Indie · August 21, 2017
The Escapists 2 (2017)
Just Updated Snow Way Out Available Now! Prepare for a frosty reception in the North Pole this year - in this free festive Escapists 2 update you’ll be having a woeful Christmas time. Rumours have been circulating that since becoming a .com millionaire Santa’s a little past his prime, and his booming online empire has replaced all joy and cheer with cold hard cash and a regime of fear. The grotto’s become a warehouse and the elves have all been replaced by robots, with one exception – you! Santa’s firmly keeping the work in workshop this Christmas with a list of new jobs to keep you busy while incarcerated. The reindeers need feeding, Christmas lists need incinerating and you’re just the elf to do it. Faced with a lifetime of hard labour, it’s time to plan your next daring escape and earn your festive freedom. You’ve been put in the nick by St. Nick, have you got what it takes or is there Snow Way Out? Just Updated Festive fun in free Santa’s Shakedown update Deck the cells with bars and escape attempts! Christmas has come early in the latest free game update to The Escapists 2, featuring a brand new map – Santa’s Shakedown. Not content with life in a perpetually festive lock-up, you must devise ingenious new ways of getting out of prison without getting caught in the tinsel! Featuring brand new items and some very unique craftables, you must pitch in with new prison jobs such as Christmas tree-decorating and toy soldier construction to blend in until the time is right to ho-ho-hop out of there! Wrap up warm, grab some fellow inmates if it tickles your fancy, and head to the Play Game menu now to experience Santa’s Shakedown. About the Game The Ultimate Prison Sandbox! Risk it all to breakout from the toughest prisons in the world. Explore the biggest prisons yet, with multiple floors, roofs, vents and underground tunnels. You’ll have to live by the prison rules, attending roll call, doing prison jobs and following strict routines; all the while secretly engineering your bid for freedom! Your prison escape antics will take you from the frosty Fort Tundra, a train hurtling through the desert, and even to the final frontier! Escape Team Assemble! Unite with up to 3 friends to create the ultimate escape crew and engineer the wildest escapes yet! Jump online or gather round on a couch to prepare for your sneaky adventures. By working together you’ll be able to create even more elaborate and daring plans. Feeling competitive? Dive into the versus mode and show that you’ve got the skills to break out of any prison faster than your friends can. If all else fails, settle your rivalry in the court yard with a prison punch up! Create YOUR Con! It’s time to make your prisoner truly yours. Choose from a massive array of customisations to make your character unique to you. It’s important to look stylish whilst you mastermind your escape. Craft your Escape! Being in prison forces you to be creative and work with the limited tools at your disposal. You’ll have to combine everyday objects like soap and socks to craft new weapons and tools to help you achieve your goal. Steal forks from the cafeteria to chip a tunnel in your room, and craft a poster from magazines and duct tape to hide the evidence. You’ll soon learn that duct tape solves (almost) everything! Prepare for a fight! The Escapists 2 introduces a brand new combat system to make every prison brawl more exciting and interactive. You’ll have to block and tie together chains of attacks whilst strafing around your locked on targets to gain the upper hand in combat. Make sure your visit the gym first to build up those muscles! New ways to escape! As the prisons get tougher you’re going to have to get more creative with your escape plans. There’s a ton of options to tackle almost any prison escape. Construct a clink! With the Prison Map Editor, it’s your turn to construct a prison worthy of housing the toughest inmates! It includes all the rooms, fences and guard dogs you need to build a prison that’s as hard as your imagination makes it – no duct-tape required. You can pick up those prison blueprints and start crafting your own creations through the Custom Prisons option on the main menu, and when you’re ready you can show the world by sharing them through Steam Workshop where you can download subscribe to fellow architects’ lock-ups – all custom maps can be played either solo or in both local and online multiplayer! Features 11 Prisons Up to 4 player co-operative and versus multiplayer Drop-in/ Drop-out Online/Splitscreen multiplayer Over 300 customisations Multi-storey Prisons
Position in Indie
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 31.9k Steam reviews | Top 9% in Indie |
| Positive rating | 91% positive | Genre average: 87% — this title sits in top 46% |
| Metacritic | 75/100 | Genre average 77 — top 63% of Indie titles |
| Concurrent peak | 214 players | Top 22% in Indie by live player count |
| Engagement hours | 9 h average | Top 63% for session depth among Indie |
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Multiplayer · 601
- Strategy · 486
- Pixel Graphics · 445
- Online Co-Op · 426
- Co-op · 414
- 2D · 326
- Crafting · 291
- Local Co-Op · 276
- Simulation · 272
- Singleplayer · 266
- Indie · 263
- Sandbox · 252
- Stealth · 233
- Character Customization · 195
- Funny · 191
Indie releases from 2017
20 Indie titles launched in 2017 — top 6 by review volume.
Peer Indie titles
Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.
Reception Metrics
Steam community
91%Very Positive · 31.9k reviews
29.1k positive · 2.9k negative
Metacritic
75/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
6.3/10
Curator recommendations
25.7k
Peak concurrent players
214
Features & Capabilities
Multiplayer
- Multi-player
- PvP
- Online PvP
- Shared/Split Screen PvP
- Co-op
- Online Co-op
- Shared/Split Screen Co-op
- Shared/Split Screen
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
Input & Comfort
- Full controller support
Other
- Single-player
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (7)
- English
- French
- German
- Spanish - Spain
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese
- Italian
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
9h
short (5–15 hours)
Median
5h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
4h
Current engagement
Achievements
58
Steam unlocks available
Release & Availability
| Release date | Aug 21, 2017 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Team17, Mouldy Toof Studios |
| Publisher | Team17 |
| Base price | $3.99 -80% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 5 released |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected] |
Editions & Packages
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