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Daedalus - No Escape

Daedalus - No Escape

If Quake 3 Arena and Alien Breed had a baby ... it would be named Daedalus - No Escape.

Released Oct 28, 2014 Developer Patrice Meneguzzi Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ActionIndieMultiplayerTop-Down ShooterTop-Down
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

80.8%positive151 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Daedalus: No Escape is a fast little top down shooter that takes a lot of ideas from old arena shooters and puts them into a 2D space. I play as a space marine running around dark sci fi arenas, picking up weapons and trying to survive while enemies come at me from every…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.

37achievements
13.7%median completion
11.2%rarest: Defense beast
84.1% of players 58.6% of players 54.6% of players 53.7% of players 40.8% of players 39.5% of players 32.7% of players 25.3% of players 25.2% of players 19.1% of players 18.2% of players 17.9% of players 17.8% of players 17.5% of players 17.3% of players 14.3% of players 13.9% of players 13.8% of players 13.7% of players 13.6% of players 13.0% of players 12.6% of players 12.5% of players 11.9% of players 11.8% of players 11.7% of players 11.7% of players 11.6% of players 11.4% of players 11.4% of players 11.4% of players 11.3% of players 11.3% of players 11.3% of players 11.2% of players 11.2% of players 11.2% of players 84.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
84.1%First kill — Kill one opponent
58.6%In da face — Hit one opponent with a rocket
54.6%Sunday killer — Kill 10 opponents
Rarest badges of honor
11.2%Defense beast — Get 250 flags back to base in CTF mode
11.2%H-bomb — Kill 20000 opponents
11.2%Gun master — Kill 10000 opponents

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Mar 27, 2021
Free to play

Hello, Daedalus no escape has reached a point where there is almost no online activity and no new players. At the same time I still have to pay and maintain 2 servers so that players who buy the game

Mar 21, 2015
Update 1.0.14

hello, version 1.0.14 is now available, here is the change log: - added a new aiming line (like a laser), it can be activated in the options -> player - fixed linux launch issue (access denied on gdx.

Mar 21, 2015
Update 1.0.14

hello, version 1.0.14 is now available, here is the change log: - added a new aiming line (like a laser), it can be activated in the options -> player - fixed linux launch issue (access denied on gdx.

Mar 16, 2015
Update 1.0.13 - new achievements + bug fix

Hi, there was quite a lot of activity on the servers this weekend and this brought a bug into the light: Some of you may have noticed that when connecting a server that is running non official maps, a

Mar 16, 2015
Update 1.0.13 - new achievements + bug fix

Hi, there was quite a lot of activity on the servers this weekend and this brought a bug into the light: Some of you may have noticed that when connecting a server that is running non official maps, a

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsAction · Indie · Multiplayer · Top-Down Shooter · Top-Down · Arena Shooter · Shooter (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Stats · Includes level editor · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements37
Official sitehttp://www.daedalus-thegame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 - Windows 8 Processor: dual core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.0 compatible graphics card Storage: 300 MB available space