Action · February 13, 2015
The Escapists (2015)
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 with routines to give you a flavour of how it *really* is inside! 10 Separate job opportunities for you to sink your teeth into… If you have the knowledge to earn and hold down these employment paths of course! 185+ Unique Items for you to seek out and perhaps even craft useful items with. (Team17 fully endorse the use of various weapons such as ‘shivs’, ‘nunchucks’ and ‘maces’ – within a fictional setting of course!). Various Favour types for you to tackle offered up by inmates – You wouldn't want to go upsetting them now, would you? Highly opinionated and incredibly funny inmates and guards to keep you on your toes as well as providing entertainment! Multiple escape routes for you to work out and achieve the title of ‘The Escapist’! Multiple save slots so you can have more than one escape attempt on the go! Steam Achievements to strive for. Steam Leaderboards – Once you have escaped see how you fared against other successfully escaped players! Prison Editor – Create from scratch your very own confinement masterpiece and share it with the community!
Action releases from 2015
146 Action titles launched in 2015 — top 6 by review volume.
Position in Action
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 16.1k Steam reviews | Top 29% in Action |
| Positive rating | 90% positive | Genre average: 83% — this title sits in top 37% |
| Metacritic | 71/100 | Genre average 77 — top 80% of Action titles |
| Engagement hours | 15 h average | Top 33% for session depth among Action |
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Pixel Graphics · 1.1k
- Strategy · 911
- Crafting · 829
- Singleplayer · 792
- 2D · 697
- Simulation · 684
- Indie · 573
- Action · 474
- Survival · 455
- Difficult · 455
- Adventure · 420
- Puzzle · 397
- RPG · 335
- Top-Down · 323
- Multiplayer · 309
Peer Action titles
Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.
Reception Metrics
Steam community
90%Very Positive · 16.1k reviews
14.4k positive · 1.6k negative
Metacritic
71/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
6.7/10
Curator recommendations
14.2k
Press Quotes
“dynamic, fun, and challenging” 90/100 – Games Beat “The Escapists is a gratifying game that provides dozens of hours of entertainment. Planning an escape and watching it unfold is endlessly satisfying, and a successful breakout leaves you feeling jubilant” 8/10 – Gamespot “As for me, I think I'm going to go back to Escapists for quite a while whenever I need to brush up on my puzzle skills simply because of how open-ended it is” 8/10 – Destructoid
Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Leaderboards
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (7)
- English
- French
- German
- Spanish - Spain
- Polish
- Russian
- Italian
Release & Availability
| Release date | Feb 13, 2015 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Mouldy Toof Studios |
| Publisher | Team17 |
| Base price | $3.59 -80% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 5 released |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Metacritic page · [email protected] |
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
15h
moderate (15–40 hours)
Median
6h
Typical completion time
Achievements
37
Steam unlocks available
Editions & Packages
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