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Don't Escape Trilogy

scriptwelder · Armor Games Studios · 2019-07-29

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 29, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In this classic point-and-click adventure anthology by award-winning indie developer Scriptwelder, you'll protect an unsuspecting hamlet from yourself, try to prepare for an incoming undead horde, and search a seemingly empty spaceship for answers to a gruesome mystery.

Don't Escape Trilogy is a 2019 Adventure and Indie game priced at $4.99, with an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (99% of 794 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

1
playing now
99%
positive of 794 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 2.5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 13:00 UTC (census sample)

From the creator of Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive comes the original games that started it all. Don't Escape Trilogy contains all three of scriptwelder's original point-and-click horror adventures, compiled and preserved for Steam. Each small game within the anthology is a unique, standalone adventure that puts clever twists on every setting and format.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 104 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 29,161 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 20k–48k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 794 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.24 at Steam (2023-11-13) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520192026Week of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-15 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
121Aug 2019Aug 2026Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2022 — avg 1 · peak 8Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2023 — avg 7 · peak 35Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2025 — avg 12 · peak 42Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2026 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$1.242019-07-302026-08-032019-07-30 — best price $4.492019-11-01 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $3.992020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-04-01 — best price $3.992020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-10-29 — best price $2.492020-12-01 — best price $4.992021-02-11 — best price $2.492021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-10-22 — best price $4.492021-11-01 — best price $4.992021-11-21 — best price $4.992021-11-30 — best price $4.992021-12-11 — best price $4.992022-01-05 — best price $4.992022-01-08 — best price $4.492022-02-04 — best price $4.492022-03-02 — best price $3.662022-07-07 — best price $4.992023-02-20 — best price $2.242023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-11-13 — best price $1.242024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $1.242024-08-16 — best price $4.992024-10-28 — best price $1.242024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-02-02 — best price $1.242025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $1.242025-08-28 — best price $4.992025-10-27 — best price $1.242026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $1.242026-05-25 — best price $4.992026-07-23 — best price $1.242026-08-03 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
83.2%
earned "A calm night"
55.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,32853%13

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

Player tags

2DIndieHorrorSci-fiMysteryThrillerAdventureStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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