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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

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?

550
playing now
91%
positive of 34k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
75/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (85 ratings)
30h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.39
steam price (US)

550 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 550 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 2% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 843k–2.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 33,724 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$4.18-79%
GreenManGaming$4.35-78%
WinGameStore$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%
GamersGate$5.00-75%
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 132 of 189 observed days · $1.47 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

7601982026-08-06 21:00 — 381 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 317 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 686 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 447 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 373 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 760 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 434 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 426 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 714 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 427 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 348 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 747 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 435 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 303 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 756 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 383 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 306 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 612 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 622 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 326 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 454 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 545 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 410 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 549 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 642 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 265 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 288 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 464 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 259 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 550 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.142016-10-072026-08-302016-10-07 — best price $19.992018-01-11 — best price $15.992018-05-23 — best price $15.312018-10-19 — best price $10.992019-01-24 — best price $19.992019-05-17 — best price $7.592019-09-17 — best price $19.992019-12-09 — best price $5.992020-03-02 — best price $5.502020-06-02 — best price $5.992020-09-06 — best price $17.882020-11-23 — best price $5.282021-02-10 — best price $4.252021-05-08 — best price $14.992021-08-05 — best price $19.992021-11-18 — best price $3.402022-02-12 — best price $19.992022-05-06 — best price $4.992022-09-02 — best price $4.592022-11-25 — best price $4.142023-03-25 — best price $16.792023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-11-16 — best price $17.482024-02-19 — best price $16.792024-05-30 — best price $4.392024-08-29 — best price $4.002024-11-28 — best price $4.162025-02-19 — best price $19.992025-06-07 — best price $16.792025-09-21 — best price $5.002025-12-18 — best price $4.292026-04-05 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $4.35
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

62162026-05-21 — 35 pageviews2026-05-24 — 40 pageviews2026-05-27 — 37 pageviews2026-05-30 — 30 pageviews2026-06-02 — 36 pageviews2026-06-05 — 30 pageviews2026-06-08 — 27 pageviews2026-06-11 — 27 pageviews2026-06-14 — 35 pageviews2026-06-17 — 34 pageviews2026-06-20 — 28 pageviews2026-06-23 — 32 pageviews2026-06-26 — 35 pageviews2026-06-29 — 32 pageviews2026-07-02 — 19 pageviews2026-07-05 — 62 pageviews2026-07-08 — 47 pageviews2026-07-11 — 47 pageviews2026-07-14 — 29 pageviews2026-07-17 — 42 pageviews2026-07-20 — 16 pageviews2026-07-23 — 30 pageviews2026-07-26 — 27 pageviews2026-07-29 — 30 pageviews2026-08-01 — 48 pageviews2026-08-04 — 37 pageviews2026-08-07 — 30 pageviews2026-08-10 — 38 pageviews2026-08-13 — 37 pageviews2026-08-16 — 45 pageviews2026-08-19 — 40 pageviews2026-08-22 — 48 pageviews2026-08-25 — 52 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2302026-08-26 19:15 — 1 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 0 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

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.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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