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The Escapists

Mouldy Toof Studios · Team17 · 2015-02-13

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ActionAdventureIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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!

The Escapists is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and Simulation title released in 2015, priced at $17.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 16201 reviews).

66
playing now
90%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
57/100
IGDB user rating (95 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (82 downloads)
4.44★
PlayStation Store rating (11,291 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

66 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

The Escapists trailer thumbnail

The Escapists: Launch Trailer

≈415,070 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 66 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 4% of 27,664 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 405k–972k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,204 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$3.03-83%
Gamesplanet$3.28-82%
GOG$3.59-80%
GamersGate$3.60-80%
Microsoft Store$19.99

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 157 of 209 observed days · $1.11 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

137272026-09-15 12:00 — 35 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 38 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 38 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 49 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 95 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 54 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 38 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 71 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 46 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 63 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 79 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 49 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 34 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 73 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 67 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 40 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 64 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 58 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 55 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 103 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 137 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 76 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 66 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.4k0Jun 2014Aug 2026Jun 2014 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2014 — avg 122 · peak 365Feb 2015 — avg 1,421 · peak 3,295Jun 2015 — avg 536 · peak 1,494Oct 2015 — avg 352 · peak 958Feb 2016 — avg 529 · peak 1,472Jun 2016 — avg 524 · peak 2,167Oct 2016 — avg 349 · peak 893Feb 2017 — avg 310 · peak 1,408Jun 2017 — avg 635 · peak 3,106Oct 2017 — avg 149 · peak 423Feb 2018 — avg 127 · peak 309Jun 2018 — avg 148 · peak 452Oct 2018 — avg 81 · peak 181Feb 2019 — avg 94 · peak 245Jun 2019 — avg 107 · peak 250Oct 2019 — avg 65 · peak 187Feb 2020 — avg 61 · peak 128Jun 2020 — avg 98 · peak 222Oct 2020 — avg 50 · peak 97Feb 2021 — avg 57 · peak 107Jun 2021 — avg 52 · peak 111Oct 2021 — avg 49 · peak 105Feb 2022 — avg 45 · peak 85Jun 2022 — avg 52 · peak 103Oct 2022 — avg 58 · peak 171Feb 2023 — avg 41 · peak 90Jun 2023 — avg 96 · peak 391Oct 2023 — avg 44 · peak 106Feb 2024 — avg 45 · peak 97Jun 2024 — avg 60 · peak 149Oct 2024 — avg 39 · peak 77Feb 2025 — avg 40 · peak 174Jun 2025 — avg 50 · peak 107Oct 2025 — avg 43 · peak 93Feb 2026 — avg 35 · peak 85Jun 2026 — avg 47 · peak 93Aug 2026 — avg 39 · peak 100
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$18.71$0.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — 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 $3.082026-10-14 — best price $3.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

132302026-05-29 — 68 pageviews2026-06-02 — 52 pageviews2026-06-06 — 49 pageviews2026-06-10 — 46 pageviews2026-06-14 — 59 pageviews2026-06-18 — 49 pageviews2026-06-22 — 43 pageviews2026-06-26 — 45 pageviews2026-06-30 — 45 pageviews2026-07-04 — 41 pageviews2026-07-08 — 51 pageviews2026-07-12 — 40 pageviews2026-07-16 — 43 pageviews2026-07-20 — 32 pageviews2026-07-24 — 42 pageviews2026-07-28 — 55 pageviews2026-08-01 — 57 pageviews2026-08-05 — 49 pageviews2026-08-09 — 47 pageviews2026-08-13 — 66 pageviews2026-08-17 — 53 pageviews2026-08-21 — 64 pageviews2026-08-25 — 58 pageviews2026-08-29 — 62 pageviews2026-09-02 — 48 pageviews2026-09-06 — 80 pageviews2026-09-10 — 48 pageviews2026-09-14 — 64 pageviews2026-09-18 — 58 pageviews2026-09-22 — 69 pageviews2026-09-26 — 48 pageviews2026-09-30 — 30 pageviews2026-10-04 — 53 pageviews2026-10-08 — 132 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2015-02-13, latest 2015-12-08 (Steam store data)

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.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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