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The Escapists

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App ID 298630
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Team17
Franchise Team17
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Last Changenumber 31873740
Last Record Update 24 October 2025 – 03:19:34 UTC ()
Release Date 13 February 2015 – 18:00:00 UTC ()
😎 88.03%
16k reviews
33
In-Game
👾 Pixel Graphics 💡 Strategy 🔧 Crafting 🏽 2D 🖥️ Simulation

The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!

Additional Information

Developer Mouldy Toof Studios
metacritic_name The Escapists
metacritic_score 71
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-escapists?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Team17
Store Release Date 13 February 2015 – 18:00:00 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/team17
https://www.facebook.com/TheEscapistsGame/
https://www.twitch.tv/team17ltd
https://x.com/Escapists_Game
https://www.youtube.com/team17ltd/
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 13 February 2015 – 18:00:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 14 November 2022 – 21:40:54 UTC () (1668462054)
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review_score 8
review_percentage 90
Detected Technologies (?) SDL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 2 February 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 1513201
  • configuration:
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    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs1
    small_text1
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimenative
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 25 April 2014 – 13:03:26 UTC (), in changelist #479441

Supported Languages

7 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes

Tags

👾 Pixel Graphics 💡 Strategy 🔧 Crafting 👤 Singleplayer 🏽 2D 🖥️ Simulation 🌱 Indie 💥 Action 😓 Difficult 🌲 Survival 🗺️ Adventure 🧩 Puzzle 🎲 RPG 🗺️ Top-Down 🧱 Sandbox 🕹️ Multiplayer 😃 Funny 🤡 Comedy 🤝 Co-op 👻 Roguelike

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Steam Leaderboards Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Assets

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timestamp6 December 2024 – 10:16:05 UTC

Trailer 31255 ↴

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timestamp 12 November 2015 – 22:57:35 UTC

Trailer 22779 ↴

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timestamp 12 November 2015 – 21:10:20 UTC

Trailer 21983 ↴

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timestamp 12 November 2015 – 21:05:44 UTC

User File System

Key Value
quota 95.37 MiB (100000000)
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2 ↴
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7 ↴
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8 ↴
rootLinuxHome
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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%/My Documents/The Escapists\ global.dat
Windows %USERPROFILE%/My Documents/The Escapists\save1 *
Windows %USERPROFILE%/My Documents/The Escapists\save2 *
Windows %USERPROFILE%/My Documents/The Escapists\save3 *
MacOS ~/Library/Application Support/The Escapists/ global.dat
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MacOS ~/Library/Application Support/The Escapists/save2 *
MacOS ~/Library/Application Support/The Escapists/save3 *
Linux ~/The Escapists/ global.dat
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