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The Escapists cover art

The Escapists

Mouldy Toof Studios · Team17 · 2015-02-13

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 18, 2015 (Xbox 360), Mar 02, 2017 (Android), Jun 02, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Feb 13, 2015 (Xbox One), Oct 21, 2015 (Mac), Feb 13, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!

93
playing now
90%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
57/100
IGDB user rating (95 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$17.99
steam price (US)

93 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

The Escapists is a strategy game developed by Mouldy Toof Studios and following a Steam Early Access release in 2014, was released in 2015 for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. It was released on iOS and Android in 2017. A Nintendo Switch version of the game containing all downloadable content was released in 2018. The game was launched on the Epic Games Store on 23 September 2021, with the weekly free game campaign of Epic Games. Players assume the role of an inmate and must escape from prisons of increasing difficulty.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 93 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 234 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~29/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 405k–971k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,184 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$3.08-83%
GreenManGaming$3.13-83%
GOG$3.59-80%
IndieGala$3.59-80%
Steam$3.59-80%
WinGameStore$3.59-80%
GOG$3.59-80%
GamersGate$3.60-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.92 at GameBillet (2025-11-22) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 132 of 189 observed days · $1.16 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19419420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

93152026-08-06 22:00 — 40 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 39 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 48 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 19 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 39 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 41 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 27 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 46 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 44 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 34 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 45 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 41 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 32 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 38 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 36 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 18 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 26 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 44 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 26 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 35 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 41 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 31 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 38 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 48 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 52 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 36 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 71 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 60 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 93 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$18.71$0.002015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $10.042015-06-20 — best price $11.942015-11-10 — best price $16.602016-02-08 — best price $17.992016-08-01 — best price $5.992017-02-28 — best price $16.192017-10-10 — best price $17.992018-03-19 — best price $17.992018-08-17 — best price $3.502018-12-27 — best price $17.992019-04-25 — best price $17.992019-09-13 — best price $12.992019-12-12 — best price $0.002020-03-20 — best price $4.492020-06-29 — best price $17.992020-09-27 — best price $17.992020-12-31 — best price $17.992021-04-01 — best price $4.492021-06-28 — best price $17.992021-10-27 — best price $17.992022-02-04 — best price $17.992022-05-07 — best price $17.992022-09-09 — best price $16.142023-01-12 — best price $3.592023-05-23 — best price $3.382023-10-11 — best price $17.992024-01-22 — best price $15.812024-05-05 — best price $3.352024-08-13 — best price $17.992024-11-11 — best price $2.422025-01-24 — best price $3.592025-04-25 — best price $17.992025-07-28 — best price $3.592025-10-24 — best price $3.462026-02-14 — best price $3.122026-05-18 — best price $3.142026-08-26 — best price $3.082026-08-30 — best price $3.08
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

86322026-05-29 — 68 pageviews2026-06-01 — 51 pageviews2026-06-04 — 70 pageviews2026-06-07 — 50 pageviews2026-06-10 — 46 pageviews2026-06-13 — 41 pageviews2026-06-16 — 45 pageviews2026-06-19 — 60 pageviews2026-06-22 — 43 pageviews2026-06-25 — 54 pageviews2026-06-28 — 43 pageviews2026-07-01 — 43 pageviews2026-07-04 — 41 pageviews2026-07-07 — 49 pageviews2026-07-10 — 35 pageviews2026-07-13 — 40 pageviews2026-07-16 — 43 pageviews2026-07-19 — 42 pageviews2026-07-22 — 49 pageviews2026-07-25 — 44 pageviews2026-07-28 — 55 pageviews2026-07-31 — 33 pageviews2026-08-03 — 49 pageviews2026-08-06 — 41 pageviews2026-08-09 — 47 pageviews2026-08-12 — 86 pageviews2026-08-15 — 45 pageviews2026-08-18 — 49 pageviews2026-08-21 — 64 pageviews2026-08-24 — 45 pageviews2026-08-26 — 55 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

412026-08-26 19:15 — 1 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 4 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
22.9%
earned "Grey Matters"
1.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing5 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)19,9581%34
PS4 (PlayStation)17,6823%46
Steam (Steam)12,0103%37
Xbox 360 (Xbox)1,2576%16

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

2DRPGIndieActionPuzzleCraftingStrategySurvivalTop-DownAdventure

Census log

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

Recent updates

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