# The Ancient Art of Staying Alive Summer DB entity ID: 37cdebec\-9ea9\-4045\-af18\-9b7de8d2933c Steam App ID: 1285960 The Ancient Art of Staying Alive is a highly customisable tea\-break arcade game in which you play Hubert McCubert, a small blue cube looking for a quiet life who for some reason \(\*bonus feature\* \- make up your own reason\!\) attracts the attention of the evil Crimson Cube Posse\. Using his wits, cunning, agility and perhaps the odd teleporter or bomb, Hubert must stay alive while facing wave after wave of enemies all homing in on him at once\.\.\. Based on the old "Daleks" game, TAAOSA turns the concept into an arcade game\. Unashamedly retro in every aspect, if you want amazing visuals then look elsewhere, but if you want a simple, challenging game that's randomised every time you play it, you might just find this to be your cup of tea\. \*\*NOW ALSO INCLUDES TURN\-BASED MODE\*\* Features: \- 20 levels \- 5 game speeds \- \(Challenge Mode \(play through all levels in a single session\) \- Boss levels \(every 5th level in Challenge Mode\) \- Player can be set to always moving to massively increased challenge\! \- High score table \- Change your background colour to mimic the awful colour schemes of ancient consoles\! \- Make the game easier with Teleports, Bombs and Obstacles \- but be aware that these will affect your score\.\.\. ## Game information - Type: game - Developer: Dave Seaman - Publisher: Team Disaster - Release date: Jan 19, 2022 - Coming soon: false - Free to play: false - Parent Steam app: Not collected - Genres: Action - Categories: Single\-player, Family Sharing - Platforms: windows - Website: Not collected - Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1285960/ss\_61d8efb1a45ddfb91eb4b0006badf1a2a7dc4330\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1646075908, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1285960/ss\_1a4bc5e75947c754b76964d3210a393ba92d2bd7\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1646075908, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1285960/ss\_091f660f7ade635ee4a795cb1ee170c3a49b0745\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1646075908, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1285960/ss\_801b1082bc0d4f8a55e09f8744665457b4160130\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1646075908, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1285960/ss\_dc308d499d127bb41209bc82e3a3d2bc232bdb82\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1646075908, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1285960/ss\_a3990d37e64b55c382a9334d2d83806e8c4e6ba6\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1646075908, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1285960/ss\_7dbfdfa201b86577963db8091045256fa591ee0c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1646075908, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1285960/ss\_e1bcd9cd6b33f190fdc1d9a4deb2d2dbe2f1950d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1646075908, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1285960/ss\_8fcad67befa889e6ff16edc1edfd3966b6e20222\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1646075908, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1285960/ss\_e02137965e865c8c582bcc51a21a296f98d03d0f\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1646075908, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1285960/ss\_8772edb03b69b5346963c9e80d9367ee83f7107c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1646075908 - Price: 499 minor units USD; discount 0% - Price country: US ## Observed metrics - Current players: 0 - Steam review count: 4 - Steam positive reviews: 4 - Steam negative reviews: 0 - Steam positive percentage: 100% - Summer DB rating: No native votes Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\} ## Player history [Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/37cdebec-9ea9-4045-af18-9b7de8d2933c/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/37cdebec-9ea9-4045-af18-9b7de8d2933c/player-metrics?days=7) Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown. ## Sources and freshness - Catalog membership: store\_catalog - Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00 - Details observed: 2026\-09\-24T22:04:02\.862503\+00:00 - Player count observed: 2026\-09\-24T22:04:05\.052679\+00:00 - Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-24T22:04:03\.938631\+00:00 Full provenance: \{"urls":\{"price":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/1285960/","catalog":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/IStoreService/GetAppList/v1/","details":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/1285960/","players":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=1285960","reviews":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/appreviews/1285960"\},"price":"2026\-09\-24T22:04:02\.862503\+00:00","source":"steam","catalog":"2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00","country":"US","details":"2026\-09\-24T22:04:02\.862503\+00:00","players":"2026\-09\-24T22:04:05\.052679\+00:00","reviews":"2026\-09\-24T22:04:03\.938631\+00:00","language":"en","editorial":null,"membership":"store\_catalog","observations":\{"price":"4dfe12be\-685e\-4f79\-b491\-04270c1fcb8c","catalog":"061b961f\-8aa7\-461a\-9ff6\-e891bc10e7cb","details":"94431cdc\-87f5\-4b57\-8434\-8b3c5bd26710","players":"819251be\-5e71\-4025\-a55d\-434ea789e765","reviews":"49ba096d\-d189\-4120\-9e48\-b146bc01bb5e"\},"reviewFilters":\{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}\} Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"37cdebec\-9ea9\-4045\-af18\-9b7de8d2933c","revision":0,"observedAt":null,"methodology":"arithmetic\-v1","distribution":\[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\]\} Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted. [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1285960/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/37cdebec-9ea9-4045-af18-9b7de8d2933c)