The Escapists

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 a pixel graphics, strategy and crafting game developed by Mouldy Toof Studios and published by Team17.
Released on February 13th 2015 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 7 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian and Italian.

It has received 15,991 reviews of which 14,436 were positive and 1,555 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Escapists into these genres:

Pixel Graphics Strategy Crafting Singleplayer 2D Simulation Indie Action Difficult Survival Adventure Puzzle RPG Top-Down Sandbox Funny Multiplayer Comedy Co-op Rogue-like

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows XP
Processor: Dual Core CPU 2.4 gHz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Nvidia GeForce 8000, ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Storage: 2 GB available space
Sound Card: Windows Compatible Card
Additional Notes: We recommend updating your PC's hardware drivers before playing. If your PC is no longer supported by your manufacturer and your hardware drivers are very old, you may experience difficulty running the game. Please check with your PC manufacturer for more details.

MacOS

OS: OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion
Processor: 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M or equivalent
Storage: 2 GB available space
Additional Notes:

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit or later
Processor: Dual Core CPU 2.4 gHz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Nvidia GeForce GT 8000, ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Storage: 2 GB available space
Sound Card: Linux Compatible Card
Additional Notes:

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Nov. 2024

im a bit biased cause this was a childhood game for me + im very into strategic games, but this game is honestly really fun. the design is great (i love the pixelated style they went for), the random dialogue adds a nice funny touch, and its challenging in a really engaging way. theres so many ways to escape which keeps me coming back for more; i wanna test myself with all the different methods. would definitely recommend if youre looking for a new challenging game to play or wanna kill time

Aug. 2024

I love the pain of chipping through the wall, only to find out that the game doesn't let me break the wall behind it 9/10, cute game, i recommend it, good if you like puzzles

Aug. 2024

the jump from the tutorial the first prison is so huge it took me 17 hours to escape and its all because the tutorial is bad i went online and found out about 10000000 features the tutorial doesnt tell you about then escaped in an hour :D the game is fun tho

July 2024

Today is the 7 of july 2024 time:12:01 CET and i have gotten all of the achievements, The is really really great , great problem solving game would recommend . It doesnt ask for a lot of pc power but a 10 year old pc will work . To clarify the game is good and i would recommend playing it

March 2024

This game has humbled me in a way that even dark souls and geometry dash combined could not. I don't know exactly what is to blame - my brain capabilities, skill issue or sheer difficulty of the game - but the truth is I've spent 26 (TWENTY SIX) hours trying to beat the first (VERY EASY mind you) level. This game is absolutely ruthless and does not allow any room for mistakes. You mess up even the tiniest bit - you're done, all of your stuff is taken, all of your progress is gone, start over. If you think that the game developers didn't think of that particular way of screwing you over you're thinking about - believe me, they did. I have no idea how, but if guards notice a small speck of dust lying differently, you are sent to confinement. No investigation, nothing, they can sense that it was you, they smell your anxiety. If this was the very easy level, I believe the easy one will send me straight into a mental institution with a psychotic break. TL;DR Great game, 10/10, would recommend

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