Otto's Escape
Axylaric · 2024 · 2D Platformer, Difficult, Action, Cute, Arcade
PC
Positive92% · 13
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About Otto's Escape
In Otto's Escape you fly a jetpack with just two buttons: one for your left booster and one for your right. There's no simple move up or move right button - that'd be too easy. To steer, you'll need to balance the thrust from those two boosters to get you moving in the right direction, all while fighting with gravity and an ever-shrinking fuel supply.
The aim of the game is simple: reach the top of the tower and escape without running out of fuel, or you'll be sent right back to the ground. Piece of cake, right?
The aim of the game is simple: reach the top of the tower and escape without running out of fuel, or you'll be sent right back to the ground. Piece of cake, right?
Key features
- Ascend the tower 🚀
To escape the tower you'll need to clear 20 unique floors filled with an increasingly challenging assortment of hazards which will slow you down and drain your fuel if you fly too close. And some say the tower's so tall it reaches into outer space... - Controller support 🎮
Otto's Escape's unique control scheme is best experienced with a controller featuring analog triggers - such as an Xbox or PlayStation controller - which will allow you to more finely control the thrust from your two boosters and steer with greater precision. - Attempt stats 📊
Track your attempts with detailed stats screens as you edge closer to your first triumphant escape. And after that, why not try for a faster time? - Achievements & leaderboards 🏆
Your first escape is only the start - Otto's Escape's achievements offer some of the game's hardest challenges, while in-game leaderboards allow you to see how your fastest time compares with others around the world.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
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"Otto's Escape" is misleadingly presented as a platformer, this is more like a basic Moon Lander ripoff where you control a "spaceship" called Otto and progress upwards through a tower. Why? Nobody cares... the technical delivery here was so bad, it was a complete and utter failure on Steam Direct. On the topic of visuals, the weak looking 2D retro assets seem like they'd be more at home in a browser game or a mobile app. 3D graphics accelerators hit the mainstream of PC gaming in the mid 1990's with cards like the ATI Rage and Voodoo3D, there's no excuse for such poor 2D graphics in 2026. That alone is enough to disqualify this for recommendation. Insultingly, the developer insists that you should play this with a console peasant children's toy gamepad instead of KB+M. Developers should try to be aware which platform they're designing games for. It's the responsibility of the developer to ensure the game runs well on the platform they're selling it on, with the primary peripherals that PC gamers use. Insultingly, the developer used a bunch of GPT AI slop for the Steam store page and marketing material. AI slop is an insult to gamers everywhere, it's trained on copyrighted…2 found this helpful
Otto’s Escape is one of those games that relies on a non-standard control method to set it apart. In this case, you control the left and right boosters of Otto’s jetpack to rocket him up a tower, collecting fuel and avoiding mines along the way. Mid-air tank controls and a rapidly dwindling fuel supply could make for incredibly frustrating gameplay, but thanks to a secret gyroscope embedded in Otto’s jetpack that keeps him upright at all times, you soon learn how to reliably control Otto, most of the time. Unfortunately, this game demands precise control, as you weave your way through small gaps in the mines, which soon start to move back and forth. Your instinct is to slowly and carefully line up your approach, but the more you hesitate, the more your fuel bar drains. The only option is to rocket up the tower as fast as you can until you invariably run out of fuel and are sent back to the very bottom. The whole game feels like it should have been a mobile game. It’s well-polished, but simplistic, from the graphics to the controls. It’s also the kind of game you might want to pick up now and again, but I can’t see anyone wanting to play it for long stretches at a time. 15 and 30 …2 found this helpful
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