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How 2 Escape cover art

How 2 Escape

Breakfirst Games · Maximum Entertainment · 2023-08-31

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 31, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 31, 2023 (Xbox One), Aug 31, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 31, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Aug 31, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 31, 2023 (PlayStation 4)

How 2 Escape is an escape-simulation game where two players will need to cooperate on asymmetrical gameplay and devices. "Talk together. Help each other." will be your new motto to survive in How 2 Escape.

4
playing now
71%
positive of 829 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 33% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 17k–37k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 829 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.45-73%
Microsoft Store$4.54-65%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.09 at GameBillet (2025-04-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 138 of 166 observed days · $3.45 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

2202026-08-11 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 15 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 8 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 15 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 22 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$1.092023-08-312026-08-282023-08-31 — best price $10.192023-11-08 — best price $11.992023-12-21 — best price $7.492024-01-18 — best price $8.992024-02-16 — best price $19.192024-03-15 — best price $14.992024-04-15 — best price $14.992024-05-20 — best price $7.492024-06-20 — best price $6.742024-07-16 — best price $12.742024-08-20 — best price $13.182024-09-09 — best price $5.402024-10-02 — best price $5.542024-11-05 — best price $12.492024-12-20 — best price $3.702025-02-10 — best price $2.702025-03-31 — best price $11.512025-04-28 — best price $14.992025-05-30 — best price $12.992025-06-27 — best price $12.992025-07-17 — best price $14.992025-08-19 — best price $5.252025-09-12 — best price $3.002025-09-30 — best price $2.642025-10-23 — best price $2.992025-11-09 — best price $11.272025-11-22 — best price $1.812025-12-10 — best price $2.052026-01-06 — best price $11.012026-01-24 — best price $12.992026-02-18 — best price $14.992026-04-02 — best price $11.172026-04-25 — best price $11.012026-05-18 — best price $4.422026-06-01 — best price $2.252026-06-14 — best price $12.992026-06-30 — best price $3.492026-07-27 — best price $11.512026-08-21 — best price $11.222026-08-28 — best price $4.54
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
71.2%
earned "Escape Game Rookie"
14.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Portugal, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)60715%26
PS5 (PlayStation)44735%27
Xbox One (Xbox)12123%26
PS4 (PlayStation)6941%27
Switch (Nintendo)150%0

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

Player tags

Co-opLogicPuzzleTrainsMysteryStylizedTeam-BasedEscape RoomMultiplayerOnline Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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