The Escaper

The Escaper

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Nocturnal works · Adventure · Mar 9, 2020

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $3.99. It has been as low as $3.19.

94%
Very Positive
775 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Interface: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 775 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

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
57% of themes are praise29% are divided14% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Everything was well constructed and the graphics were pretty good and very stable, I never had a screen tear or frame drop.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Looking at about 2-3 hours to play through on your first go, and the only replayability is just playing through the same 4 rooms trying to beat your previous time.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
You can play the game room by room in individual sections, but I loved that you didn't finish a room and go back to a menu- you crawled/ exited/ etc from room to room.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
No Online play (co-op or multiplayer not possible at this point, some co-op focused rooms would have been a LOT of FUN!
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Graphics35 reviews
Gameplay14 reviews
Interface9 reviews
Multiplayer6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty43 reviews
95%
Story and characters19 reviews
95%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs7 reviews
57%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $3.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.19.

4 points recordedtoday · $3.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
16
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.