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Escape The Mad Empire

Escape The Mad Empire

Escape the Mad Empire is a party-based, rogue-like dungeon crawler with intense and deeply tactical combat. Overcome the challenges as a band of heroes, and preserve their lives and sanity by managing resources and growing your base. Can you Escape the Mad Empire?

Released Apr 22, 2025 Developer XperimentalZ Games Platforms Windows Early AccessRogue-liteParty-Based RPGPixel GraphicsIsometric
View on Steam ↗ $17.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

88.9%positive425 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Great game. Classic dungeon experience. Dev is doing a great job. Worth the price.”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Great addicting game with some pretty nice pixelart graphics. The combat is simple but entertaining. It's not all that hard, so far I've only lost one character. The only thing that I really think this game could use to improve the overall experience would be some sort of…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Not recommended · 4 found this helpful

“The game has a great and satisfying baseline, but starts crumbling at everything else. Encounters get repetitive, environments are too similar to matter, progression matters little, and there's not much to strive for. The game doesn't have a lot of content, and its systems don't…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.

300all-time peak
0 250 500 2026 203 avg · Apr 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

53achievements
7.3%median completion
0.1%rarest: From the Jaws of Death
42.1% of players 37.1% of players 29.8% of players 28.8% of players 27.3% of players 25.2% of players 24.5% of players 22.1% of players 21.0% of players 18.3% of players 17.1% of players 17.1% of players 14.8% of players 14.7% of players 13.7% of players 13.5% of players 13.0% of players 12.7% of players 12.7% of players 9.8% of players 9.1% of players 8.7% of players 8.4% of players 8.1% of players 8.1% of players 8.0% of players 7.3% of players 5.4% of players 5.2% of players 5.1% of players 5.1% of players 4.8% of players 4.3% of players 4.3% of players 4.1% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.1% of players 1.9% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.8% of players 0.6% of players 0.4% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 42.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
42.1%Corner Stone — Build your first device.
37.1%Onward! — Complete your first dungeon.
29.8%Halp — Revive your first ally.
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%From the Jaws of Death — Win a battle with 4 characters unconscious simultaneously.
0.1%Bad Gamble — Hidden achievement
0.4%Againsts the Odds — Survive a dungeon after losing at least 4 characters.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$17.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$11.69lowest since tracking began2026-09-14
US17.99 USD
EU17.49 EUR
UK14.99 GBP
Australia26.50 AUD
Canada23.49 CAD
Japan2,000 JPY
Brazil54.99 BRL
China68.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$10 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$20

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-17 09-26

Latest official news

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

Sep 19, 2026
Hot Fixes EA 0.21.0.14345

- Not displaying why we can't enter dungeon during tutorial if we have too many characters

Sep 11, 2026
Patch Notes EA 0.21.0.14343

Game Crash related to glyphs Chicken + borrow life exploit Burning glyph friendly fire End of dungeon stats not showing anymore Cannot enter dungeon when Crew Member exceeds limit (same logic as overf

Jun 22, 2026
Hot Fixes EA 0.21.0.14331

- Resolved an issue with procs not working on offhand - Trying to improve pets movement

Jun 18, 2026
Content Update 0.21: Instability/Thirst options & new Items!

This update introduces new ways to mitigate instability and thirst mechanics, new items and a training dummy to test your DPS! \ Altar of the hero (selected character has 50% less instability and can

May 07, 2026
Hot Fixes EA 0.20.0.14218

- \ Resolved an issue where non permanent pets could reduce the permanent pets cap - \ Restored insurances for dead characters through a victory, which had been disabled by mistake a while back

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresIndie, RPG, Strategy, Early Access
Player tagsEarly Access · Rogue-lite · Party-Based RPG · Pixel Graphics · Isometric · Management · Singleplayer · CRPG · Tactical RPG · Dungeon Crawler · Perma Death · Difficult (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese
Achievements53
Official sitehttp://www.xperimentalzgames.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64 bits Processor: Intel Core i5 3570 or AMD FX 8350 equivalent or above Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 or AMD Radeon R7 265 equivalent or above DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 1 GB available space