CubeQuest vs Close Cities
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CubeQuest
Embark on a puzzle-solving adventure in a beautifully designed world. Navigate through 60 handcrafted levels, unlock new abilities, and discover hidden secrets. This game offers a unique challenge for players who enjoy intricate puzzles and platforming elements.
- Handcrafted puzzle platformer
- 60 challenging levels
- Unlockable abilities
- Hidden secrets
- 4 diverse biomes
- Game Center achievements
- iCloud sync
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CubeQuest - A QB Game, the successor to the beloved puzzle platformer "QB - A Cube's Tale," sends you and QB into a beautifully designed world to once again test your puzzle-solving skills. Along the way, you'll unlock new abilities, search for hidden secrets, and puzzle your way through 60 exciting levels. Features: - Handcrafted puzzle platformer - Beautiful world with 4 diverse biomes - 60 levels ranging from easy to mind-cracking - Game-Center-Achievements - iCloud sync Looking for a unique puzzle game unlike anything else? Give CubeQuest a try! Play the first levels for free. If you like it, you can purchase the full game for additional content.
Close Cities
Build beautiful cities on diverse worlds by solving unique puzzles. This relaxing game guides you through 160 levels with a simple tap or drag interface, requiring no architectural knowledge. Conquer each world's challenges and travel through time with its calming soundtrack.
- Build cities on empty maps
- Solve 160 unique puzzle levels
- Intuitive tap and drag controls
- No architectural knowledge needed
- Travel through different worlds
- Relaxing music and pace
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Close Cities is a relaxing logic puzzle: build cities along the roads and give every road exactly the cities it needs. Easy to learn, hard to put down. HOW TO PLAY • The number next to each road shows how many cities it needs. • Every city must touch a road, and it can't be on two roads at once. • Cities can't touch side by side; diagonally is fine. • Tap or drag to build. When a city is valid, it lights up in color. 480 LEVELS, TWO MODES • Kingdoms: travel through different eras of history and build each king's empire. • Empires: cities of different sizes and roads that ask for new combinations. AT YOUR OWN PACE • No timer, no rush: think every move through calmly. • Relaxing music and a clean, charming art style. • Play offline: on the subway, while traveling or before bed. • Stuck? Ask for a hint. FOR EVERYONE • A quick tutorial teaches you the rules in a minute. • If you like sudoku and logic puzzles, you'll love it. • Free, with a one-time purchase to remove ads. Close Cities is made by The Pangry, the creators of Broki.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: CubeQuest at none against Close Cities's shown. CubeQuest also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 69%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Close Cities's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (365 vs 119). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. CubeQuest sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Close Cities sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for CubeQuest against 4.8 for Close Cities. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 119 and 365 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of CubeQuest's written reviews are positive against 69% of Close Cities's.
CubeQuest ships an update every 3 months, Close Cities monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CubeQuest | Close Cities |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (119 ratings) — better | 4.8 (365 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.5% of reviews — better | 69.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 119 | 365 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 338 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stephan Goebel | Juan Manuel Altamirano Argudo |
Customer experience
CubeQuest
Close Cities
Bugs and requests
CubeQuest
Reported bugs
3 issues- Level 43 star impossible to obtain
- Game freezes iPad
- Star on level 9 unobtainable without upgrade
Requested features
3 requests- Add more levels
- Implement landscape mode
- Option to turn off sound
Close Cities
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CubeQuest
- Buy the Game$4.99
Close Cities
- Hints - Small Pack$0.99
- Hints - Medium Pack$2.99
- Remove Ads + Hints$4.99
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- Hints - Big Pack$5.99









