Yes, worth buying.
At $17.99. It has been as low as $3.59.
- Gameplay: 47 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story and characters: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews
Based on 16k player reviews · updated 2 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Gameplay involves a strict schedule of showing up for rollcall (a sort of headcount to make sure no one has escaped) followed by breakfasts, work routines, exercise period, shower period, an evening meal and an evening rollcall followed by returning to your cell for lights out, with usually 2 free periods available inbetween.
Other small issues that I had outside of the extensive waiting periods for the right items to show up would be the arguably-dated pixel graphics that will turn some modern gamers off (something the sequel solved quite nicely, albeit that has its own problem with the game's challenge veering towards being too easy) alongside the price point being a bit too high when you look at what the indies of today has to offer, though thankfully this game frequently goes on sale at a good discount.
What makes this game so amazing is that it gives you the chance to live out that mental fantasy where you imagine that you could do a better job of breaking out of jail than any number of TV or Movie characters (or even real-life felons).
Multiplayer functionality adds another layer of enjoyment, allowing friends to cooperate or compete in orchestrating escapes.
- Soundtrack is great!
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.
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.
Currently $17.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.59.
The data behind the verdict
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