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The Escapists

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The Escapists

The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!

Pixel Graphics Strategy Crafting Singleplayer 2D
Last tracked players
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All-time peak
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Steam reviews
90.2% positive
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You’ve landed yourself in prison again, and your only chance is to engineer an escape by any means necessary. How you do it is up to you! Why not cause a prison riot? Or dig a tunnel right under the walls of the prison? Or even steal a guard uniform to blend in with your captors?

The Escapists is a unique prison sandbox experience with lots of items to craft and combine in your daring quest for freedom. Life in prison will keep you on your toes with the strict rules that you’ll have to break. The guards are out to stop any escape attempts, so you’ll have to avoid suspicious behaviour by attending roll calls, working a prison job and hiding your stolen craftables.

Escaping is what you do best, and you’ll have to prove your skills in a variety of challenging prisons from across the world.

Become an Escapist now!

Features

  • 10 Fully operational prisons complete with routines to give you a flavour of how it *really* is inside!

  • 10 Separate job opportunities for you to sink your teeth into… If you have the knowledge to earn and hold down these employment paths of course!

  • 185+ Unique Items for you to seek out and perhaps even craft useful items with. (Team17 fully endorse the use of various weapons such as ‘shivs’, ‘nunchucks’ and ‘maces’ – within a fictional setting of course!).

  • Various Favour types for you to tackle offered up by inmates – You wouldn't want to go upsetting them now, would you?

  • Highly opinionated and incredibly funny inmates and guards to keep you on your toes as well as providing entertainment!

  • Multiple escape routes for you to work out and achieve the title of ‘The Escapist’!

  • Multiple save slots so you can have more than one escape attempt on the go!

  • Steam Achievements to strive for.

  • Steam Leaderboards – Once you have escaped see how you fared against other successfully escaped players!

  • Prison Editor – Create from scratch your very own confinement masterpiece and share it with the community!

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System requirements Windows · macOS · Linux

Windows

Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows XP
  • Processor: Dual Core CPU 2.4 gHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Nvidia GeForce 8000, ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Windows Compatible Card
  • Additional Notes: We recommend updating your PC's hardware drivers before playing. If your PC is no longer supported by your manufacturer and your hardware drivers are very old, you may experience difficulty running the game. Please check with your PC manufacturer for more details.

macOS

Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS: OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion
  • Processor: 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M or equivalent
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
  • Additional Notes:

Linux

Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit or later
  • Processor: Dual Core CPU 2.4 gHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Nvidia GeForce GT 8000, ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Linux Compatible Card
  • Additional Notes:
Game details Languages, features & support
Publisher
Team17
Brazilian rating
10
Steam Germany rating
12
Achievements
37
Metacritic
71
Features
Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, Family Sharing
Languages
English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Italian
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features

Can I Play This?

Steam declarations and Valve's Steam Deck compatibility result. Missing data is shown as unknown, never unsupported.

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Windows: unknown
macOS: unknown
Linux: unknown
Steam Deck
playable
Valve compatibility test
The on-screen keyboard may need to be opened manually.
Input
Controller support: unknown
Structured language support (7)
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
EnglishYesNoYes
FrenchYesNoYes
GermanYesNoYes
Spanish - SpainYesNoYes
PolishYesNoYes
RussianYesNoYes
ItalianYesNoYes
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Buy Verdict

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Value Score

Fair Value — 78th percentile.

Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 78th percentile. Priced as Premium at $17.99.

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Genre Benchmarks

Player Count Top 20%
Value Ratio Top 22%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is The Escapists worth buying right now?
Wait — $17.99. Not the best time to buy. Price could improve with future sales.
When does The Escapists go on sale?
Not the best time to buy. Price could improve with future sales.
Is The Escapists free to play?
The Escapists costs $17.99 on Steam.
What genre is The Escapists?
The Escapists is a Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Strategy game.
Who developed The Escapists?
The Escapists was developed by Mouldy Toof Studios and published by Team17.
What platforms does The Escapists support?
Available on Steam for Windows, macOS, Linux.

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