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Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Game

The first and only official Rube Goldberg puzzle game. Solve everyday problems in Rube’s trademark elaborate whimsical style by creating hilarious machines. Is pouring a glass of juice just too straightforward…

2 March 2014

Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Game is a video game developed by Electric Eggplant, released 2 March 2014 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Game is

Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Game was developed by Electric Eggplant and released in 2014. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The first and only official Rube Goldberg puzzle game. Solve everyday problems in Rube’s trademark elaborate whimsical style by creating hilarious machines. Is pouring a glass of juice just too straightforward and boring? Try using a jack-in-the-box, magnifying glass, string and a cymbal-wielding friend to achieve your goal. The more creative your solution the better!
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Game launched on 2 March 2014, within three weeks of South Park: The Stick of Truth, Dark Souls II, Hearthstone and The Last of Us: Left Behind.

Released around the same time: South Park: The Stick of Truth, Dark Souls II, Hearthstone, The Last of Us: Left Behind.

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When did Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Game come out?
Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Game was released on 2 March 2014 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).