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Escape from Life Inc cover art

Escape from Life Inc

PowerBurger · 2020-05-29

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 29, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 31, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 31, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Mar 31, 2021 (Xbox One), Mar 31, 2021 (PlayStation 5), May 29, 2020 (Linux)

Escape from Life Inc is a quirky story-driven puzzle platformer, where you switch between three animals: a walking fish, an arrogant eagle and a stuttering reindeer. Together with plenty of wacky characters, help these three unlikely friends escape the alien lab!

Escape from Life Inc is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2020, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (81% of 27 reviews).

0
playing now
81%
positive of 27 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.29★
PlayStation Store rating (14 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$6.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 55% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 70% of 28,833 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.04 at Steam (2025-06-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 0 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520202026Week of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.042020-05-292026-10-112020-05-29 — best price $5.942020-06-05 — best price $6.992020-12-22 — best price $3.492021-01-05 — best price $6.992021-02-11 — best price $4.892021-02-15 — best price $6.992024-06-30 — best price $2.092024-07-11 — best price $6.992024-11-27 — best price $1.392024-12-04 — best price $6.992024-12-20 — best price $1.392025-01-02 — best price $6.992025-03-13 — best price $1.392025-03-20 — best price $6.992025-06-26 — best price $1.042025-07-10 — best price $6.992026-08-30 — best price $9.992026-09-06 — best price $9.992026-09-13 — best price $9.992026-09-20 — best price $9.992026-09-27 — best price $9.992026-10-04 — best price $9.992026-10-11 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
32.6%
earned "What's That? A Tasty Snack?"
15.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, German

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieRetroComedyPuzzleAdventurePlatformerStory RichLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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