Comparison

Cubes Empire Premium vs Backrooms Escape

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Cubes Empire Premium

Features
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Land on tower to make it bigger. Each cube has its own feature, so be careful. And if your land won't be successful your tower will fall. Complete missions to get more points and even to get coins. The bigger tower you build the more points you will get? Set high records while building tower from different cubes. Collect coins to buy new maps in the shop. There are 5 available locations: default location, street, sci-fi, dungeon and chess board. But remember that your tower is very weak, so jump carefully. Random cubes will be moving toward to your tower. They can make your tower bigger or destroy it. Build the biggest cubes empire!

About

Backrooms Escape

Navigate a procedurally generated maze filled with terrifying entities. Manage your flashlight, avoid making noise, and find the exit to survive. Uncover secrets of the Backrooms as you descend deeper into its dangerous levels.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated levels
  • Flashlight battery management
  • Stealth-based survival
  • Multiple unique entities
  • Lore and secrets to uncover
  • Varied level environments
Features
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You woke up in the Backrooms — an endless maze of empty rooms, buzzing lights, and damp yellow wallpaper. You are not alone. Something lives here. Multiple things. And they can hear you. ESCAPE OR BE TAKEN Navigate procedurally generated levels, manage your flashlight battery, and find the exit before the entities find you. One wrong turn could be your last. 5 NIGHTMARES HUNT YOU - The Hound — fast, relentless, drawn to sound - The Smiler — waits in the dark, strikes when you look away - The Lurker — patrols the corridors, never sleeps - The Wretch — mimics human movement to lure you in - The Doppelganger — wears your face SURVIVAL MECHANICS - Flashlight with limited battery — darkness is deadly - Sprint to escape, but noise attracts hunters - Study the minimap. Memorize the layout. Find the exit. - Collect codex entries to uncover the Backrooms secrets MULTIPLE LEVELS Each level is different — flooded basements, industrial warehouses, endless office floors. The deeper you go, the more dangerous it gets. No weapons. No combat. Just you, the dark, and the things that live in it. How long can you survive?

Screenshots

Cubes Empire Premium4 screens
Backrooms Escape4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Backrooms Escape at none against Cubes Empire Premium's shown. Backrooms Escape also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 11 months). Cubes Empire Premium's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cubes Empire Premium ships an update every 11 months, Backrooms Escape every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cubes Empire Premium versus Backrooms Escape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCubes Empire PremiumBackrooms Escape
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size263 MB411 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleksii Petrochenko晓 郭

In-app purchases

None

Cubes Empire Premium

No in-app purchases

None

Backrooms Escape

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cubes Empire Premium free?
Cubes Empire Premium is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Backrooms Escape free?
Backrooms Escape is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cubes Empire Premium or Backrooms Escape have ads?
Cubes Empire Premium shows ads; Backrooms Escape does not.
Which is updated more often, Cubes Empire Premium or Backrooms Escape?
Cubes Empire Premium ships an update every 11 months, and Backrooms Escape every 3 weeks. Most recently, Cubes Empire Premium was updated on November 7, 2026 and Backrooms Escape on November 5, 2026.

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