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The Artful Escape

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App ID 1122680
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Annapurna Interactive
Franchise Annapurna Interactive
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber 29997174
Last Record Update 10 July 2025 – 20:44:06 UTC ()
Release Date 9 September 2021 – 15:55:54 UTC ()
😎 87.61%
1k reviews
2
In-Game

A teenage guitar prodigy sets out on a psychedelic journey to inspire his stage persona and confront the legacy of a dead folk legend. Starring voice performances by Michael Johnston, Caroline Kinley, Lena Headey, Jason Schwartzman, Mark Strong, and Carl Weathers.

Additional Information

Developer Beethoven and Dinosaur
metacritic_name The Artful Escape
controller_support full
metacritic_score 80
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-artful-escape?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Annapurna Interactive
Store Release Date 9 September 2021 – 15:56:18 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 9 September 2021 – 15:55:54 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 18 August 2022 – 20:50:46 UTC () (1660855846)
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review_score 8
review_percentage 92
Detected Technologies (?) Unreal Engine, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NvCloth SDK, Ogg SDK, SDL SDK, Vorbis SDK, XAudio2 SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 19 July 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 8051395
  • configuration:
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    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke1
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2641
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 13 July 2019 – 02:33:45 UTC (), in changelist #6567341

Supported Languages

16 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Dutch Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Latin America Yes Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Portugal Yes
Polish Yes

Tags

🗺️ Adventure 🌱 Indie 🎶 Music 🦄 Psychedelic 📚 Story Rich 👤 Singleplayer 🚀 Sci-fi 🎨 Stylized 📚 Narrative 🌫 Atmospheric 🎨 Colorful 💥 Action 🏽 2D 🤡 Comedy 🚶 Walking Simulator 🗺 Exploration 🏗️ Platformer 👤 Third Person 📚 Interactive Fiction 😃 Funny

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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Assets
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timestamp16 October 2024 – 17:21:40 UTC
Trailers
256850723 ↴
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User File System

Key Value
quota 2.00 MiB (2097152)
maxnumfiles 5
savefiles
0 ↴
rootWinAppDataLocal
pathArtfulEscape/Saved/SaveGames/Steam/{64BitSteamID}
pattern*.sav
platforms/1Windows

Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
Windows %USERPROFILE%/AppData/Local/ArtfulEscape/Saved/SaveGames/Steam/{64BitSteamID} *.sav
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