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The Artful Escape

Beethoven and Dinosaur · Annapurna Interactive · 2021-09-09

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 09, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 25, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Sep 09, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 25, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Jan 25, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 09, 2021 (Xbox One)

A teenage guitar prodigy sets out on a psychedelic journey to inspire his stage persona and confront the legacy of a dead folk legend. Starring voice performances by Michael Johnston, Caroline Kinley, Lena Headey, Jason Schwartzman, Mark Strong, and Carl Weathers.

0
playing now
92%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (58 ratings)
3.7h
to beat · completionist 5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

The Artful Escape is a platform video game developed by Beethoven & Dinosaur and published by Annapurna Interactive. The game was originally released on September 9, 2021 for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, and for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 on January 25, 2022.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 26% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 40k–91k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,012 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.79-76%
IndieGala$4.18-79%
Gamesplanet$4.69-77%
Humble Store$4.99-75%
Steam$4.99-75%
GameBillet$5.00-75%
GamersGate$5.00-75%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.85 at GameBillet (2026-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 89 of 113 observed days · $0.33 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

602026-08-11 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.492021-09-092026-08-302021-09-09 — best price $17.992021-12-13 — best price $19.992022-01-27 — best price $14.992022-03-22 — best price $15.312022-04-27 — best price $10.612022-06-03 — best price $10.162022-07-22 — best price $13.392022-09-23 — best price $11.792022-11-23 — best price $9.392023-01-10 — best price $16.342023-03-04 — best price $15.892023-05-06 — best price $11.582023-07-17 — best price $9.792023-09-01 — best price $9.992023-10-30 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $8.392024-02-13 — best price $15.892024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-04-20 — best price $15.892024-05-23 — best price $7.992024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-07-28 — best price $7.832024-08-19 — best price $16.992025-01-25 — best price $19.992025-04-27 — best price $14.392025-07-24 — best price $19.992025-10-01 — best price $7.002025-11-20 — best price $6.992026-01-17 — best price $5.472026-03-26 — best price $5.902026-05-08 — best price $4.992026-06-30 — best price $4.402026-08-07 — best price $16.992026-08-29 — best price $4.182026-08-30 — best price $4.18
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

234382026-05-30 — 216 pageviews2026-06-02 — 222 pageviews2026-06-05 — 123 pageviews2026-06-08 — 130 pageviews2026-06-11 — 107 pageviews2026-06-14 — 95 pageviews2026-06-17 — 122 pageviews2026-06-20 — 82 pageviews2026-06-23 — 77 pageviews2026-06-26 — 68 pageviews2026-06-29 — 86 pageviews2026-07-02 — 107 pageviews2026-07-05 — 93 pageviews2026-07-08 — 76 pageviews2026-07-11 — 106 pageviews2026-07-14 — 78 pageviews2026-07-17 — 73 pageviews2026-07-20 — 62 pageviews2026-07-23 — 80 pageviews2026-07-26 — 61 pageviews2026-07-29 — 46 pageviews2026-08-01 — 67 pageviews2026-08-04 — 52 pageviews2026-08-07 — 38 pageviews2026-08-10 — 57 pageviews2026-08-13 — 49 pageviews2026-08-16 — 68 pageviews2026-08-19 — 46 pageviews2026-08-22 — 50 pageviews2026-08-25 — 72 pageviews2026-08-27 — 65 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
82.9%
earned "Made it home"
49.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)15,49845%12
PS5 (PlayStation)10,71384%13
PS4 (PlayStation)7,73783%13
Steam (Steam)98439%12
Switch (Nintendo)280%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieMusicActionComedySci-fiColorfulStylizedAdventureNarrative

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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