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The Escapists 2
Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
28 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“spent 40 in game days tunneling under an electric fence. The moment i popped out on the other side of the wall, i realized it was broad daylight and was noscoped by a guard tower. 11/10 experience perimeter breakouts…”
“I spent 3 real-life days digging a tunnel with a spoon. I forgot to cover the hole. A guard named Steve found it. Steve now owns my soul. 10/10 would attempt escaping again.”
“Hi, I named is jeffy. Myself played game of very hours, is fun. Is like being with papa all over again, he is in prison now so myself cant look him. Myself the appreciation guard, him slip my lube for cellmate and then…”
19 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“It's decent with friends, but it is still unpolished. It requires a lot of effort for little payoff and for me, it is just not worth it. You spend majority of the game doing boring, repetetive, nigh pointless tasks.”
“Funny game, if you have a stack of friends to play with. Otherwise, I don't think it'll be that interesting. Game is just a bunch of maze-levels, where you can escape from with many different ways. 6/10.”
“I do not recommend this game, unless you are really bored and have some friends to play with. It's not bad, it's just not that interesting past the first 5 hours or so,”
7 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“I spent 3 real-life days digging a tunnel with a spoon. I forgot to cover the hole. A guard named Steve found it. Steve now owns my soul. 10/10 would attempt escaping again.”
“i really enjoyed beating up the guards constantly and setting up everyone else so that they hate me 10/10 would play again”
“100% completed The Escapists 2 in 41.7 hours every escape, every achievement, every prison. A genuinely well-designed game with a simple but very addictive gameplay loop. Each prison feels distinct, progression is…”
6 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ Forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Staring at it for too long will make your eyes explode ☑ MS-DOS ---{ Sound Effects }--- ☐ Good ☑ Very Good ☐ Not bad ☐ Terrible ☐ I'm deaf…”
“Really great puzzle game! Would recommend for anyone that likes thinking and puzzle games. Some levels are harder than others, but it always feels like the right difficulty.”
“Really fun game. I really enjoy doing the achievements, they are not too hard to do, but also not too easy. I like how each of map are practically the same, but still different. Super cool to play with someone else :3”
5 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ Forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Staring at it for too long will make your eyes explode ☑ MS-DOS ---{ Sound Effects }--- ☐ Good ☑ Very Good ☐ Not bad ☐ Terrible ☐ I'm deaf…”
“This game is a gigantic improvement over the original, the mechanics are cleaner, the music is catchy, the artstyle is honestly a treat for the eyes with how great and detailed it is. Combat is fluid and way better. The…”
“Its a very cool escape game to play with friends and even alone. I love the art and the mechanics in the game. I haveit already on steam, Playstation and Switch. On every acc I tried to make all achievements cause this…”
9 of the 96 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“It's decent with friends, but it is still unpolished. It requires a lot of effort for little payoff and for me, it is just not worth it. You spend majority of the game doing boring, repetetive, nigh pointless tasks.”
“Funny game, if you have a stack of friends to play with. Otherwise, I don't think it'll be that interesting. Game is just a bunch of maze-levels, where you can escape from with many different ways. 6/10.”
“Quite fun and quirky game - especially great with friends and mess around. Tho the combat can be super annoying at times and the achievements are extremely grindy to the point that you really question what they were…”
3 of the 96 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“A really good game with a lot of thing to do (and a lot of multiplayer bugs)”
“free the homies (no soap dropping mechanics if thats what you're here for which is a downside)”
“great game with a fun gameplay loop and great editor, sadly the game hasnt been updated in years, the editor is unfinished and the only communication from the devs since 2020 was to shill a dlc for a diffrent game, tbh…”
Counted across 96 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Very helpful and educational. I will definitely use what I learned from this game in the future.”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played“After 3 hours and 6 in game days we were too close to escaping. We just needed 2 more shovels. My friend hardly found 2 wooden sticks and made the shovels and headed to underground where we were digging the hole. I was bored so i decided to do some quests. I didn't know that…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“I was disappointed to learn that this is not a true sandbox in which you could really fabricate your own escape plan. There is a handful of pre-defined “correct solutions”, many of which include a very specific sequence of required steps. Making your own plan usually fails…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:48 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Multiplayer · Strategy · Pixel Graphics · Online Co-Op · Co-op · 2D · Crafting · Local Co-Op · Simulation · Singleplayer · Indie · Sandbox (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 58 |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.team17.com/games/the-escapists-2/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8.1/10 (32-bit versions) Processor: Intel Core Duo E6600 @ 2.4GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel 4400, GeForce GT 8800, AMD Radeon HD 4650 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: Windows Compatible Sound card