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The Escapists 2 cover art

The Escapists 2

Team17 · 2017-08-21

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IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 22, 2017 (Xbox One), Aug 22, 2017 (Mac), Aug 22, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 22, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Jan 11, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 22, 2017 (Linux)

Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?

The Escapists 2 is a $5.39 Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2017, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and Very Positive (91% of 33799 reviews).

549
playing now
91%
positive of 34k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
9
twitch viewers (latest)
9.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
75/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (85 ratings)
7
Nexus mods (997 downloads)
4.41★
PlayStation Store rating (6,387 ratings)
75/100
opencritic · strong · 59% recommend · from 65 critics
30h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.39
steam price (US)

549 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 18:00 UTC (census sample)

The Escapists 2 is a strategy role-playing video game developed by Mouldy Toof Studios and published by Team17. It is the sequel to The Escapists (2015) and it was released worldwide for Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in August 2017. Nintendo Switch and mobile phones versions were released in 2018 and 2019, both iOS and Android respectively.

Trailer

The Escapists 2 trailer thumbnail

The Escapists 2 - Launch Trailer | PS4

≈724,651 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 549 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,159 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~145/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 50,825 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 848k–2.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 33,913 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$4.51-77%
GOG$4.99-75%
Steam$5.39-80%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.88 at GameBillet (2025-11-22) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 159 of 210 observed days · $2.11 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
66366320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 634 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 573 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 661 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 663 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 531 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 541 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.0k1092026-09-16 04:00 — 109 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 192 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 379 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 354 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 273 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 411 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 219 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 502 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 781 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 319 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 357 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 800 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 222 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 423 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 1,007 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 294 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 257 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 506 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 712 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 654 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 470 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 675 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 345 players2026-10-15 18:00 — 549 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.6k4Jul 2017Aug 2026Jul 2017 — avg 4 · peak 22Oct 2017 — avg 535 · peak 1,684Jan 2018 — avg 464 · peak 1,415Apr 2018 — avg 229 · peak 447Jul 2018 — avg 520 · peak 970Oct 2018 — avg 254 · peak 614Jan 2019 — avg 370 · peak 1,160Apr 2019 — avg 281 · peak 781Jul 2019 — avg 426 · peak 1,114Oct 2019 — avg 444 · peak 2,330Jan 2020 — avg 498 · peak 1,583Apr 2020 — avg 734 · peak 2,187Jul 2020 — avg 640 · peak 1,734Oct 2020 — avg 239 · peak 704Jan 2021 — avg 823 · peak 2,905Apr 2021 — avg 314 · peak 870Jul 2021 — avg 761 · peak 2,316Oct 2021 — avg 465 · peak 1,729Jan 2022 — avg 482 · peak 1,393Apr 2022 — avg 492 · peak 2,266Jul 2022 — avg 503 · peak 1,474Oct 2022 — avg 542 · peak 2,414Jan 2023 — avg 526 · peak 1,482Apr 2023 — avg 261 · peak 592Jul 2023 — avg 698 · peak 2,262Oct 2023 — avg 291 · peak 941Jan 2024 — avg 339 · peak 756Apr 2024 — avg 363 · peak 1,547Jul 2024 — avg 490 · peak 1,314Oct 2024 — avg 578 · peak 1,812Jan 2025 — avg 406 · peak 1,275Apr 2025 — avg 449 · peak 1,313Jul 2025 — avg 385 · peak 885Oct 2025 — avg 399 · peak 1,190Jan 2026 — avg 578 · peak 1,589Apr 2026 — avg 428 · peak 1,025Jul 2026 — avg 341 · peak 818Aug 2026 — avg 465 · peak 974
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
10102026-09-212026-10-152026-09-21: 6 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-22: 5 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 3 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 2 new positive2026-09-28: 6 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 10 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new positive2026-10-01: 4 new positive2026-10-02: 4 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 5 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 6 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 1 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 3 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new positive2026-10-11: 5 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 4 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 8 new positive2026-10-14: 4 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative2026-10-15: 5 new positive2026-10-15: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$23.18$3.142016-10-072026-10-162016-10-07 — best price $19.992018-01-04 — best price $19.992018-05-13 — best price $14.992018-10-04 — best price $19.992019-01-04 — best price $15.392019-04-08 — best price $17.992019-08-08 — best price $19.992019-11-10 — best price $5.992020-01-25 — best price $19.832020-04-14 — best price $19.992020-07-15 — best price $19.992020-09-25 — best price $5.282020-12-14 — best price $16.972021-02-26 — best price $19.992021-05-18 — best price $19.992021-08-13 — best price $4.492021-11-18 — best price $3.402022-02-08 — best price $3.402022-04-25 — best price $4.972022-08-14 — best price $4.502022-11-03 — best price $17.522023-02-04 — best price $17.482023-05-30 — best price $19.262023-09-26 — best price $19.992024-01-09 — best price $4.992024-03-26 — best price $16.592024-07-23 — best price $17.482024-09-29 — best price $3.912024-12-19 — best price $4.202025-03-08 — best price $19.992025-06-20 — best price $4.292025-09-26 — best price $16.572025-12-18 — best price $4.292026-03-31 — best price $19.992026-06-24 — best price $17.052026-09-04 — best price $4.352026-10-16 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

137162026-05-21 — 35 pageviews2026-05-25 — 30 pageviews2026-05-29 — 36 pageviews2026-06-02 — 36 pageviews2026-06-06 — 32 pageviews2026-06-10 — 30 pageviews2026-06-14 — 35 pageviews2026-06-18 — 33 pageviews2026-06-22 — 30 pageviews2026-06-26 — 35 pageviews2026-06-30 — 31 pageviews2026-07-04 — 36 pageviews2026-07-08 — 47 pageviews2026-07-12 — 26 pageviews2026-07-16 — 37 pageviews2026-07-20 — 16 pageviews2026-07-24 — 36 pageviews2026-07-28 — 25 pageviews2026-08-01 — 48 pageviews2026-08-05 — 20 pageviews2026-08-09 — 37 pageviews2026-08-13 — 37 pageviews2026-08-17 — 33 pageviews2026-08-21 — 44 pageviews2026-08-25 — 52 pageviews2026-08-29 — 42 pageviews2026-09-02 — 38 pageviews2026-09-06 — 46 pageviews2026-09-10 — 30 pageviews2026-09-14 — 43 pageviews2026-09-18 — 46 pageviews2026-09-22 — 39 pageviews2026-09-26 — 55 pageviews2026-09-30 — 34 pageviews2026-10-04 — 34 pageviews2026-10-08 — 137 pageviews2026-10-12 — 96 pageviews2026-10-13 — 75 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

9602026-10-02 00:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 96 viewers2026-10-10 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 8 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 11 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-15 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 23:34 — 9 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

58
achievements tracked
87.1%
earned "Dr. Love"
2.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam Achievements5 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2017-08-21, latest 2018-05-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)43,3221%58
PS4 (PlayStation)43,2601%59
Xbox One (Xbox)29,1421%58
Switch (Nintendo)4710%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCo-opFunnyIndieSandboxStealthCraftingStrategySimulationLocal 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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