# Rube Works: Rube Goldberg Game — user reviews > 38 indexed App Store user reviews of Rube Works by Electric Eggplant, rated 4.10/5 from 26 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rube-works-rube-goldberg-game/id716238013/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rube-works-rube-goldberg-game/id716238013.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 15 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (10 of 38) ### 5/5 — Fun for all! *2014-04-05* I am using this in my middle school classroom as a prelude to a Rube Goldberg project where students build real Rube Goldberg machines. The students are able to Learn about Rube and the difficulty and humor of his inventions. Fun game for all ages with learning and engagement! ### 5/5 — Great job Rube... *2014-02-15, version 1.2.0* Love this game. I wish was 100 more levels... ### 5/5 — Ingenius Game Inspired by a Genius *2013-12-28* Not only did this innovative little app introduce my family to the genius of Reuben "Rube" Goldberg, it also further developed our creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving skills...in an engaging, fun, addicting way! Not to mention that Electric Eggplant really nailed the graphics, music, and user-friendliness. As a teacher and mother, this is truly one of the best apps I have come across, and I highly recommend it for anyone 9-99 years old. ### 5/5 — Awesome game! *2013-12-27, version 1.2.0* Funny jokes, and clever puzzles! The artists did a great job in recreating the original artwork of Rube Goldberg! ### 5/5 — FUN!!! *2013-12-25* If you love puzzles and love Rube Goldberg, this is the game for you! I've solved the first few puzzles, and I have to say - this game is cool! You are given a task and a series of objects. Your goal is to complete the task by building a Rube Goldberg contraption. It's trickier than it sounds. I don't endorse a lot of things. With this game, I can tell you - it totally ROCK. ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2013-12-24, version 1.2.0* My science students love this app, and so do I! Great teaching and learning opportunities! ### 5/5 — Serious fun! *2013-12-22, version 1.2.0* Okay, get your convoluted thinking caps on! Be prepared for some serious fun with Rube Works, complete with original cartoons and fun animations. Must have game for my iPad! ### 5/5 — Deej *2013-12-13* Our team downloaded this app after it came up in our research for a video we were making. The game is clever, funny, addictive and authentic... It stays true to the spirit of Rube Goldberg's witty cartoons and you can't help but laugh as you succeed - or fail - to construct his bizarre inventions. We love it! ### 5/5 — Absolutely brilliant! *2013-12-11* This game is so entertaining and just crazy amounts of fun. For adults as well as for kids. And the gameplay mechanics are so easy to pick up. There's no reason not to buy this game. ### 5/5 — Most Fun I've Had Ever *2013-12-09* I've known David Fox, the developer behind this game, since the 1970's when with his wife he opened the Marin Community Center, the first public access personal computer center on the planet to use microcomputers (I'm not making this up - look it up on Google). MCC started in Terra Linda in the SF Bay Area introducing personal computers to kids and adults (how funny to think we called them personal because in the day computers were characterized as soulless impersonal machines). David and I worked and played together back then as we both we're trying to show computers were fun. He eventually wrote a great book with me - Pascal Primer - and it became a classic. I've watched as the Foxes career paths have kept a laser focus on helping our youth discover the marvels technology offers by using it to raise self esteem in amazing ways. David was the first game designer hired at Lucasfilm Games (which became LucasArts) way back in 1982. While there I remember he created incredible graphic adventure games. But with Rube Works they have taken the message to a whole new level. The invention machines in the Rube game overflows with creativity and fun for all ages. It challenges the analytic process in a way that is pure belly laughing joy. And though the inventions are hilarious they make total sense in the world of Newtonian physics. I just can't say enough about how much fun you'll have solving the contraptions that Mr. Goldberg is famous for. I do think you'll find the games easier to play on the iPad since you must attach things that are tiny like strings to pulleys. But I solved the orange juice maker on my phone with relative ease after I thought about it for a while. Thinking and observing is the key to completion and the fun really begins when you are rewarded with a Rube works machine that runs correctly and completes its goal. Followed by a good laugh. Mitch ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Bad *2022-06-15* Way to difficult ### 1/5 — Runs like garbage *2022-05-23* Game is slow and laggy. Playing on an iPhone 13 and none of the gameplay is smooth. Do not buy. ### 2/5 — Many interface issues *2021-05-03* I loved Incredible Machine from many years ago. Well this is not it, but I see it might be fun for younger people. The UI is a problem with items disappearing into the “ceiling”, others getting “stuck” together. When these things happen, which is often, then only option is to reset and start over. A couple of free puzzles would be good to try before deciding to spend money, which I do regret. ### 3/5 — Objects float off the screen *2022-12-17* Sometimes when you place an object, it floats off the screen and can’t be used until you reset the entire level. This is annoying and makes some levels very hard to play. ### 3/5 — Meh *2019-01-04* Kind of entertaining but honestly not enough levels and control of the devices ### 3/5 — Sadly not enough levels!! *2018-07-15* Great game and addictively fun, but really... only 18 levels? I could not give it more than three stars for that reason. Odd a developer released this game over 4 years ago and still no new levels. The game is NOT worth more than $.99 and I sadly paid $2.99 for this. ### 4/5 — Please add more levels *2025-10-16* Hello hi ### 4/5 — Fun game but touch function to move pieces needs updating and it crashes *2019-10-24* Lot of fun to see the rube goldbergs come to life. Needs a few fixes though **Developer response:** Hi gnasett, you say that Rube Works needs a few fixes. Can you please contact us and let us know what problems you're having with the game? Thanks! http://www.electriceggplant.com/support.shtml ### 4/5 — Great game! *2016-02-26* I'm always asking my sister to give me her iPad so I can play this game. Finally bought myself this app!!! Love it! I don't really like the "star" accomplishments for your score because if u did it right u get 3 stars anyway. Maybe, if you can give it a time bonus or something, that would solve the problem. Other than that, love the game. **Developer response:** Glad you love Rube Works! You're correct that you get 3 "golden prunes" if you correctly complete the level. But you also can get achievements for completing all levels with only 1 golden prune. And for a challenge, see if you can complete them all with 2 prunes as well. ### 4/5 — Awesome Gane *2014-03-02, version 1.2.0* Love the game. Would like to see more levels. Would be 5 stars then. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — This game might be made by god *2023-08-23* Really good ### 5/5 — game breaking bug *2019-04-09* this game is super fun but is unusable on iPhone X models due to the inventory overlapping the bottom of the screen. when you try to take an item out of your inventory the phone thinks you are swiping home or between apps. please fix! this breaks the game on level 7. **Developer response:** Hi RockNFnkRoll, really sorry, but we just saw this review. Can you please give us more information on why Level 7 is unplayable, but you were able to get around moving the inventory objects out of the tool tray in other levels? Did you try tapping-holding to first pick up the object from the tray rather than swiping upwards? Please contact us at http://www.electriceggplant.com/support.shtml with more information so we can address the problem. Thanks! ### 5/5 — Great for classrooms! *2016-10-04* This app has been a favorite in my classroom. We used it to learn about the physics of Rube Goldberg machines, including the basics of work and force, Newton's Laws of Motion, and simple machines. Our students will be building their own Rube Goldberg machine based on their own design so it was great to get some experience building and experimenting with the machines on this app. They are always asking to play, it's truly an engaging, fun, educational experience! **Developer response:** We love hearing stories about teachers/students using Rube Works in preparation to building their own Rube Goldberg machines. Perfect pairing of educational activities. Thank you! ### 5/5 — BEST APP EVER GET IT!!!!! *2016-04-16* It is the best app ever invented, this app is actually perfect for me because we are learning about Rube Goldberg in school and this app is about Rube Goldberg ### 5/5 — Great! Please add more levels... *2014-08-02, version 1.3.1* My son and I loved working through these. Please add more levels...and more... And more... ### 5/5 — Love this *2014-07-29* I like this app because I'm a fan of science and it's so much fun figuring out the puzzles ### 5/5 — An awesome way to play! *2014-07-27* Thanks for the update. I can’t wait to get stuck into this game again! I can't recommend this game enough, such fun! I love finding new ways to solve the problems. Great to see so much love has been given to the style of the original cartoons, Rube would be proud! ### 5/5 — Addictive *2014-05-16* My students are absolutely addicted to this game. They are using the game as a prelude to creating their own Rube Goldberg machine. Each task is just difficult enough to not frustrate students but at the same time challenge their thinking. The end of each task also provides a bit of information on Rube Goldberg. This app provides both entertainment and critical thinking. **Developer response:** Thank you puzzleco. This is exactly how we envisioned students would use Rube Works, in conjunction with creating their own Rube Goldberg machines! ### 5/5 — Wow. *2014-05-15* Amazing game, a must have for people who love to fiddle. ### 5/5 — Cool *2014-04-17, version 1.2.9* Awesome game! I really love playing it! Awesome idea, I love the humor in it, I've been looking for a Rube Goldberg game... That is actually fun --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-17.*