The Great Escape

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App ID	814570
App Type	Game
Developer	Ocean Software
Publisher	Ziggurat
Supported Systems	Windows
Technologies	DOSBOX Emulator
Last Changenumber	29775299
Last Record Update	26 June 2025 – 22:13:29 UTC ()
Release Date	13 April 2018 – 16:45:41 UTC ()

❓ 50.00%

30 reviews

In-Game

Captured, but not defeated, you are being held in the notorious Heldentod camp. This small, converted castle in the middle of nowhere will be your home for the rest of the war—unless you can escape to rejoin the Allied Armies.

Additional Information

Developer

Ocean Software

metacritic_name

The Great Escape

metacritic_score

metacritic_fullurl

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-great-escape

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Ziggurat

Store Release Date

13 April 2018 – 16:45:52 UTC ()

osarch

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community_hub_visible

Yes

Primary Genre

Strategy (2)

Store Genres

Action (1), Adventure (25), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)

Steam Release Date

13 April 2018 – 16:45:41 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

27 February 2018 – 02:50:07 UTC () (1519699807)

review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

DOSBOX Emulator, SDL 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: 25 February 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 2554860

configuration:

supported_input	other
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	0
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	0
small_text	0
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-stable
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

First seen on SteamDB

24 February 2018 – 10:57:21 UTC (), in changelist #4103390

Supported Languages

1 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes	Yes

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timestamp	30 June 2020 – 19:38:41 UTC

Trailers

149283 ↴
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trailer_category	0
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Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
814571	The Great Escape Content	2.89 MiB	982.50 KiB

Total size on disk is 2.89 MiB and total download size is 982.50 KiB.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		2554860	27 February 2018 – 01:27:04 UTC

The Great Escape

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