Escape from Ever After
Sleepy Castle Studio · HypeTrain Digital · 2026-01-23
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Modes: Single player
Releases: Jan 23, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Jan 23, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 23, 2026 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 23, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))
Fight against capitalism in this satirical adventure RPG! When a greedy megacorp from the real world starts taking over fairytales for their cheap labor, a newly-hired storybook hero must climb the corporate ladder, rally together other disgruntled employees, and fight back!
Escape from Ever After is a 2026 role-playing video game developed by Sleepy Castle Studio and published by HypeTrain Digital. Taking inspiration from the early Paper Mario games, it follows Flynt Buckler, a fairytale hero who discovers that his storybook world has been taken over by Ever After Inc., a corporation from the real world, and infiltrates the company as an employee to dismantle it from within. The game was released on January 23, 2026, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X and Series S.
Health check
- · 119 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
- · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
- · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (343 reviews).
- · Top 23% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Review-multiple estimate from 1,798 total reviews — how this is computed.
Current store prices
| lowest across shops (ITAD) | $21.34 | -26% |
| GOG | $24.99 |
Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.
All-time low: $14.40 at GameBillet (2026-07-24)via IsThereAnyDeal
12-month high $24.99 · on sale 87 of 130 observed days · $10.59 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)
Review momentum
Price history
Completion
- · 86.3% of players earned Fumbling Tower
- · 28.7% of players earned Change Your Destiny
- · 6.6% of players earned Enemy Expert
Global achievement rates from Steam.
Details
8 supported languages: English, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, German, French
Console footprint
| Platform | Players tracked | Completion | Trophies/achievements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam (Steam) | 846 | 8% | 28 |
| PS5 (PlayStation) | 417 | 29% | 29 |
| Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox) | 106 | 15% | 28 |
| Switch (Nintendo) | 82 | 0% | 0 |
Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.
Census log
- 2026-01-23First review activity on record (week of 2026-01-23).
- 2026-01-23Biggest review week on record: 343 reviews (week of 2026-01-23).
Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.
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