The Escapists

The Escapists

Mouldy Toof Studios · February 13, 2015 · Pixel Graphics, Strategy, Crafting, Singleplayer, 2D

Buy The Escapists from Driffle INC at $2.36 — the cheapest of 27 stores we compare.

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Very Positive90% · 16,20171Metacritic67playing now
Best price 59 Good deal
$2.36-83%
lowest tracked $1.39
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Where to buy The Escapists — official stores

GreenManGaming
Standard Edition · Steam
-83%
$3.13
$17.99
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GOG
GOG
Standard Edition · DRM-Free
-80%
$3.59
$17.99
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AllYouPlay
AllYouPlay
Standard Edition · Ubisoft Connect
-80%
$3.60
$17.99
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GameBillet
GameBillet
Standard Edition · Steam
-17%
$14.88
$17.99
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GamesPlanet
GamesPlanet
Standard Edition · Steam
-10%
$15.32
$17.02
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GamersGate
GamersGate
Standard Edition · Steam
-10%
$16.19
$17.99
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PlanetPlay
PlanetPlay
Standard Edition · Steam
-10%
$16.19
$17.99
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WinGameStore
WinGameStore
Standard Edition · Steam
-5%
$17.09
$17.99
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Steam
Steam
Standard Edition · Steam
$17.99
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Gamesload
Gamesload
Standard Edition · Steam
$17.99
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Newegg
Newegg
Standard Edition · Steam
$17.99
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MacGameStore
MacGameStore
Standard Edition · Steam
$17.99
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IndieGala Store
IndieGala Store
Standard Edition · Steam
$17.99
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Epic Game Store
Epic Game Store
Standard Edition · Epic Games
$17.99
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Zapagames
Zapagames
Standard Edition · Steam
$17.99
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Cheapest The Escapists keys — keyshops

Keyshops are third-party marketplaces — keys are resold and can be region-locked or a different edition. Check the listing's region & edition before buying.

Driffle INC
Standard Edition · Steam
$2.36
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Loaded
Standard Edition · Steam
-86%
$2.39
$17.29
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YUPLAY
Standard Edition · Steam
-83%
$2.83
$17.02
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Eneba
Standard Edition · Steam
$2.62
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Gameseal
Standard Edition · Steam
$2.87
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Keycense
Standard Edition · Steam
-79%
$3.48
$16.40
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CJS CD Keys
CJS CD Keys
Standard Edition · Steam
$3.71
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PlayerLand
PlayerLand
Standard Edition · Steam
-10%
$13.49
$14.99
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Playsum
Playsum
Standard Edition · Steam
-10%
$16.19
$17.99
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The Escapists price by region

The Escapists costs £1.78 in the United Kingdom, €1.99 in Europe (EUR), $2.36 in the United States, $3.13 in Georgia (USD), CA$3.99 in Canada, NZ$4.52 in New Zealand, A$4.91 in Australia, zł8.69 in Poland and R$9.19 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest The Escapists offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £1.78 −83% £2.26 £1.78 24
Europe (EUR) €1.99 −83% €2.61 €1.99 27
United Statesyour region $2.36 −83% $3.13 $2.36 27
Georgia (USD) $3.13 −83% $3.13 $13.49 20
Canada CA$3.99 −80% CA$3.99 CA$19.13 18
New Zealand NZ$4.52 −80% NZ$4.52 NZ$23.89 16
Australia A$4.91 −80% A$4.91 A$19.39 17
Poland zł8.69 −80% zł12.94 zł8.69 19
Brazil R$9.19 −80% R$9.19 R$12.27 18

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.

Trailers & screenshots

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About The Escapists

✦ AI summary

Plan your escape from 10 different prisons by crafting items, completing jobs, and managing your reputation while avoiding guard suspicion in this sandbox escape simulator. With 185+ craftable items, multiple escape routes per prison, and a full level editor, The Escapists offers endless ways to break free and outwit your captors.

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!

The Escapists — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included
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DLC & expansions

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What Steam players say

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

Recommended Sep 7, 2026
Always watch so many youtubers playing this for years and years and I finally decided to give it a go for myself. Despite the hundreds of hours of gameplay I had watched it still took me far too long to escape my first prison, but thats a me issue - not a game issue. Classic fun game with so much to offer.
Recommended Sep 3, 2026
1. friend gifts me the escapist on sale 2. I remember key molds and beating up guards from when I was a child so I decide to relive the past 3. I load into the first "very easy" prison, shouldn't be too difficult 4. day 49, I've officially put myself in a time loop because I refuse to be stuck past 50 days, the guards all hate me cuz I keep beating them up, and I've been to solitary for messing up an escape more times then I prob should have been, im starting to think they want me to escape. after I finally found the molten plastic recipe, my life changed. I kinda dislike that the recipes are random but at the same time its the reason I've been stuck for over a month in a half in the starting prison so ig props for realism...
Not recommended Sep 2, 2026
An all-around stupid game
Recommended Sep 2, 2026
this game is so fun
Recommended Sep 2, 2026
Prison
Recommended Sep 2, 2026
The Escapists is definitely a fun game, but has some issues. One thing I really appreciated in the Escapists 2 was that every different routine in every different prison had a different song, which really helped set the atmosphere of the prison. However, in this game (excluding som DLC prisons and free time routines) all of the routines share the same song across every prison. Another issue that I felt with this game while I was 100%ing it is that this game can be extremely brutal. Desk spawns, guards, contraband detectors, key doors, landmines and jeeps are some of the features that I believe make the Escapists way too hard. This can cause having to try escapes multiple times due to miniscule mistakes or just getting unlucky. Overall, this game is worth it, but I would recommend taking very decent sized breaks between sessions of playing this game.

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