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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?
The Escapists 2 is a multiplayer, strategy and pixel graphics game
developed by Team17 and Mouldy Toof Studios
and published by Team17.
Released on August 21st 2017 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 7 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Italian.
It has received 31,948 reviews of which 28,948 were positive and 3,000 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.
The Steam community has classified The Escapists 2 into these genres:
System requirements
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Windows
- 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
MacOS
- OS: OSX 10.10 Yosemite
- Processor: Intel Core i5 @2.7Ghz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GT 640M, AMD Radeon HD 5750, Intel HD Graphics 6100
- Storage: 4 GB available space
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Mint 18.2
- Processor: Intel Core i5 @3.3Ghz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTS 8800, AMD Radeon HD 4650, Intel HD Graphics 6100
- Storage: 4 GB available space
User reviews & Ratings
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Just finished Area 17 and U.S.S. Anomaly and I can say without a shadow of a doubt that this game is super fun. The first Escapists game felt a bit clunky and in my experience prison escapes were incredibly hard. Maybe they weren't so hard per se, but rather that the game did not communicate escape plans properly, so you would almost certainly screw up in some part unless you were reading a guide about it. They solved it all in this game. The tutorial does a superb job at explaining the main basics to escape prisons, but what really makes you get good at escaping are the brand new Transport Prisons - These prisons only last a day and you should escape them as soon as possible while avoiding the guards. Here you'll learn in real practice how to beat them up, how to craft and how to gather items to escape in real prisons. My favorite prison has got to be Rattlesnake Springs, not only I loved the whole Western style to it, but also the fact that the escape routes are super creative but not difficult. Back in the previous game you usually had to dig a long hall and keep placing supports to escape via digging. In this prison there's a whole mine beneath it, so all you have to do is to dig into the mine itself, break a few walls and you will find a tunnel that leads directly to the exit. The diffculty curve for the prisons are something that I actively complained in the previous game, and now I'm actively praising in this game - They did an incredible job. Haven't played myself with another friend but it is so damn cool that there are multiplayer escapes, not only it encourages playing the game with your friends but also it is another new route for escaping in the game. And damn, most multiplayer escapes are really thought of, like that UFO escape in Area 17! I kinda wish I could do that one escape on my own haha I would say that my only pet peeve of this game is the cringey Youtuber names that you cannot change in any way. I get it, it helps getting more people into the game but God... It breaks my immersion while I'm playing and out of a sudden a guard with the name "DiddyDisciple" appears, at least let me turn it off or something. Still, an incredible game that I recommend for just about anyone that wants a new unique experience. Prison escaping is a genre that I love, kinda wish there were more (good) games like it.
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When i was in the prison i became a master musician and then was beaten to death by 3 big burly men, then I got released and played this game, and it's pretty good
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---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☑ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☑ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☑ 9 ☐ 10
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Hella funny game. I highly recommend with friends. I was playing a little bit ago with 3 of my friends on a map and we couldn't get out so one of my friends decided that digging out under the electric fence was a good idea. We spent 3 hours on that map dying over and over, my friend who was digging the tunnel started to go crazy cause we weren't out yet, like when we needed just 1 more lumber than we had anticipated he started to laugh hysterically, he laughed even more hysterically when we finally escaped, it was hilarious.
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The Escapists 2 is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.
The Escapists 2 is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.
The Escapists 2 received 28,948 positive votes out of a total of 31,948 achieving a rating of 8.88.
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The Escapists 2 was developed by Team17 and Mouldy Toof Studios and published by Team17.
The Escapists 2 is playable and fully supported on Windows.
The Escapists 2 is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
The Escapists 2 is playable and fully supported on Linux.
The Escapists 2 offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
The Escapists 2 offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
There are 5 DLCs available for The Escapists 2. Explore additional content available for The Escapists 2 on Steam.
The Escapists 2 does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
The Escapists 2 supports Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet, Remote Play on TV and Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
The Escapists 2 is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for The Escapists 2.
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Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
277
Developer
Team17,
Mouldy Toof Studios
Publisher
Team17
Release
21 Aug 2017
Platforms
Remote Play
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