Underplayed Gems

Intelligent Qube (1997)

Intelligent Qube cover
Developer
G-Artists
Publisher
Sony Computer Entertainment
Platforms
PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Legacy Mobile Device
Genres
Puzzle, Strategy
Rating
4.0 of 5, 21 player ratings

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How it feels

A calm but steadily pressuring experience where you must think ahead and act precisely as an unstoppable wave of cubes threatens to push you off the edge.

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About

Intelligent Qube is a puzzle game for the PlayStation. In the game, the player controls a character who must run around a platform made of cubes, clearing certain cubes as they approach. Cubes are "cleared" by marking a spot on the stage, waiting for the cube to roll on top of it, and then deactivating the marked spot.

What players say

A starkly minimalist, almost horror-like puzzle game where a creepy soundtrack and stern announcer make clearing rolling cube grids feel nerve-wracking; respected as a genuinely original, harsh, high-pressure brain-teaser unlike anything else.

Screenshots

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