The Escapists

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  • Summary: Plot an intricate prison escape while working within the prison's schedule, creating weapons and tools while not bring suspicion upon yourself from guards.

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Gamestyle
    Feb 9, 2015
    90
    Whilst I was aware of The Escapists, it was never a game on my most wanted list, but having now played for a good number of hours and still only scratching the surface, I can wholeheartedly recommend picking this up and get involved with one of the first great indie titles of 2015.
  2. NZGamer
    Mar 2, 2015
    84
    The Escapists is a wonderfully deep and complex puzzle game that reels you in further and further as you make progress from one prison to the next.
  3. GameSpot
    Feb 10, 2015
    80
    You might not want to live in one of The Escapists' prisons, but you will definitely enjoy the visit.
  4. IGN Spain
    Feb 21, 2015
    78
    The Escapists may look almost like a casual game, but it's exactly the opposite, a deep sandbox experience that needs an 'investment' from the player to become really enjoyable.
  5. Gaming Nexus
    Mar 13, 2015
    74
    The Escapists oozes charm, but due to the inherent nature of the game, it has a tendency to be boring. It takes a lot of patience to make your escape, and you'll spend a lot of your time waiting. This may be a turn off for some, but for others it may make that final escape all the more satisfying.
  6. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Feb 10, 2015
    70
    A brilliantly unique indie escape-'em-up that combines stealth, strategy, and simulation to great effect, but you'll need saint-like patience to get the most out of it.
  7. Xbox Achievements
    Feb 9, 2015
    60
    What looks like a bright and breezy game turns out to be an incredibly stiff challenge that can occasionally be hugely rewarding. More often than not, however, The Escapists is about as pleasurable as a swift kick in the bollocks.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. CyberLegend132
    Mar 16, 2015
    10
    The Escapist is one the most INTENSE and AWESOME game, it's 8 - bit graphic looks very cool and it takes brain and brawn to escape all theThe Escapist is one the most INTENSE and AWESOME game, it's 8 - bit graphic looks very cool and it takes brain and brawn to escape all the prisons, you start of in a cell with some items. You must gather more items and craft and work out and do jobs to escape, you have more than one escape route to take, would you rather dig out of your cell or in solitary? Or you will cut the fences while wearing a guard uniform to run? The choice is yours.

    This game worths every penny you use to buy it, so what are you waiting for? BUY IT NOW!!!    … Expand
  2. zomboidmike
    May 16, 2015
    9
    So much fun. Great design and a lot of cool ideas. Entertaining and worth the price. 8bits pays once again when it takes to old schoolSo much fun. Great design and a lot of cool ideas. Entertaining and worth the price. 8bits pays once again when it takes to old school players. Appreciated!… Expand
  4. GrumpyGamer85
    Jun 23, 2015
    9
    i found the game at first quite poor but once you understand how to play it there is alot of fun to be had.

    i racked up over 50hrs on this    i found the game at first quite poor but once you understand how to play it there is alot of fun to be had.

    i racked up over 50hrs on this game

    best advice i can give anyone is to go to the escapist wiki page on crafting and take pics of each page on your smart phone so know what your capable of crafting,

    it's very rewarding to escape a prison,the game comes with 5 prisions each present different challenges their is also a new level to download called alcatraz for only £2.    … Expand
  5. beastlysam
    Feb 13, 2015
    8
    The Escapist is a very fun 16bit prison escape sim with a amazing soundtrack and some very interesting design features but can be a bit cruelThe Escapist is a very fun 16bit prison escape sim with a amazing soundtrack and some very interesting design features but can be a bit cruel at times but has some very rewarding outcomes. It has a very deep and useful crafting system but some of the combinations are a bit strange. Also it can be frustrating if you have been doing a lot during the day and then just muck up by accident and have to repeat the whole day but overall The Esapist is a great game and one of the best on the ID@Xbox scheme… Expand
  6. ZackH25
    Mar 25, 2023
    7
    Very unique game and liked how every prison essentially got harder and required different ways to escape. Also so many ways to escape madeVery unique game and liked how every prison essentially got harder and required different ways to escape. Also so many ways to escape made this game very immersive as well. It did get quite repetitive making your character stronger and smarter. It also felt too luck based at times but overall great fun.… Expand
  7. GamePlayer77
    Sep 19, 2020
    7
    The home console port of this game massively improved on the bugs encountered in the PC version. However, that also brought in one of the mostThe home console port of this game massively improved on the bugs encountered in the PC version. However, that also brought in one of the most annoying bugs I've ever experienced in a video game. If you play this game and then let another user play it, the first user has a chance to lose ALL of their progress. This one bug, being so often and annoying, dampened my opinion of this near-perfect game.… Expand
  8. Broyax
    Dec 30, 2016
    0
    V'là un early access programmé avec le fion et gribouillé avec le cul qui a fait son petit chemin du PC vers la console, jusque sur la XboxV'là un early access programmé avec le fion et gribouillé avec le cul qui a fait son petit chemin du PC vers la console, jusque sur la Xbox One ! on se dit naïvement que de telles choses ne peuvent pas arriver, qu'on ne peut pas faire n'importe quoi et pourtant...

    Team17 est un nom qui dit quelque chose et nous fait remonter au temps de l'Amiga (entre autres) où ces charlots bricolaient déjà des trucs assez vilains et plutôt cons. Et depuis lors, les mecs n'ont pas évolué d'un iota et sont restés coincés dans la matrice (celle des pixels, tu les sens mes gros pixels de merde ? tu les vois au moins ?!).

    Ils ont réussi le tour de force de donner l'impression de jouer en VGA sur une télé 1080p ! c'est tellement dégueulasse que tu sais même pas ce que ça représente... quoi ? c'est une grille d'aération, "ça" ? et là un lit ? putain la 2D écrasée verticale, la putain de 2D mec, ça devrait être interdit par la loi ! c'est immmmonde (oui avec 4 m).

    En dehors de ça, c'est-à-dire en dehors du fait que cette espèce de jeu est finie à la pisse, on se rend compte tout de suite que la non-jouabilité et l'anti-ergonomie ont respecté le cahier de la décharge d'où les escapisses n'auraient jamais dû s'évader.    … Expand

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Awards & Rankings

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#70 Best Xbox One Game of 2015
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#67 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2015
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#61 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2015