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A Way Out

Hazelight Studios · Electronic Arts · 2020-06-18

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 23, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 23, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Mar 23, 2018 (Xbox One)

A Way Out is an exclusively co-op adventure where you play the role of one of two prisoners making their daring escape from prison.

A Way Out is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2020, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 102,915 reviews).

238
playing now
88%
positive of 103k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
17
twitch viewers (latest)
2.4
viewers/channel (concentration)
75/100
critic score (13 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (660 ratings)
10
Nexus mods (3.6k downloads)
4.15★
PlayStation Store rating (101,749 ratings)
79/100
opencritic · strong · 69% recommend · from 108 critics
6.3h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 7h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

238 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

A Way Out is a 2018 cooperative action-adventure video game developed by Hazelight Studios and published by Electronic Arts. It is the second video game directed by Josef Fares after Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. The game does not have a single-player option; it is playable on local or online split screen co-op between two players.

Trailer

A Way Out trailer thumbnail

A Way Out Official Gameplay Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 238 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10,155 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,269/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 2.1M–4.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 103,499 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.39 at Humble Store (2020-08-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 27 of 41 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.0k4.0k20202026Week of 2020-06-01: 550 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 714 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 905 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2,395 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 812 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 736 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,057 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 527 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,092 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 908 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 916 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 606 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 751 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,001 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,083 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 710 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 593 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 966 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 720 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 675 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 835 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,487 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 272 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 788 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,068 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 623 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2,063 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 303 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 653 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 857 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 238 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 503 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 986 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 324 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,015 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 267 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,015 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,047 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,019 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 494 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,260 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,438 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,239 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 743 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 485 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 889 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4,012 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 434 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,352 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 294 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,449 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2,016 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 283 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 882 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 830 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 873 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,254 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 734 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 769 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 701 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 662 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,950 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,191 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2,069 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 237 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2,394 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 366 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,167 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 836 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 642 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 656 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 710 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 21 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.3k2152026-09-15 11:00 — 332 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 660 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 296 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 645 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,020 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 326 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 232 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 697 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 410 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 678 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 782 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 299 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 310 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 907 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 914 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 335 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 716 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 558 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 264 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 559 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 790 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 215 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 238 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.4k141Jun 2020Aug 2026Jun 2020 — avg 424 · peak 925Aug 2020 — avg 171 · peak 2,087Oct 2020 — avg 141 · peak 370Dec 2020 — avg 334 · peak 1,090Feb 2021 — avg 707 · peak 1,731Apr 2021 — avg 302 · peak 899Jun 2021 — avg 336 · peak 2,085Aug 2021 — avg 434 · peak 1,345Oct 2021 — avg 477 · peak 1,860Dec 2021 — avg 399 · peak 1,318Feb 2022 — avg 643 · peak 2,016Apr 2022 — avg 457 · peak 2,013Jun 2022 — avg 680 · peak 2,124Aug 2022 — avg 487 · peak 1,602Oct 2022 — avg 220 · peak 814Dec 2022 — avg 544 · peak 2,292Feb 2023 — avg 442 · peak 1,498Apr 2023 — avg 199 · peak 455Jun 2023 — avg 342 · peak 1,073Aug 2023 — avg 376 · peak 978Oct 2023 — avg 322 · peak 1,192Dec 2023 — avg 672 · peak 2,323Feb 2024 — avg 789 · peak 2,305Apr 2024 — avg 364 · peak 1,037Jun 2024 — avg 414 · peak 2,313Aug 2024 — avg 786 · peak 2,350Oct 2024 — avg 346 · peak 1,025Dec 2024 — avg 2,423 · peak 8,548Feb 2025 — avg 1,015 · peak 3,084Apr 2025 — avg 568 · peak 1,582Jun 2025 — avg 614 · peak 2,177Aug 2025 — avg 533 · peak 1,292Oct 2025 — avg 494 · peak 1,984Dec 2025 — avg 1,287 · peak 4,562Feb 2026 — avg 1,469 · peak 4,652Apr 2026 — avg 746 · peak 2,246Jun 2026 — avg 532 · peak 1,389Aug 2026 — avg 593 · peak 1,421
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
34342026-09-212026-10-132026-09-21: 23 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-22: 23 new positive2026-09-22: 5 new negative2026-09-23: 18 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 6 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 20 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 16 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 27 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 34 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 6 new positive2026-09-29: 5 new negative2026-09-30: 13 new positive2026-09-30: 6 new negative2026-10-01: 8 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 9 new positive2026-10-03: 29 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 28 new positive2026-10-04: 5 new negative2026-10-05: 16 new positive2026-10-05: 4 new negative2026-10-06: 13 new positive2026-10-07: 31 new positive2026-10-07: 4 new negative2026-10-08: 21 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 15 new positive2026-10-09: 6 new negative2026-10-10: 11 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 23 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 15 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 12 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$30.90$0.002017-12-082026-10-082017-12-08 — best price $29.992019-06-06 — best price $14.992019-12-03 — best price $29.992020-01-23 — best price $30.902020-02-10 — best price $30.552020-03-27 — best price $28.492020-06-13 — best price $14.992020-08-13 — best price $29.992020-09-06 — best price $29.992020-11-03 — best price $27.992020-12-01 — best price $27.992021-01-14 — best price $29.992021-04-07 — best price $9.002021-06-25 — best price $29.992021-07-30 — best price $26.992021-09-15 — best price $29.992021-10-14 — best price $7.492021-12-01 — best price $26.992022-01-27 — best price $6.792022-03-11 — best price $7.492022-05-24 — best price $29.992022-08-16 — best price $29.992022-12-07 — best price $29.992023-06-05 — best price $29.992023-11-02 — best price $29.992024-03-07 — best price $5.992024-08-05 — best price $5.992024-12-04 — best price $29.992025-03-13 — best price $4.492025-06-19 — best price $5.992025-09-22 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-03-11 — best price $2.992026-05-07 — best price $29.992026-08-13 — best price $29.992026-09-10 — best price $0.002026-10-08 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k3022026-05-29 — 462 pageviews2026-06-02 — 426 pageviews2026-06-06 — 531 pageviews2026-06-10 — 410 pageviews2026-06-14 — 468 pageviews2026-06-18 — 544 pageviews2026-06-22 — 456 pageviews2026-06-26 — 465 pageviews2026-06-30 — 394 pageviews2026-07-04 — 477 pageviews2026-07-08 — 464 pageviews2026-07-12 — 525 pageviews2026-07-16 — 410 pageviews2026-07-20 — 414 pageviews2026-07-24 — 466 pageviews2026-07-28 — 426 pageviews2026-08-01 — 590 pageviews2026-08-05 — 435 pageviews2026-08-09 — 545 pageviews2026-08-13 — 417 pageviews2026-08-17 — 396 pageviews2026-08-21 — 483 pageviews2026-08-25 — 364 pageviews2026-08-29 — 573 pageviews2026-09-02 — 739 pageviews2026-09-06 — 725 pageviews2026-09-10 — 485 pageviews2026-09-14 — 462 pageviews2026-09-18 — 479 pageviews2026-09-22 — 498 pageviews2026-09-26 — 549 pageviews2026-09-30 — 366 pageviews2026-10-04 — 439 pageviews2026-10-08 — 353 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

54102026-09-30 22:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 75 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 82 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-09 15:34 — 346 viewers2026-10-10 00:34 — 263 viewers2026-10-10 09:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 165 viewers2026-10-11 03:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-11 12:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 541 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-12 15:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-13 00:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 84 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-14 16:34 — 107 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 17 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
53%
earned "Backseat Mechanic"
8.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on Tablet

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)132,18930%15
Xbox One (Xbox)66,26416%14
Steam (Steam)30,63717%14

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opCrimeActionNudityAdventureEmotionalStory RichAtmosphericLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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