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Escape: Malice

Nimbus Games · 2022-11-02

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 03, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Escape: Malice is a two-player co-op escape room-style puzzle horror game. Swallowed by a sinkhole, you find yourself trapped in a nightmarish Japanese mansion haunted by a sinister presence. Solve twisted puzzles, uncover dark secrets, make unforgiving choices, and descend deeper to escape Malice…

Escape: Malice is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and Simulation game priced at $7.99 and released in 2022, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mostly Negative review sentiment (24% of 999 reviews).

4
playing now
24%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (691 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 27,663 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 20k–45k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,000 total reviews — how this is computed.

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
58158120222026Week of 2022-11-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 581 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
72.9%
earned "Seasonal"
0.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)693%13

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

Player tags

3DDarkCo-opLogicHorrorPuzzleMysterySurrealAtmosphericEscape Room

Census log

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

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