The Escapists

The Escapists is a prison-themed strategy game where players are trapped in a prison. Their goal is to improve themselves, acquire equipment, expand their group, increase their intelligence, and ultimately escape. The game features a sandbox environment that simulates a prison setting, requiring players to use their brains and plan their escape routes. It's a level-based game; after escaping one prison, the game will present you with increasingly difficult ones, allowing you to develop your thinking skills and enjoy the entertainment!

Features

A Light-Hearted Take on Prison:

It’s not all doom and gloom. “The Escapists” adds a touch of humor to the prison setting, making it fun and engaging.

Strategic Gameplay:

You need to be smart to escape. The game requires careful planning and thinking ahead.

Sandbox Experience:

There’s not just one way to break out. The game offers a sandbox environment where you can craft items, trade with prisoners, and create multiple escape routes.

Life Behind Bars:

You get to experience daily prison routines, which you must follow to avoid suspicion while secretly plotting your escape.

Multiple Prisons:

Each prison has its own layout and security level. Can you escape them all?

Crafting System:

Combine everyday items to create tools and weapons to aid in your escape.

Routine and Order:

Follow the prison rules, attend roll calls, and do prison jobs while secretly planning your escape.

Customizable Characters:

Create your own prisoner with different outfits and appearances.

Escape Methods:

Tunnel out, wear a guard’s uniform, or even stage a riot. Find the escape route that works best for you.

Highlights

Addictive prison simulation game with all new features!

13 handpicked prisons filled with indie sandbox madness!

Buy, barter and beat your way to acquiring the much-needed items to create dozens of crafting combinations to aid your escape!

Blend in to bust out, prison life is filled with routine, make sure you attend role call, clock in for you job and remain under the radar.

You’ve got time, so spend it well! Train your mind at the library and your body at the gym to give you the brains and brawn to breakout!

With the revamped combat system, you’ll be chaining and blocking attacks to deliver an epic breakout beatdown.

Put the craft in crafty! Traverse through prison life, forge friendships, pull the wool over guard’s the eyes or out-right bribe them!

Advantages and disadvantages

Pros

True open-ended gameplay with multiple solutions

Distinct prisons with escalating challenges

Charming retro graphics and soundtrack

Accessible controls optimized for mobile

High replay value through different strategies

Cons

Frequent downtime waiting for routines can frustrate

Lack of guidance may be daunting for new players

User comments

I absolutely love this game. It has a nice pixel artstyle, and the gameplay is easy to learn and hard to master. There are hours of gameplay for each prison, and multiplayer is supported and can get you some escapes you couldn't get otherwise, and there are three methods to escape each regular prison and four for travel prisons which are on a timer. There's good character customization for both your own avatar and those of inmates and guards and I've barely found any bugs, glitches, or issues.

Hi. My Name is Penelope. This game is great, don't get me wrong, I just think it would be so much better if you could design your own custom prison in the game. That would be great, thanks! -Penelope Abigail Novikova Update: It keeps getting stuck on the title screen and won't let me access the game. Please fix asap! Another Update: I've given up on it being fixed; uninstalling didn't even work. Don't buy on phone, though switch version is decent.

Absolutely flawless. From top to bottom it is exactly like the console game. I thought that since it's on mobile, it would be harder to control but I was very wrong. Definitely worth the $6 and will give you hours and hours of fun if you do all the possible escapes for every prison. I also really like the dlcs they included and will only give you even more hours of fun. One of the best parts in my opinion is that you don't need wifi to play which means you can play it anytime. Overall great game

Summarize

In The Escapists: Prison Escape, you must navigate daily life inside a prison as you develop a plan to escape. The game offers a unique experience combining elements of prison life simulation with strategy and problem-solving challenges. To successfully escape, you'll have to use your ingenuity and strategic skills, creating tools and objects from everyday materials, manipulating other prisoners and guards and carrying out your plan without arousing suspicion.