The Escapists overview

Overview

The Escapists comes from Mouldy Toof Studios and is published by Team17. It arrived on Steam on Feb 13, 2015, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The Escapists's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 11 September 2026 - 19:50:30 UTC, with a tracked peak near 3,295. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 90% positive across 16,168 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Escapists is available in 7 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Escapists has sold up to 1,600,000 units and has 14,291 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $18,300,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

The Escapists overview details

The Escapists combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Just Updated FREE CONTENT UPDATE! Jingle Cells Following on from last year’s release of the free Santa’s Sweatshop content, our daring escapee elf unfortunately lost control of their sleigh mid-flight and was forced to make an emergency landing – right in the middle of the grounds of the Jingle Cells prison! Stuck doing hard time again, if you want to get home in time for the holidays you’ll need to sneak around the brand new wintery themed prison sourcing the unique items and crafting supplies that you’ll need to repair the sleigh and make another break for it! The Jingle Cells update features: New festive themed prison to escape 20 new items and craftables New leaderboard to make your mark on About the Game You’ve landed yourself in prison again, and your only chance is to engineer an escape by any means necessary. How you do it is up to you! Why not cause a prison riot? Or dig a tunnel right under the walls of the prison? Or even steal a guard uniform to blend in with your captors? The Escapists is a unique prison sandbox experience with lots of items to craft and combine in your daring quest for freedom. Life in prison will keep you on your toes with the strict rules that you’ll have to break. The guards are out to stop any escape attempts, so you’ll have to avoid suspicious behaviour by attending roll calls, working a prison job and hiding your stolen craftables. Escaping is what you do best, and you’ll have to prove your skills in a variety of challenging prisons from across the world. Become an Escapist now! Features 10 Fully operational prisons complete w…

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Escapists is listed as a game with $17.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 11 September 2026 - 19:50:30 UTC, a tracked peak of 3,295, and 90% positive reviews.

Overview tags

Pixel GraphicsStrategyCraftingSingleplayer2DSimulationIndieActionSurvivalDifficultAdventurePuzzleRPGTop-DownMultiplayer

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Support and legal notes

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