really something special in a sea of blah. The perfect amount of weird, creepy, curious and puzzling. Great story and clever execution in every scene. Thank you Rusty Lake.
We are confused on how to do the part with the comb so can you send us a video on how to do it because we dont get the way to solve the puzzle.
We play these almost every day sooo much fun we get zoned out its so fun whoever hates these game we hope you get the worst death ever.
We really enjoyed playing this game and we recommend you to download some games before Harvey's Box before playing it (like Seasons, Lake and Arles), so you can understand the storyline better. They're so addictive and hint you whenever you're stuck as well..try it! If you're stuck and don't get what to do even by getting hints try googling some walkthroughs about the level you're stuck at. We gave it four stars because we think its hints make it a bit so much obvious..but it's really adorable and would be a great choice for you if you like games with storylines and adventures, and for free.
Its weird fun for puzzle fanatics. But….. It would be almost Impossible to solve the maggot section without the hint. Great work.
They are all violent or political ads with disinformation.
Ive watched the video, Ive screenshot the video and copied from the picture and yet the creators got a key to move on to the next part and we didnt! Why!? Because they dont want you to move on! There is just a bunch of useless items and a scammed freaking puzzle.
Rusty lake does a great job with these games. Great puzzles and well paced challenges.
Oh man! We are tearing through this series and cant get enough. This one was great fun and while shorter than the newer games, it is just as much fun. Its such a creepy story line and Im really enjoying how the games build upon one another. Rusty Lake is five star all the way.
We played these games about a year ago and decided to replay them again recently. These games are so immersive and definitely get our adrenaline pumping. The puzzles are challenging, but there are plenty of online walkthroughs if you get stuck. The hint system is decent, but not always helpful. However, this doesnt detract from the rating because this game is beyond five stars, even with the mediocre hints. We honestly love these games and the whole series is remarkably well thought-out. The fact that these games are free to play is mind-boggling. The ads are kept at a minimum, only used to get hints, which helps maintain the overall atmosphere of the game. If you are looking for an indie puzzler to blow some extra time, this is a fantastic idea! The storyline is intriguing and the different chapters help pull everything together. We honestly have no limit to our praise of this series. Keep up the good work.
When we say that this little number of a series is a banger, we mean it! We have ignored all our friends and family to partake if this series. Our children are starving but they simply dont get it. We sell our soul for more. If this was the 1800s we would trade all of our goat and chicken for this game, id even thrown in a couple gold doubloons. All we have nowadays are our stinky children who arent even popular, what a life.
You really need to think we needed a video to help us we think it is great tho.
The game was awesome and the puzzles where challenging but DONT PLAY IT AT 1 AM.
Im having a bit of a problem with the music Ive quadruple checked that we had the correct notes but nothing happens afterwards other than that everything else in the box is complete but we still cant move on because of the slightly infuriating music comb.
Its so great and it actually makes you think we played almost all of the games you made and its really fun.
All of these games are GOD TIER played all of the free ones.
Ive played all of these games in chronological order. The free ones are short, the chapters you have to pay for are much longer. Theyre worth purchasing. Do yourself a favor if you like creepy, interesting puzzle games. Buy and download all of the chapters, Google the chronological order of these games, and play them in order. We cant wait for more chapters to be released.
So far this is our favorite one. It is not the longest or even the most exciting one, but you do get to play as a bird. We love that there is alwayls little details you might miss such as your shadow being a bird. Game mechanics are about the same with some fun new puzzles. We dub it another great success.
We could be one but we are not, im 60 and we truly enjoyed all of this games, we did buy some others are free, but they are all worth to pay and they are not expensive. We need to cheat once in a while because like we said we are old enough to be playing with grandchildren but our daughters are not interested and so we play games and this ones are great games. Young people PLAY.
Short, challenging, fair. Great music and art style.
Im not really into escape rooms but Ive downloaded and played every one from rusty lake. Its so classy.
No glitches, and kind of goes with its theme.
What a treat this fourth game was! Interesting location, escaping a box instead of a room. We really liked the puzzles- they were particularly logical, with the same bizarre twists as the first three games. Got through it pretty quickly, and apparently managed to solve one of the puzzles kind of by accident, but after finishing the game we checked the walkthrough to make sure we hadnt missed anything and saw how we did it. At this point Im pretty pumped about the Rusty Lake series, as we actually look forward to each new chapter. Reminds us a little of playing the Omnisoft series, although these have a more engrossing storied theme with some interestingly creepy animation and more varied environments. Gotta say Im hooked, and getting ready to download the next one. Good job, Rusty Lake.
This game is incredibly attractive and involves the brain from the building site of this game. We were a great supreme superb.
For this box, you have to know some basic rules for usual games in real life(and we did google it instead of seeking walkthrough), and you also have to connect things from different sides of the box, which means a good memory is vital. Some of the settings are odd but also make sense, so you have to try and try and try again. In result, you will be moved by your own persistence.
We dont know why there arent more reviews. RL games are fun, free (or cheap), and different that all the other point and clicks.
…in one cardboard box? A whole heckuvalot! This outing provides the creativity that Ive found to be a hallmark of Rusty Lake: in puzzles, use of subtle and restrained audio, and (best of all here) artwork. One fishy image is so Magritte-weird it has yet to leave our retinas. A boxed-in game for out-of-the-box thinking! (Ouch, forgive us.).
Ive just recently started playing this series, and its really fun and an interesting concept, but the fact that there arent any overt warnings is kind of iffy. Theres a decent amount of gore-ish/violent related scenes in the game (like the depiction of the woman dying/cutting your ear off/shooting yourself) to continue the game, and these depictions along with the alternate dimensions and the odd (but interesting) concepts as a whole could trigger a person and/or any mental health issues they may have.
But there were too many bugs (no pun intended) with this one. We wasnt able to complete it because of that.
Everytime we try to fill up the glass by tapping it, it wont? Ive posed the objects correctly, it just wont let us fill it up.
We tried multiple times but couldnt get anything to happen with the potato so our game must be defective. Spikes are supposed to come out to show the varying heights. No spikes came out when we clicked on them. Very frustrating because we cant progress further in the game.
We never write reviews but this game deserves it! The storyline is absolutely amazing as well as its perfect mix of horror and suspense. Each game leaves us wanting more! Absolutely worth the download.
We LOVE these games! Shout outs to the developers, fo sho.
Rusty Lake games, the Cube series is extremely addicting for its surreal and short plots, which builds from one game to the next. They put very good thriller & horror content that makes us play the next one immediately. We love this series. Their puzzles are pretty hard and sometimes takes a little more work but its one of those few games where solving a hard puzzle is very satisfying. We cant wait for the next one! Thanks Rusty Lake games.
It wont let us light the cigar.
We own other cube escapes and love them but we can not light the cigar.
Great game with a fantastic story line that keeps u wanting more and more.
This game is the best we have played. It has a great variety of logical puzzles that will lead you into the story behind Harvey's Box and the Rusty Lake series. We truly think this game is the best in the series, for the thought required to solve and find out what is going on is incredible. Great job.
Love this world. Can't wait to try the next one.
We love these series of games so much!! We can't wait for more. We have every one even the paid for ones and we've played them all multiple time! Definitely our favorites.
We happened upon one of these games and then quickly realized they were part of a large story arc! Jackpot!!! Well done, simply created. Complex puzzles. Compelling story and creepy enough to mess with your head!! We would love if they would put them all out as one large collection so players can experience the entire story without switching from game to game.
Loved this series! We played through each of them in just a few days. Good quality game play, interesting, and good puzzles. Appreciate the walk through a available for when we get stuck.
The entire Rusty Lake series are our absolute favorite games on iOS. Fun, creepy, challenging, and entertaining.
We're obsessed with Puzzle games. The Rusty Lake series is one of our favorites. We love the mysterious art and the gameplay. We can't wait for the newest installment.
This entire series is addicting. Tough puzzles, plot twists, and plenty of the unexpected.
This one was too hard! Still 5 stars! It is free :).
We promise this game series wont let u down.
We got stuck in several areas. The puzzles were a little too hard. Still a fun series to play.
Another great one! Really enjoy all their escape games. Hope the make more.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 3.1
- Size: 39.75 MB
- iOS: 9.0 or later
- Languages: CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, HE, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, NB, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR, VI
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References, Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
- Developer: Rusty Lake B.V.
Last updated: 9th June 2021 | Genre: Puzzle, Adventure | Developer: Rusty Lake B.V.