Surreal, stylish Rusty Lake precursor Samsara Room gets free remake, is out now on Steam Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Surreal, stylish Rusty Lake precursor Samsara Room gets free remake, is out now on Steam Plus Cube Escape bundle coming this year. News by Matt Wales Reporter Updated on 5 May 2020 6 comments Fans of the gorgeously surreal point-and-click-meets-room-escape Rusty Lake adventures have another unsettling slice of narrative fancy to sink their teeth into, courtesy of a refreshed and revised version of series precursor Samsara Room, which is out now - and free - on Steam. If you've yet to experience the Rusty Lake games, I can heartily recommend you remedy that immediately. They're wonderfully entertaining endeavours, many of which are playable free, with each deliciously sinister entry offering a largely self-contained experience but forming another piece in the series' vast, centuries-spanning narrative puzzle. The games have grown increasingly ambitious as time has gone on, but they're ultimately casual puzzlers at their core, with just enough challenge to illicit a satisfied nod; the real joy, though, comes from their deliciously off-kilter atmosphere and the mental delights of connecting the narrative dots across 15 distinct instalments, where recurring characters, locations, and motifs drift in and out like a fever dream. Watch on YouTube Samsara Room was initially released in 2013, and was very much a precursor to Rusty Lake, establishing the familiar single-location set-up seen in the free Cube Escape browser games. The new version of Samsara Room - released to celebrate the Rusty Lake series' fifth birthday - is more closely integrated into the overall narrative, set immediately after the events of the gorgeous Rusty Lake: Roots and featuring new puzzles, story, graphics and soundtrack. Rusty Lake: Roots, incidentally, is one of several "premium" games in the series (each well worth their minimal entry fee), and is easily one of the best instalments so far if you're looking for a good place to start, combining solid puzzling with a story that's as warmly moving as it is gleefully unsettling as it charts the misfortune of a doomed family across several generations. To accompany Samsara Room's revamp, developer Rusty Lake announced it'll be releasing nine chapters of the Cube Escape series - presumably The Lake, Seasons, Aries, Harvey's Box, Case 23, The Mill, Birthday, Theatre, and The Cave - in a single bundle on Steam. It's coming in Q3 this year and will have a "small" asking price. "This way," says the studio in its announcement, "we can preserve this series on PC for the foreseeable future!". Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 11 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store