Cube Runner

Cube Runner is an incredibly simple game: tilt your iPhone left and right while you try to keep your arrow from smashing into blocks. That’s it! The graphics are nothing to get excited about unless you have a thing for 1980s-era 3D renderings, but the game is nice and responsive to your physical movements and there are three difficulty levels to get you started, plus you can play in landscape mode if you want (tap on the (i) icon in the corner for options). As of right now there are no sound effects or music, but word is that’ll be changing in a future Cube Runner update.

Andy Qua very cleverly built in a way to expand the playability with “level packs”, and if you blow through the default levels that come with the game you can find more (and create your own) at cuberun.org. It’s kind of impossible to know what a level pack will look like until you play it, so I guess you’ll just have to try a few out and see if you like them. To get a new level pack, tap Select Level Pack, tap Add Level Pack, and then enter the URL from cuberun.org or wherever you’re getting the customized level.

Cube Runner isn’t for everyone… people who naturally gravitate towards bright shiny objects will probably not be impressed with this game. If you’re able to appreciate a free game that foregoes gloss for smooth and simple gameplay then go ahead and give this thing a try.