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ESC/APE

Vancouver Film School · 2025-10-08

Steam

ActionFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 08, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

ESC/APE is a first-person, physics-based combat game starring Abe, a genetically enhanced ape. Slide, ground pound, and throw your way through brutal trials to prove you’re the apex specimen and finally break free from the lab that caged you.

99%
positive of 80 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (43 reviews).
  • · Top 66% of 13,108 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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424220252026Week of 2025-10-08: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-02: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

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