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Escape the Underground

Joseph English · Sleepy Vampire Games · 2021-03-15

Steam

ActionAdventureFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 15, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 15, 2021 (Mac)

At the bottom of a massive underground dump, a sentient pile of sludge is born. After finding a discarded book that shows photographs of the surface, they decide to make the journey upward to see the outside world.

0
playing now
88%
positive of 111 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

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  • · Top 67% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2022-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DCuteDarkNoirIndieActionCartoonyAdventurePlatformerFree to Play

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