Task Bar Cube FAQ
Task Bar Cube is free to play on Steam, released 25 October 2026, and made by DarkRook Interactive. It runs in a taskbar window or fullscreen, drops a chest every five minutes, ships thirty languages and sells three optional packs at $1.79 each right now.
The questions people actually type about Task Bar Cube, answered in the order they tend to come up. Everything here is either from the Steam listing or from the game's own panels; where the game has no published answer, the entry says so instead of guessing.
The basics
Is Task Bar Cube free? Yes. It is listed as Free To Play on Steam, with three optional DLC packs at $1.79 each at the time of writing.
When did it come out? 25 October 2026, on Steam for Windows.
Who makes it? DarkRook Interactive, credited as both developer and publisher.
What kind of game is it? A desktop idle RPG and clicker. It runs as a small window on your taskbar or fullscreen, your heroes fight on their own — including while you are away — and the progression runs across gear, upgrades and a weekly ranking.
How big is it? About 2 GB of disk. Store requirements are Windows 10, an Intel Core i3, 1 GB of RAM and a GeForce GT 730.
How many languages? Thirty, including English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
Does it work on a laptop? Yes. The store's requirements are a Core i3, 1 GB of RAM and a GeForce GT 730 with 2 GB of disk, and the whole design assumes a machine you are also using for work.
Is there multiplayer or co-op? No. It is a single-player game with an online leaderboard and an online ranking. Steam lists single-player, Steam achievements, Steam Cloud and Family Sharing — not co-op.
Playing
Does it keep running when minimised? Yes — that is the design. Heroes fight on their own and the store page states they keep fighting while you are away. The taskbar window exists precisely so the game can sit under your work.
Do I have to click? No. The enemy cube takes damage automatically once you have bought Click Power, a Cube Upgrade node the game describes as "hover over the enemy cube and it attacks automatically". Clicking is optional acceleration, not a requirement.
How many classes are there? Five, each with its own combat skill. Each hero also has a Talent Tree and its own Hero Skills, and talent points can be taken back by right-clicking a node.
Is there a level cap? No. The game lists Endless Levels with no cap, and Cube Upgrade has hundreds of nodes that never stop levelling.
Is there an end to the story? Eight chapters, plus daily quests and Steam achievements. The story can be switched off in its own panel if you would rather just idle.
Gear and drops
How many rarities? Seven: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary, Mythic and Divine. Every item also has one of seven tiers.
How do I get better gear? Four ways: Rarity Upgrade (duplicates of the same type and rarity, 3 to 8 items per step, no luck involved), Fusion (nine items into one, tier and rarity land near the average), Tier Upgrade (iron, gold and platinum coins, with a success chance) and Gem Socketing (gems add their own stat, with sockets set by the item's rarity).
How often do chests drop? One Steam chest every five minutes of play, in five chest levels. The chest tab also runs a daily limit with a countdown to reset.
What are the drop rates? Lv.1 85%, Lv.2 10%, Lv.3 3%, Lv.4 1.5%, Lv.5 0.5% — the developer's own figures, published on the store page.
Can I sell what I get? Yes. Chest items are Steam inventory items and can be sold on the Steam Community Market.
Should I sell or keep them? Sell if the item cannot help your team; keep it and feed it into the Steam Collection if it can, because collection bonuses are permanent and team-wide and stack with Cube Upgrade and Talent Tree percentages.
Money
Is there a battle pass? No pass is listed on the store. The three DLC packs are the only paid items.
What does the DLC cost? $2.99 list each, $1.79 at the time of writing. The in-game row says the character pack adds 10 characters with +10% gold and +1h AFK, the companion pack adds 10 pets with +1h AFK, and the storage pack adds storages and pages plus Steam inventory space.
Do the packs gate content? No. Rarities, classes, the chest system and the ranking are all in the free game.
Are there promo codes? No. Task Bar Cube has no code system, no creator codes and no promo field. Any site offering codes for it is inventing them.
Competition and resets
What is the weekly ranking? An Online Ranking board that resets weekly, with a weekly reward and a countdown on the panel. It also shows each player's total play time, which is the honest signal that the top of the board is an hours contest.
What is ACT League? A ladder of rival bosses. Beating them gives bonuses that stay with you even after a Prestige reset.
What does Prestige do? It trades your current run for a permanent gold-and-power percentage. The bonuses that survive it are the ones the game says survive — ACT League and anything else permanent in your save, like collection levels — which is why the league is worth clearing before a reset.
Can I undo a Prestige? No. It is a one-way trade, so the only defence is doing the permanent things first.
This site and this game's name
Is this an official site? No. It is an independent fan guide, not affiliated with DarkRook Interactive or Valve.
Why do search results keep showing a different game? "Task bar cube" gets corrected by Google to "task bar hero cube", which belongs to a different Steam game made by a different developer. If a page you land on talks about hero levels instead of gear rarities and chest levels, it is not about this game. This site covers Task Bar Cube (Steam appid 5084200) only.
Do I need to leave it running for chests? Yes. The chest clock is play time, so closing the game stops it. Minimising it does not.
Is there anything missable? No. Levels are endless, nodes never cap and the ranking resets weekly, so nothing you skip is gone for good. The only permanent choice is consuming a Steam item into the collection.
Where do the numbers on this site come from? The Steam store listing, the developer's published drop rates, and the game's own panels in the official screenshots. The about page explains the sourcing rules, and corrections go through contact.
