Cube Escape Birthday: Witness the Birthday Slaughter of the Vandermeers & Achievement Guide

Cube Escape Birthday is the seventh chapter of Cube Escape Collection, and tells the story of Dale Vandermeer, the detective’s family. Far from being the outsider of the mystery of the lake, Dale is one of the core characters of the lake’s secret. Cube Escape Birthday reveals his childhood story at the lake. The game stands out with its three layers of narrative structure, pushing the plot from a happy birthday night to a slaughter night, and finally, to the final rescue and redemption. It is a short but well-designed game. This post unravels the story narrated by Cube Escape Birthday and explains how to collect all the achievements!

How to Install Cube Escape Birthday?

For iPads and other mobile devices, gamers can basically download Cube Escape Birthday for free from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Additionally, Rusty Lake’s official website has links to both app stores.

To play the game on their PC, players can download it from the Google Play Store. For Windows PCs, the link also provides a free download option.

On the other hand, there isn’t a standalone version of Birthday on Steam. In spite of this, players can buy and download Cube Escape Collection. The game’s seventh chapter, Birthday, will be included in the Collection.

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What to Play Before Cube Escape Birthday?

There are not that many games directly related to Dale’s past with the lake, and most of the time, he appears as an investigator for Laura’s case. However, in his investigation, players can notice that he drifts further and further apart from the real world. With that said, Birthday is one of the few options to learn about Dale’s past.

Generally, Cube Escape Birthday is closely related to Rusty Lake Hotel. Judging from Mr. Rabbit and the vision from the snowball, the corrupted souls of the Eilanders have escaped Mr. Owl and Harvey’s control. Their escape might be directly related to the reason why Mr. Rabbit has to kill Dale’s family.

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As to Dale’s previous life away from the lake, players can certainly choose to play through Cube Escape Case 23, Cube Escape Theatre, and The White Door. Dale first appears as the detective who is trying to solve Laura’s murder case in Case 23. Case 23 explains how Dale follows Laura’s case and finally finds his way to the lake. What’s more, the Theatre and The White Door tell how Dale gets to know Bob (Laura’s boyfriend) and promises Bob that he will find Laura.

Generally speaking, Rusty Lake games form an intricate narrative web of characters and backstories, surrounding the same theme about eternal life and the sacrifices made for it. By going through the above-mentioned games, players will have a rough idea of Dale’s part in the Rusty Lake universe.

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What Is the Story of Cube Escape Birthday?

Cube Escape Birthday centers on Dale’s nine-year-old birthday night with his grandpa, father, mother, and Mr. Rabbit. The game adopts Dale’s perspective to solve the puzzles.

The story starts from before singing the birthday song. Dale will be exploring the rooms and trying to make every family member happy with their food and drinks. However, from the window, players can also see the ominous Mr. Rabbit’s shadow, foreshadowing what is going to happen next. Mr. Owl’s letter also warns Dale of the incoming event, and he sends Dale a gift to turn his day around (the time machine).

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When the family starts singing the birthday song, Mr. Rabbit comes to the doorstep and slaughters everyone inside the house with a gun. After all the foreshadowing, the story takes a drastic turn. Players can find Mr. Rabbit’s letter and Harvey’s letter in this scene. Mr. Rabbit is forced to do so to escape his fate. Harvey’s letter gives the clue to unveil what happened previously in Rusty Lake Hotel ➡️ The corrupted souls of the Eilanders have escaped from the hotel.

Dale now gets the chance to rewrite his family’s fate by using the time machine sent by Mr. Owl. Tracing back the time to when the family had not yet been singing the birthday song, Dale can open the chest and hand the pistol to his grandpa. Grandpa will shoot Mr. Rabbit the moment he gets in!

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Does Dale Manage to Change His Birthday Destiny?

Time-traveling and altering the past have been an often-used and discussed topic in the Rusty Lake universe. Similarly, in Cube Escape Seasons, Laura’s corrupted soul traces back the time to when she had not yet committed suicide and freed Harvey from the cage. The quotes from Rusty Lake often discuss the link between the past and the future as well:

But the past is never dead. — Mr. Owl (Cube Escape Birthday)

Overall, the Rusty Lake universe stresses the bonding between the past and the future and presents time as a continuous, bonded flow. While in reality some terrible things did happen (Laura’s suicide and Dale’s birthday slaughter), the past stays in the memory of the characters and is kept in the cubes, buried deep in the depths of the lake.

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Similarly, in reality, Dale’s family might have already been killed by Mr. Rabbit’s gunfire. There is always the possibility that the time machine did not exist when Dale was nine years old, but appears in the cubes as an alteration of the memory only.

Just like how Laura’s soul traces back the time to free Harvey, Dale is also trying to alter the past and remedy the terrible fate in his own consciousness, and in his soul. The past is never dead, but it exists and refreshes everytime that it occurs in the memories again.

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How to Collect All the Achievements in Birthday?

Same as other chapters in the Cube Escape Collection, there are 8 achievements in total in Cube Escape Birthday. The following table explains how to collect each one of them.

Weapon of Choice	Give the bubble gum to the mother, and break the bubble using the knife.
Unexpected Prey	1. Put the bubble gum at the counter corner of the sink. 2. Wait till Mr. Rabbit has killed everyone. 3. The gum will capture a fly. 4. Put the fly on the mouse trap. 5. Come back later and the trap will catch a fish.
Time-Traveller	Put the blue cube inside the clock.
BOOM! Ha Ha	1. Take the silver coin off the time machine after travelling back in time. 2. Place the coin into the brown box next to the father. 3. Open the box and take out the pistol. 4. Give the pistol to the grandpa, and open the door for Mr. Rabbit to get in. 5. Click the grandpa after he shoots Mr. Rabbit.
A Drink at the Theatre	After Mr. Rabbit kills everyone, take out the piece of paper from the dead grandpa’s pocket.
Alternate Solution	Place the flags in the order of: 12 = 4 * 3
Mr. Rabbit	Click the window and click Mr. Rabbit’s shadow before Mr. Rabbit gets in the house.
The Break Out	Put 1894 as the code to the crystal ball.

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FAQs

What is the Cube Escape Birthday flag order?

The flag orders are as shown in the screenshot:

How to assemble the present in Cube Escape Birthday?

In sum, the present from Mr. Owl requires: two batteries, one piece of glass, one coin, one watch, one wire, one tube, and one screw.

Batteries: After the slaughter, there is one in the flower pot and one under the doormat (requires boiled water in the kettle to melt the snow).

Glass: Paint a tree on the window after boiling the water in the kettle, according to the picture next to the mother.

Coin: Take the coin off the box next to the father after the slaughter.

Wire: Use the screwdriver from the drawer to open the switch next to the door.

Tube: After the slaughter, turn on the gas in the oven and use the match to light it. Take the tube from the oven after the explosion.

Screw: put the three flags pulled off from the decor onto the wire in the kitchen.

How to cut the birthday cake in Cube Escape Birthday?

In a word, each piece of the birthday cake should have a candle on it. Moreover, the candle should not be cut.

Conclusion

Cube Escape Birthday has filled in the missing piece about Dale’s connection to the lake. According to his family name “Vandermeer”, which means by the lake, Dale should bear deep connections with the lake story as well. However, his part of the story is always peripheral in other Rusty Lake games, as he appears as Detective Dale.

After playing through all the Cube Escape games and other Rusty Lake standalone games, players are all very curious about the end of Dale’s trip! Will he recover all his memories from the cubes? Where will his journey end? What is the glorious day of the lake? The answer can only be found in the Rusty Lake games in the future!