System Escape

System Escape

Phr00t's Software · January 6, 2023 · Stealth, Difficult, Action, Robots, VR

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System Escape price by region

System Escape costs £3.39 in the United Kingdom, $3.99 in the United States, €3.99 in Europe (EUR), $3.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$4.99 in Canada, A$5.95 in Australia, NZ$5.99 in New Zealand, R$13.79 in Brazil and zł17.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest System Escape offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £3.39 £3.39 — 1
United Statesyour region $3.99 $3.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €3.99 €3.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $3.99 $3.99 — 1
Canada CA$4.99 CA$4.99 — 1
Australia A$5.95 A$5.95 — 1
New Zealand NZ$5.99 NZ$5.99 — 1
Brazil R$13.79 R$13.79 — 1
Poland zł17.99 zł17.99 — 1

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 System Escape

Can you escape before the facility self-destructs?

Robots, cameras and turrets will try and stop you. Be quiet, they have very good hearing!

Hide, sneak and use abilities like invisibility and EMP blasts to get out alive.

Equip a chargeable laser gun, inspired by Another World, to sneak attack, place shields and blast fortifications.

Find loot and hackable computers to extend the self-destruction timer and unlock each floor.

Procedurally generated floors allow for endless replayability.

3 difficulty levels, none are easy! Can you get all 3 trophies?

Made for VR but supports non-VR. Vulkan-compatible graphics card required.

System Escape — game info

Platforms
Windows, 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.

✦ AI summary

System Escape is praised as a tense, replayable roguelike stealth-action game with fast-paced gameplay that works well for quick sessions, where players appreciate the challenging permadeath mechanics and variety of utility abilities that reward stealth over direct combat. However, players note the game's steep difficulty curve and one-hit-death mechanics create a punishing learning experience, with the claustrophobic randomized maps and time pressure making early runs frustrating until players understand the optimal strategies.

Recommended Jan 7, 2023
[h1]Experienced on the Meta Quest 2[/h1] You can view my initial impressions review & gameplay here: https://youtu.be/2R3cxABMqOA This is a roguelike action stealth game where you have to escape 4 levels from killer robots. You have a utility gun with different abilities such as creating a shield, an emp blast, a radar, a guide, or slow-time ability. You also have a laser gun. While you are able to take down robots, stealth is usually the answer as sneak attacks do a lot more damage, plus it's easy to get overrun by robots and one shot is all it takes to bring you down. You do have to a 20 minute timer, although you can hack computers to add more time. However, if you know what you're doing you can finish the game in 10 minutes or less. Or take significantly longer if you don't know what you're doing like me. You have patrolling robots, cameras, & turrets to deal with and there seems to be more of them as you get further into the game. [strike]The biggest issue for me currently is that the gun angle is way too high on the Meta Quest Touch controllers and there is no way to fix it So you do have to point down with your wrists to get it to shoot level, which can get uncomfortable…
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Recommended Jan 6, 2023
A replayable, short, fast-paced and challenging singleplayer fps maze escape game with stealth elements and claustrophobic flat randomized maps. And a countdown timer. System Escape can be won in under 10 minutes, but it is permadeath if anything zaps you exactly once. It took me quite a while for my first victory. There are 3 difficulty settings. There is no progression between runs other than a victory scoreboard. Overall, the difficulty makes the patrolling minimalistic enemy guard robots seem very threatening, and exciting to flee from, especially when you're running out of time. Good for quick play sessions because the max possible time of a playthough is like 20 minutes, and runs will usually be over much faster than that. I have played System Escape since the first alpha. SPOILERS/WALKTHROUGH/TIPS BELOW Primary objectives when you start a new game - 1) Follow the arrow to the Utility Gun. It comes pre-equipped with a single-use Guide, which points you to your next objective. Reload your Utility Gun with ammo spread across the levels (represented by boxes on tables). 2) Find the Unlock Computer. Use it to instantly unlock all locked doors on the current level…
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