Code R.U.B.I.K.

Code R.U.B.I.K. is a turn-based strategy game about managing energy in a simulated company. You deploy and move units, choose commands and policies, and place units on the right cells to earn energy and expand the company before your turns run out.

The R.U.B.I.K. grid

The map is a 2D, Rubik’s Cube-like grid. Units move only along rows or columns, and cells reshuffle every turn, so you must adapt your moves as the layout changes. Green cells release energy and red cells absorb it; darker colors have a stronger effect. Units with negative abilities reverse those effects.

Turns and energy

You use energy to expand, and expansion gives you more turns. Turns let you make moves that can earn more energy, but the simulation ends when the countdown reaches zero. Collecting enough energy before then makes the bubble expand instead of explode, giving you extra turns. You can issue one command after each cell reshuffle; when the bubble expands, you also get the opportunity to set a longer-term policy.

Units and challenges

You can unlock new units, commands and policies by expanding or completing certain challenges. The story follows the crew of the Regular Pentahedron, a ship testing energy extraction from two-dimensional bubbles with the AI Ash. After an explosion leaves the crew without their units, the captain must deploy themself into a new R.U.B.I.K. game to collect energy and get the crew home.