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Escape the Game

Simon Fredholm · 2016-10-13

Steam

AdventureFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 11, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Kevin is fed up with his game. Follow him in this atmospheric, dark and funny journey and fulfil his dreams. Is it even possible to escape?

Escape the Game is a free-to-play Adventure, Free To Play, and Indie game released in 2016, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 1891 reviews).

0
playing now
84%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (77 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2022-11-10) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
636320172026Week of 2017-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieComedyHorrorAdventureNarrationMinimalistPlatformerStory Rich

Census log

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

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