Escape Simulator

Escape Simulator

Steam Deck Verified

Pine Studio · Puzzle · Oct 19, 2021

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $9.99.

94%
Very Positive
19k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Co-op: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Story and characters: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 19k player reviews · updated 4 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
56% of themes are praise33% are divided11% are caveats
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
I think the We We Here model of coop puzzles works better.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
The puzzles are not too difficult and the game is not punishing for taking your time.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
The character customization and options to either be single player or multiplayer was a good idea. the looking at items in your inventory because you can interact with them to do something is a amazing concept.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The game has nice graphics and themes.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Escape Simulator is the best escape room experience I've played with a charming aesthetic, clever puzzle design, and a highly rewarding gameplay loop.
14 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 love5 themes
Co-op32 reviews
Difficulty27 reviews
Multiplayer16 reviews
Graphics16 reviews
Gameplay14 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Bugs9 reviews
78%
Monetization9 reviews
44%
Interface8 reviews
63%
Players complain% still recommend
Story and characters9 reviews
67%

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. 3 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.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $9.99 (−50%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
25
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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