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Terminal ESC

Alpha Wave Entertainment · AAD Productions · 2024-08-07

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Aug 08, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 08, 2024 (Linux)

NO DOCS. NO TUTORIAL. NO ESCAPE. Tackle an evolving spectrum of puzzles within a simulated computer system using only terminal commands. Inspired by a bad day with a package manager.

Terminal ESC is a 2024 Indie game priced at $2.99, estimated to have 0 .. 20,000 owners, with a Positive sentiment (97% of 30 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-11

97%
positive of 30 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

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Health check

Quiet
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 63% of 49,562 Indie games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420242026Week of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

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1 supported languages: English

Census log

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