The Escapist

The Escapist

Backstab Games · September 15, 2014 · Action, Indie, Platformer

Buy the The Escapist key for Steam from Kinguin at $3.01 — the cheapest of 5 stores we compare.

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Mostly Negative21% · 24 📉 Recent reviews down 12%
Best price
$3.01-33%
lowest tracked $1.00
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Standard Edition · Steam
-10%
$4.49
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Steam
Standard Edition · Steam
$4.99
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Cheapest The Escapist keys — keyshops

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Standard Edition · Steam
$3.01
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Standard Edition · Steam
-37%
$3.39
$5.39
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Standard Edition · Steam
$3.45
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The Escapist price by region

The Escapist costs £2.06 in the United Kingdom, €2.35 in Europe (EUR), $2.99 in Georgia (USD), $3.01 in the United States, CA$5.49 in Canada, NZ$5.99 in New Zealand, A$6.53 in Australia, R$10.49 in Brazil and zł13.14 in Poland right now.

Cheapest The Escapist offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £2.06 −34% £3.14 £2.06 3
Europe (EUR) €2.35 −35% €3.59 €2.35 5
Georgia (USD) $2.99 −10% $2.99 $3.01 5
United Statesyour region $3.01 −33% $4.49 $3.01 5
Canada CA$5.49 CA$5.49 — 2
New Zealand NZ$5.99 −10% NZ$5.99 — 2
Australia A$6.53 −10% A$6.53 — 1
Brazil R$10.49 R$10.49 — 2
Poland zł13.14 −17% zł15.78 zł13.14 2

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About The Escapist

✦ AI summary

The Escapist is a hardcore 2D platformer with fast-paced, die-heavy action across 48 trap-laden levels punctuated by boss fights, where you'll master a unique mouse-controlled bounce mechanic to navigate increasingly brutal challenges. Blending punishing platforming with strategic upgrades and dual input controls, it delivers the classic difficulty spike of modern indie platformers with a distinctive bankshot twist.

A fast paced die-a-lot platformer

The Escapist — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Aug 10, 2017
it is stupid
5 found this helpful
Not recommended Mar 16, 2018
[h2]This game is so bad I can't even think of a pro.[/h2] See the other reviews for more details. I'm not wasting my time reviewing this junk. [h2]1/10[/h2] [h3][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45905648-Gork%2527s-Game-Grind/]Check out my curated list of games[/url][/h3]
3 found this helpful
Not recommended Jan 2, 2018
Really have a problem with the controls, i would be okay with them not being as tight as Mario or Sonic but it becomes almost like if you choose a direction and have no bounces left you can´t affect your movement or has a really bad momentum curve to it, its either too much or nothing, my main complaint is in the controls in general they just make the game annoying especially with everything being an instakill
3 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 25, 2026
https://youtu.be/EL-XS66k1IQ An odd lack of sensitivity in the controls makes input lag enough to prevent predictable play.
Not recommended Jul 25, 2018
tricked me when i was young and wanted the escapists
Not recommended Oct 23, 2017
Tags: Platformer Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: It is 10 second ninja. The version without time attack. You get one screen and must collect coins instead of killing enemies. Then reach the end tile. Insta-death spammed all over levels. http://store.steampowered.com/app/271670/10_Second_Ninja/ They made insta death traps with very very narrow margins, even if you carefully measure and monitor your jumps you will die over and over. The regular jumping is compeltely useless, and you must use a weird... morph into an energy bals and propel yourself forward gimmick that just feels really clunky to use. The controls in general feel awfully sluggish and ill designed. The 3D model for the protagonist feel straight out of a tablet game. The rest of the audiovisuals are also rather underwhelming. Finally the game has a name that is almost identical to a much more famous game creating confusion in library, and potentially in-store. This is the less desirable of the two games.

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