I adore this game and I can hardly explain why; the color, music, and totally minimalist gameplay create an experience can perhaps only be described as 'fun', pure, simple 'fun' untethered by our expectations of a plot or any discernable end goal. At its current (sale) price you'll more than get your money's worth from simply trying to decode messages. Confused you? I'm confused myself. All I know is I'm having fun.

I, like many others here, can't help but be strangely compelled to play. Instead of just leaving it at that though, I'll try to put what I feel in words. This game seems like it was developed to be the ulitmate abstract expression of both the 90's "collect-a-thon" platformers and the modern open-world "sandbox" games. It's minimalistic aesthetic serves well the feeling of exploration and the occasional bits of story you recieve from journal pieces and conversations are tantalizing enough to entice you to find them all and piece together the entirety of the narrative. While the gameplay so far has never diversed from "roll around, color, collect, talk" I don't think it needs to, it's a testament to the philosophy that simplicity is key and sometimes overthought in the game design process isn't required. In addition to the of the world beng a clever mechanic, it also lends a hand to the relaxing nature of the game and imparts a sense of ownership as no two worlds will be the same and ...

The worst part about this game is that it has a lot of potential but doesn't live up to it. You start out knowing nothing. It tells you to move with the arrow keys and that's it. Awesome! So I go exploring and see little foreign cubes and pyramids and wormy things. Awesome! I approach one and see four little stats or something appear above it, with little symbols by each stats. I don't know what those mean, but great! More mystery! Some of the little cubes speak a different language. I find out I can collect little foreign sentences, which will help me decode the language. Great concept! I wanted to find all the sentences! But then I found a coin. Great! What's this do? I see a menu appear on the right of the screen. 1/100 next to a coin picture... Oh. Well. That's a lot of coins. What do they do? Then I find a relic. 1/250 or some high number like that. What?? A gem: 1/75. What is this? I don't care about any of that. But that's the majority of the game. Explore new areas (they all l...

Cube & Star: A Love of Life and of the Arbitrary. This is a very simple yet complex game. The controls are few and guidance is absent which leaves most players lost looking for the point. I was drawn to Cube & Star by the beautiful design and the colors; I played because I enjoyed spreading the color. The question this game brings up is "What is the point?" Cube & Star is similar to life, the search for meaning. As I spread color, I discovered the purpose of the tiles that I collected- they create life. Originally, I only payed attention to my effect on the landscape but soon found out that the game is more widespread than that. Now I watch as each action my cube takes affects the entire realm of the game from changing simple colors to creating life that changes the face of the map in their own way. This is a game for people who enjoy the search for purpose.

Create a colorful world and burn it to the ground.

so, as steamdb graph says, I am the only player for this game today :/ That sick, because this game is nice though

my favorite characters are those tiny dancing mice that can jump up to the stars, they have their homes in the east, and whenever I visit them they give me blue cake and make those incredibly sweet sounds I love it

I want to emphasize that the game says "arbitrary" in its title. Is it a little slow? Yes. Does it baby the players with a tutorial at the beginning and leaves figuring out the nuances of the game almost exclusively to the player's curiosity? For sure. But that's part of the joy--a randomness that's difficult to pin down to a pattern. Cube&Star is colorful, minimalistic, smart, darkly and subtly funny (the Nietzchean quips from the various geometric creatures make me alternate between wanting to laugh or cry), and aesthetically exquisite. It wasn't hard to fall for the simplicity of this game, and I more than appreciate how relaxed I can feel playing it without it being totally mind-numbing. It's casual but quietly rewarding, and well worth it. I recommend it wholeheartedly to both the whimsical and patient player looking for something a little different, if not Euclidean.

a charming game, just spent ma fiver and i feel good about it the game is quirky and enjoyable i still havent quite discovered what i am actualy ment to be doing? and am just walking around bumping into shit. but its good and hard to explain once i figure out how to play it will be increasingly good

Honestly I can't pinpoint what it is about this strange little game that I love so much. Its not the colors or specific creatures or the sounds in the game. But something makes it so relaxing and a great title to unwind to.