The Artful Escape

Buy92%

Very Positive · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Unsupported
  • Windows

Beethoven and Dinosaur · Adventure · Sep 9, 2021

Player review score
92%
Very Positive
Price
$19.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
12
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
14
Full audio1 of 14
Subtitles14 of 14

Should I buy The Artful Escape?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 160 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 104 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 66 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 127 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
36% of themes are praise46% are divided18% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
160 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The story is good but not the star of this journey, you are!
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
104 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The Artful Escape is a platform game in which you control Francis by moving him through different landscapes imbued with sound and stunning visuals, the sound and art design is fantastic.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
66 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Thankfully in the last few years good voice acting is becoming more common place, but this is a rare instance of phenomenal voice acting.
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It's says it's unsupported on Steam deck but It played wonderful on SD with all settings on high.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story160 reviews
Graphics104 reviews
Audio66 reviews
Steam Deck7 reviews
Divided opinion
Controls
92% still recommend
Interface
83% still recommend
Characters
80% still recommend
Performance
100% still recommend
Co-op
100% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay
81% still recommend
Difficulty
82% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSUnsupported
Steam MachineUnsupported

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.

7 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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