The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping! Players will have to keep in line and juggle their time sensibly as they form their personal plan of escape; working out potential routes to use as well as being incredibly smart and clever in using what seem like harmless items to craft and create various weaponry and escape tools which help aid the player in their ultimate goal of escaping. Players are tasked with advancing their character's statistics through various means such as exercising regularly and ensuring to boost their intellect as well… Whilst remembering to attend roll call, hold down their job and keep the inmates on side if you're to be successful in trading with them and ultimately… Don't forget to escape!.
The Escapists is a break out success for Mouldy Toof studios. A must-play for indie gaming fans with a little patience.
If you enjoy crafting and planning, while potentially starting a riot, then The Escapists could be the game you’re looking for.
If you’re not afraid of a little experimentation, then it would be a crime to not check out The Escapists.
An intriguing strategy game. Learn the patterns, plan your escape and execute it. Nice difficulty curve and a good variety of options make a really clever game.
An escape from a prison can be quite a fun. The tactical strategy The Escapist is almost-perfect simulator of chronic runaway hero, and it is just up to the players to overcome their own resistance to the archaic look of the game and accept some of its controversial rules.
Patience is a virtue. [Apr 2015, p.87]
By removing all the appealing elements of prison stories (colorful characters, daring escape plans as well as dangers and hardships of incarceration), the developers turned this virtual prison into its real-life equivalent — a punishment.
August 2, 2017
Team17 unveils its Gamescom lineup: The Escapists 2, Genesis Alpha One, Sword Legacy: Omen and Yoku’s Island Express.
June 8, 2017
The Escapists 2 adds a multiplayer mode. Watch video
