The Escapists 2

Buy91%

Very Positive · 34k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Team17 · Multiplayer · Aug 21, 2017

Player review score
91%
Very Positive
Price
$4.99−75%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
58
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
7
Full audio0 of 7
Subtitles7 of 7

Should I buy The Escapists 2?

Buy it if you like
  • Co-op: 70 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 45 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Multiplayer: 24 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 34k player reviews · updated

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
67% of themes are praise11% are divided22% are complaints
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
70 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op is also very enjoyable, whether playing with someone in person or someone random on a public lobby, it's always fun working with someone else to escape.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
45 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Personally, I find the prisons' difficulty is very well scaled as the game goes on, and the sandbox qualities give an infinite amount of ways to escape each one.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The combat is greatly improved over the first game as well, and it feels much more satisfying to attack inmates and guards.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It's an attitude to difficulty that was very immersive in the sense that we felt a little like we were doing real time.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game does look very nice, with a very charming improvement to the simplistic pixel graphics of the original game.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls are great, graphic design is awesome as well as the sound design / soundtrack.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Co-op70 reviews
Gameplay45 reviews
Combat12 reviews
Difficulty7 reviews
Graphics6 reviews
Audio5 reviews
Divided opinion
Story
60% still recommend
Players complain
Multiplayer
79% still recommend
Bugs
33% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen PvP

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$4.99$19.99−75%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

8 points recordedtoday · $4.99

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