Escape the Underground

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App ID	1463530
App Type	Game
Developer	Joseph English
Publisher	Sleepy Vampire Games
Supported Systems	Windows macOS
Technologies	GameMaker Engine
Last Changenumber	30774084
Last Record Update	25 August 2025 – 18:12:51 UTC ()
Release Date	15 March 2021 – 07:00:32 UTC ()

❓ 78.72%

108 reviews

In-Game

At the bottom of a massive underground dump, a sentient pile of sludge is born. After finding a discarded book that shows photographs of the surface, they decide to make the journey upward to see the outside world.

Additional Information

This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: Free Game

Developer

Joseph English

controller_support

full

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Sleepy Vampire Games

IsFreeApp

Yes

Exclude from family sharing (exfgls)

3 (Free Game)

Store Release Date

15 March 2021 – 07:00:32 UTC ()

osarch

community_hub_visible

Yes

Social Media

https://x.com/JoeRenglish
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE5PI-vhu2O-n_qpig0LgTg/

Primary Genre

Indie (23)

Store Genres

Action (1), Adventure (25), Free to Play (37), Indie (23)

Steam Release Date

15 March 2021 – 07:00:32 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

11 March 2021 – 00:17:22 UTC () (1615421842)

library_assets

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library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
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width_pct	29.534883720930225
height_pct	39.36119686535264

osextended

macos64,macosnotarized

Is free on the store?

Yes

review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

GameMaker Engine

First seen on SteamDB

30 October 2020 – 04:53:51 UTC (), in changelist #9880891

Supported Languages

1 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	Yes

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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small_capsule

english

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header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
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image/english	library_600x900.jpg
library_hero ↴
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image2x/english	library_hero_2x.jpg
library_logo ↴
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logo_position/height_pct	39.36119686535264
image/english	logo.png

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community_icon	9912b586913ed55eb18a705e69488a5d44bc2a5b.jpg
page_background_path	app/1463530
timestamp	15 March 2021 – 07:00:37 UTC

Trailers

353295 ↴
trailer_name	ETU Steam trailer
trailer_category	0
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trailer_480p/video/mp4	256825405/movie480.mp4
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trailer_max/video/mp4	256825405/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	1463530/353295/d8b8efe3f2a11bec3b55cab26bc3f65d308c0989/1750991268/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	1463530/353295/d8b8efe3f2a11bec3b55cab26bc3f65d308c0989/1750991268/microtrailer.mp4
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all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1615422839

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
1463531	Windows 64-bitEnglishEscape the Underground Content	146.17 MiB	112.22 MiB
1463532	macOS 64-bitEnglishEscape the Underground Depot	156.80 MiB	114.18 MiB

Total size on disk is 302.97 MiB and total download size is 226.40 MiB.

Total size on disk is 146.17 MiB and total download size is 112.22 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

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Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		6399333	18 March 2021 – 06:15:06 UTC

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