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Escape Simulator

Pine Studio · 2021-10-19

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 19, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 19, 2021 (SteamVR), Oct 19, 2021 (Mac), Oct 19, 2021 (Linux), May 26, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S), May 26, 2026 (Xbox One)

First-person puzzler you can play solo or in an online co-op. Explore a set of highly interactive escape rooms. Move furniture, pick up and examine everything, smash pots and break locks! Play thousands of community-made rooms through the level editor.

438
playing now
94%
positive of 19k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
100/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (47 ratings)
12h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 15h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

438 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Escape Simulator is a first person puzzle video game developed by Pine Studio and released on October 19, 2021. A sequel, Escape Simulator 2, was released on October 27, 2025.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 438 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 858 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~107/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 386k–869k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,322 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2025-09-22) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 20 of 37 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20212026Week of 2021-10-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 769 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,380 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,056 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 533 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 593 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8911792026-08-06 21:00 — 431 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 234 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 631 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 515 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 405 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 789 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 648 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 477 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 891 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 581 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 288 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 739 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 441 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 271 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 674 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 347 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 239 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 530 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 494 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 212 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 265 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 417 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 305 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 344 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 350 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 267 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 193 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 295 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 310 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 438 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$7.992021-10-192026-08-132021-10-19 — best price $13.492021-12-13 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-02-04 — best price $11.992022-05-06 — best price $11.992022-06-24 — best price $11.242022-09-06 — best price $14.992022-11-01 — best price $14.992022-12-02 — best price $14.992023-01-20 — best price $11.242023-05-01 — best price $14.992023-07-31 — best price $11.242023-09-07 — best price $10.042023-11-13 — best price $14.992023-12-11 — best price $14.992024-01-10 — best price $9.892024-02-22 — best price $9.892024-04-02 — best price $10.492024-05-03 — best price $13.992024-06-20 — best price $11.992024-07-27 — best price $13.992024-10-22 — best price $13.992024-12-02 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-13 — best price $11.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-24 — best price $19.992025-06-12 — best price $11.992025-07-18 — best price $11.992025-09-27 — best price $19.992025-11-06 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $11.992026-01-17 — best price $11.992026-03-10 — best price $19.992026-04-16 — best price $19.992026-06-04 — best price $11.992026-08-13 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

189122026-05-26 — 67 pageviews2026-05-29 — 80 pageviews2026-06-01 — 72 pageviews2026-06-04 — 41 pageviews2026-06-07 — 70 pageviews2026-06-10 — 50 pageviews2026-06-13 — 34 pageviews2026-06-16 — 55 pageviews2026-06-19 — 19 pageviews2026-06-22 — 24 pageviews2026-06-25 — 18 pageviews2026-06-28 — 34 pageviews2026-07-01 — 25 pageviews2026-07-04 — 29 pageviews2026-07-07 — 18 pageviews2026-07-10 — 27 pageviews2026-07-13 — 25 pageviews2026-07-16 — 35 pageviews2026-07-19 — 28 pageviews2026-07-22 — 27 pageviews2026-07-25 — 32 pageviews2026-07-28 — 21 pageviews2026-07-31 — 31 pageviews2026-08-03 — 111 pageviews2026-08-06 — 27 pageviews2026-08-09 — 27 pageviews2026-08-12 — 20 pageviews2026-08-15 — 28 pageviews2026-08-18 — 22 pageviews2026-08-21 — 20 pageviews2026-08-23 — 32 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

8702026-08-26 19:15 — 87 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 52 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
95.6%
earned "First in Collection"
7.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportTracked Controller Support11 DLC

12 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)38,9937%25
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)3,5076%24

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRCo-opIndieCasualPuzzleMysteryAdventureControllerSimulationEscape Room

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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