We investigate the topology and local geometry of various models of random cubical complexes. In the first part, we consider two types of random subcomplexes of the regular cubical grid: percolation clusters and the Eden cell growth model, analyzing their geometric and topological features. In the second part, we study the fundamental group of random 2-dimensional subcomplexes of an n-dimensional cube, identifying interesting threshold phenomena. This latter model serves as a cubical analogue of the Linial–Meshulam model for random simplicial complexes.