Escape the Game

Escape the Game

Steam Deck · unrated

Simon Fredholm · Free to Play · Oct 13, 2016

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's free to play.

84%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 105 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 19 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k 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 praise14% are divided29% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
If the game isn't really meant to challenge the player, rather to be more of an interactive story, then it might be fine as is, but so far I feel like this is a game that wants to make the player sweat sometimes.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
My five minutes of gameplay was pretty fun, the controls are great and the game is visually charming.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
very well designed graphics, very well written gameplay.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Not to mention the great soundtrack and interesting mechanics.
9 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
Story and characters50 reviews
Gameplay35 reviews
Graphics25 reviews
Audio9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface6 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes105 reviews
57%
Bugs19 reviews
53%

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.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
84%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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