The Escapists: The Walking Dead

The Escapists: The Walking Dead

Steam Deck Verified

Team17 Digital Ltd · Zombies · Sep 30, 2015

It depends on what you're after.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $3.59.

64%
Mixed
902 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 29 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 902 player reviews · updated 5 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
29% of themes are praise28% are divided43% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
This crossover brings a fresh perspective to both franchises by merging the survival and resource management mechanics with familiar characters and settings, wrapped in a retro-inspired pixel art style that gives the game a distinctive aesthetic appeal.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The pixel art and soundtrack are charming, and there's something genuinely fun about surviving a zombie apocalypse with Escapists-style mechanics — for about the first hour.
7 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 love2 themes
Graphics17 reviews
Audio7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters55 reviews
51%
Gameplay37 reviews
49%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat29 reviews
31%
Bugs14 reviews
64%
Interface8 reviews
25%

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. 5 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 $3.59 (−80%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $3.59

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
64%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
24
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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