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Prison Escape Simulator: Dig Out

Prison Escape Simulator: Dig Out

Too long in this prison, time to get out of here. Pull the carpet and start digging with a teaspoon. Watch out for the guard, sell him the junk you find. Trade toilet paper with the prisoners. Get better items and improve your stats. Expand the tunnel, use glow sticks and dynamite. Will you escape?

Released Jul 25, 2025 Developer Digital Melody Publisher PlayWay S.A., Digital Melody Platforms Windows · Mac SimulationCrimeCasual3DPhysics
View on Steam ↗ $4.71 (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 2026-09-25.

85.5%positive3,578 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Dude this one's awesome. Leans into absurdity, has a decent gameplay loop, no jank. Great work.”

— a player, Steam review · 37 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Prison Escape Simulator: Dig Out Game Review Prison Escape Simulator: Dig Out is basically Shawshank Redemption if Andy Dufresne had way more free time and absolutely no concerns about making noise. The whole goal is simple: dig your ass out of prison. Your digging tunnels,…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Not recommended · 8 found this helpful

“Awesome game loop, really hits that "one more trip" vibe well. All of that is completely ruined by the poorly implemented physics. Losing an hour of progress due to one-way invisible walls is frustrating when it happens the first time, as is losing an hour of progress due to the…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

1,700all-time peak
0 500 1k 2026 682 avg · Aug 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.

39achievements
34.3%median completion
2.7%rarest: The odds are never in your favor
94.5% of players 93.4% of players 92.3% of players 86.3% of players 84.3% of players 84.2% of players 80.8% of players 80.0% of players 77.9% of players 76.7% of players 75.6% of players 74.0% of players 67.1% of players 66.9% of players 54.8% of players 52.5% of players 51.5% of players 40.6% of players 39.3% of players 34.3% of players 33.4% of players 31.1% of players 29.7% of players 28.0% of players 28.0% of players 24.1% of players 21.3% of players 18.4% of players 14.6% of players 12.2% of players 8.0% of players 4.9% of players 4.7% of players 4.2% of players 3.9% of players 3.4% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 94.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
94.5%No place like home — Eat the prison soup.
93.4%Shovel Upgrade — Don't get caught with it.
92.3%Entrepreneur — Sell 10 items for the Guard.
Rarest badges of honor
2.7%The odds are never in your favor — Lose the russian roulette.
2.8%Fortune favors the bold — Win the russian roulette.
2.9%Seven Circles Deep — In Tunnel to Hell mode, dig a tunnel at least 100 meters deep.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$4.71−41% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$7.99base price
$4.71lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US4.71 USD−41%
EU4.71 EUR−41%
UK3.88 GBP−41%
Australia6.78 AUD−41%
Canada5.69 CAD−41%
Japan560 JPY−41%
Brazil14.15 BRL−41%
China19.47 CNY−41%

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

Brazil≈$2.7 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$5.4

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

Latest official news

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

Aug 13, 2026
A New Frontier Opens - Wild West Miner Simulator available now!

Howdy Prisoners Down in Dig Out, you’ve been carving tunnels for one reason only. Freedom. But today we’re ridin’ in with news about a whole different kind of digging… the kind that leads straight to

May 15, 2026
Take the Survey

Help Us Shape the Future Updates! We’re planning the next steps for Prison Escape Simulator: Dig Out , and this time we want to make sure we’re heading exactly where you want us to go. To do that, we’

May 05, 2026
Patch 1.0.15

Hey Prisoners We're rolling out a small but important hotfix focused on controller input. Controller Fixes - Fixed a controller button conflict A single gamepad button was incorrectly assigned to two

Apr 29, 2026
Patch 1.0.14

Hey Prisoners Today we're rolling out a small but important update that addresses the most commonly reported issues. Fixes Disappearing furniture fixed (again, but this time permanently) We've reworke

Apr 23, 2026
Patch 1.0.13

Prison Escape Simulator — Patch Notes This update focuses on quality‑of‑life improvements and fixing several issues reported by the community. Fixes & Improvements Multiple QoL improvements to interac

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAction, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation
Player tagsSimulation · Crime · Casual · 3D · Physics · Multiplayer · First-Person · Exploration · Action-Adventure · Action · Life Sim · Singleplayer (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Camera Comfort · Playable without Timed Input · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements39
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows (64-bit) 10 Processor: Intel Core i3-3220 / i3-13100T, AMD A10 6800K / Athlon X4 950 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB / GTX 1050 2GB, AMD Radeon R7 265 2GB / RX 460 2GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 12 GB available space Additional Notes: 1080p 60fps