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Escape From Tethys cover art

Escape From Tethys

Whimsical · 2018-07-12

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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...

Escape From Tethys is a 2018 Action game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (70% of 457 reviews).

1
playing now
70%
positive of 456 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
4.07★
PlayStation Store rating (28 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 400% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 456 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 7 observed days · $9.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620182026Week of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.492018-07-132026-10-112018-07-13 — 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 $9.992026-09-20 — best price $9.992026-10-11 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
48.4%
earned "Industrial Sabotage"
23.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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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