The Escapists: The Walking Dead on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Merging the smash hit indie game The Escapists with the world wide phenomenon that is The Walking Dead, Team17 have taken the very best of both worlds and are now providing players with the opportunity to play Rick Grimes as he takes on hordes of zombies let loose upon the world.

The Escapists: The Walking Dead is a zombies, survival and pixel graphics game developed and published by Team17 Digital Ltd.
Released on September 30th 2015 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 7 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Italian and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 840 reviews of which 540 were positive and 300 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.2 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 4.59€ on Steam with a 80% discount.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows Vista
  • Processor: Dual Core CPU 2.5 gHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Nvidia GeForce 8000, ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Windows Compatible Card
  • Additional Notes: Note: In some instances, systems may require model specific drivers. If your system manufacturers no longer support hardware under this category, it may not be possible to run this title. Should this be the case, we are unable to assist you and recommend that you pursue support from your respective system manufacturer.
MacOS
  • OS: 10.8 Mountain Lion
  • Processor: Dual Core CPU 2.5 gHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 or higher, or Nvidia GeForce 640M or higher, or AMD Radeon HD 5750M
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit or later
  • Processor: Dual Core CPU 2.5 gHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 or higher, or Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT or higher, or AMD Radeon HD 7850
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Jan. 2025
Very fun game, some people complain about placing down things like the ladder (They cant do it), yes, i was confused at first too, but you hold left click on the item in the item bar, then right click to place it down. it just did a faulty way explaning how you do so, that's all, not a glitch.
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Aug. 2024
First of, the soundtrack for the first level is awesome. I like this more then teh base game. Wasn't interested n escaping at all. Though playing a 2015 indie game in 2024 on a beast of a pc is prob underwhelming for me xD I like this game more then the original. Some don't That's fine Zombies
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The Escapists: The Walking Dead
6.2
540
300
Online players
1
Developer
Team17 Digital Ltd
Publisher
Team17 Digital Ltd
Release 30 Sep 2015
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