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Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive cover art

Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive

scriptwelder · Armor Games Studios · 2019-03-11

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 11, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 11, 2019 (Mac)

Survive through four days at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic point-and-click thriller where your choices could keep you alive... or not.

7
playing now
98%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive is a 2019 point-and-click adventure survival video game set in a post-apocalypse scenario, developed by Polish indie developer Mateusz Sokalszczuk and published by Armor Games. The game uses a pixel art style, and received positive reviews from critics. The game was originally titled Don't Escape: 4 Days in a Wasteland, but it was renamed due to a potential trademark issue with inXile Entertainment's Wasteland series.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 176 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 69k–167k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,776 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-08-21) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 40 of 74 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12712720192026Week of 2019-03-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1342026-08-11 18:00 — 11 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 8 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 8 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 11 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 13 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 10 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 10 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992019-03-112026-08-302019-03-11 — best price $12.742019-07-01 — best price $12.742019-11-21 — best price $12.742020-01-13 — best price $14.992020-04-03 — best price $7.492020-08-11 — best price $7.492020-11-23 — best price $14.992021-02-26 — best price $7.492021-06-24 — best price $7.492021-09-27 — best price $14.992021-12-06 — best price $14.992022-04-04 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $7.492022-10-03 — best price $7.492022-12-01 — best price $14.992023-02-27 — best price $5.992023-05-23 — best price $14.992023-07-21 — best price $3.752023-09-26 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-25 — best price $5.992024-05-01 — best price $14.992024-08-10 — best price $14.992024-11-04 — best price $14.992025-01-09 — best price $3.742025-03-11 — best price $14.992025-05-24 — best price $14.992025-08-21 — best price $2.992025-10-08 — best price $14.992025-11-21 — best price $3.752026-01-26 — best price $3.002026-04-01 — best price $14.992026-06-17 — best price $2.992026-08-14 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
65.3%
earned "Day 1"
26.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Polish, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,02818%25

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

Player tags

2DIndiePuzzleSci-fiMysterySurvivalAdventureStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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

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