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Escape From Tethys cover art

Escape From Tethys

Whimsical · 2018-07-12

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

Action

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 12, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 12, 2018 (Mac), Aug 12, 2020 (Xbox One), Aug 12, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 12, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...

0
playing now
70%
positive of 457 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 46% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 457 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2020-01-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days · $9.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.492018-07-132026-08-302018-07-13 — best price $4.992018-10-15 — best price $3.992018-11-01 — best price $4.992018-12-20 — best price $3.492019-01-14 — best price $4.992019-03-11 — best price $2.492019-05-20 — best price $4.992019-07-15 — best price $1.992019-09-09 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $0.992019-12-16 — best price $4.992020-01-27 — best price $0.492020-03-23 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $0.492020-07-20 — best price $4.992020-10-19 — best price $0.492020-12-01 — best price $4.992020-12-22 — best price $0.492021-02-01 — best price $4.992021-03-15 — best price $0.492021-05-10 — best price $4.992021-07-12 — best price $0.492021-09-06 — best price $4.992021-10-28 — best price $0.492021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-02-07 — best price $0.692022-04-25 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $0.492022-07-18 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)94710%15
Xbox One (Xbox)15624%15
PS4 (PlayStation)7231%16
PS4 (PlayStation)7029%16
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionPlatformerExplorationMetroidvaniaSingleplayerPixel GraphicsAction-Adventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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