The three Task Bar Cube DLC packs
Three packs exist, each $2.99 list and $1.79 at the time of writing: Character Pack, Inventory Package and Support Package. The in-game DLC row spells out what they add — extra characters with a gold bonus and extra offline time, extra pets, extra storage and pages. None of it is needed to play.
Task Bar Cube is free, and its three paid packs are the only thing in the game that costs money. They are cheap, they are optional, and the store does a poor job of explaining what is inside them — the Steam listing gives you three names and one price, while the game's own DLC row is the only place that spells out contents. This page puts both halves side by side.
The three packs, priced
Steam lists three DLC items for appid 5084200. All three carry the same numbers:
| Pack | Steam appid | List price | Price at the time of writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task Bar Cube: Character Pack | 5280220 | $2.99 | $1.79 |
| Task Bar Cube: Inventory Package | 5280270 | $2.99 | $1.79 |
| Task Bar Cube: Support Package | 5280250 | $2.99 | $1.79 |
The $1.79 figure is a launch-window discount, so it will not last. Nothing about the base game changes if you buy none of them.
What is actually inside
The Steam listing names the packs; the in-game DLC row describes them. That row is the useful source, because it is written by the developer for players who already own the game:
| Pack in the game's row | What the row says it adds |
|---|---|
| Character Pack | 10 characters, +10% gold, +1h AFK |
| Companion Pack | 10 pets, +1h AFK |
| Storage Pack | Extra storages and pages, plus Steam inventory space |
Three things follow from that row, and they are the three things the Steam page never tells you:
- The character pack is a roster expansion. Ten characters is a large jump in party depth in a game built around five classes and per-hero talent trees.
- Two of the packs extend AFK time. "+1h AFK" appears on both the character and companion packs, so the offline window is a thing the packs lengthen rather than a fixed cap.
- The storage pack solves a real problem. Storage pages have visible capacity limits in the game; a pack that adds pages and Steam inventory space is buying convenience, not power.
Matching the two lists
The in-game row and the Steam listing do not use identical names, and it is worth being precise about that rather than guessing at a mapping:
- Steam sells a Character Pack, an Inventory Package and a Support Package.
- The in-game row describes a character pack, a companion pack and a storage pack.
The character pack is the same product on both lists. Beyond that, the safest way to buy is to match on contents, not on names: if you want pets, you want the pack that says ten pets; if you want storage and pages, you want the pack that says storage and pages. Any listing that promises something else is not describing this game's DLC.
Who should buy what
| Your situation | Buy | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Just installed, still deciding | Nothing | The game is complete without them, and the discount will not be the deciding factor |
| Enjoying it, want a bigger roster | Character Pack | Ten characters is the largest single content add |
| Playing mostly AFK | Character or Companion Pack | Both add an hour of offline time |
| Storage pages full, chests blocked | Storage Pack | The only pack that fixes the actual annoyance |
There is no content gate. Nothing in the progression systems, the chest loop or the weekly ranking requires a pack, and no pack sells power that the free game does not also give you eventually.
What the packs do not do
- They do not unlock rarities. Divine gear is in the base game.
- They do not remove the chest cap. The daily chest limit applies to everyone.
- They do not change drop rates. The published rates are the published rates.
- They do not give exclusive classes. Five classes ship with the base game.
- They are not required for achievements. Steam achievements are part of the free game's own system.
That list matters because "supporter pack" language in idle games often hides a power gate. Here the row is honest: characters, pets, storage, offline hours. Nothing that changes what the game is.
How the packs sit against progression
It is worth mapping the packs onto the systems this site covers elsewhere, because it makes the value obvious without any invented numbers.
The character pack adds roster, and roster is what the party and talent system multiplies: more heroes means more talent points to allocate and more class skills in a fight. The companion pack does the same for pets, which the Animal Shelter shelves boost separately from characters. The storage pack touches the one system with hard numbers attached — the storage pages the chest loop fills up.
Two of the three also add an hour of offline time, which is the currency of a game built around being minimised. If you are the kind of player who opens the game twice a day, that hour is worth more than any cosmetic. If you are at the keyboard anyway, it is worth nothing.
None of this touches the rarity ladder or the weekly ranking: a paying player and a free player climb the same seven rarities at the same published rates.
Buying them well
Two practical notes before you spend anything:
- Buy on Steam, not in a third-party key shop. These are $1.79 items attached to a Steam inventory system; the whole value of the game's economy runs through your Steam account, and a grey-market key is not worth the risk on a two-dollar product.
- Check the discount before the window closes. $2.99 is the list price and $1.79 is what it costs right now — a 40% launch discount is the normal shape for a game that launched on 25 October 2026, and it will end.
If you are still deciding whether the game deserves money at all, the answer is in your own chest tab: if you are still opening it after a week, the packs are cheap; if you stopped on day two, they are not.
The honest summary
Three packs, one price, all optional. The character pack is the content one, the companion pack is the pets one, the storage pack is the convenience one, and two of them buy you an extra hour of offline time. None of it is needed to play Task Bar Cube, and the free game is the same game — the packs just make the party bigger and the storage roomier.
