- 86/100
- Players48 ratings
- 100/100
- Critics1 review
More scores
- Metacritic4 critic reviews
- 82/100
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 73/100
- GameFAQsJust Right
- 3.88/5
- Player reviews
- 94% positive16,610 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Runs on
- Windows, Mac, Linux
- Price
- US$19.78
Where to get it
2021 · Pine Studio · Adventure · Escape room
Escape Simulator
Xbox console exclusive
Escape Simulator is a next-gen escape room experience: pick up and examine everything, move furniture, smash pots and melt locks! Play solo or with a friend to solve cryptic puzzles and riddles.
- Released
- 19 October 2021
- Platforms
- LinuxSteamVRWindowsXbox OneXbox Series X/SmacOS
- Genres
- AdventureEscape roomIndiePoint-and-click adventurePuzzleSimulation
- Developers
- Pine Studio
- Publishers
- Pine Studio
- Series
- Escape Simulator
- Modes
- Co-opMultiplayerSingle-player
- Perspective
- First personVirtual Reality
- Themes
- Mystery
- Country
- Croatia
- Age ratings
- ESRB E
- Languages
- Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Spanish (Spain), Turkish
- Copies sold
- 3 million as of 2025-10-27
- Entry
- #1 in Escape Simulator
- Time to beat
- 7.5hmain story16hcompletionist
About
Escape Simulator is a first person puzzle video game developed by Pine Studio and released on October 19, 2021. A sequel, Escape Simulator 2, was released on October 27, 2025.
›Story
Labyrinth of Egypt
"You and your mentor discovered the ancient Labyrinth of Egypt. By accident, he activated a
trap, and you got separated, with no way out in sight."
Adrift in Space
"An explosion wakes you up. Your spaceship has been hit by debris, and you're heading straight into the sun."
Edgewood Mansion
"You were invited to attend a special dinner at Dr. Edgewood's mansion. Instead of eating food, you'll be solving a victorian mystery."
The Corporation
"You come for a job interview at the mysterious Omega A.I. Corp. You find the HQ empty and get trapped by the security system."
Players say
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The game is based upon real-life escape rooms, where objects can be taken, inspected and broken and the objective for the player is to figure out how to escape the locked premises. Development took slightly less than two years. The game can be played cooperatively online with up to 10 players, and also comes with a tool which allows for the players to create their own rooms. More than 3,000 rooms have been created.
Reception
In less than a week since its release, the game reportedly sold 50,000 units the revenue of four million HRK. By May 2022, within seven months of its release, Escape Simulator had accumulated sales of 2,000,000 units.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Downloadable content
- Escape Simulator: Mayan DLCEscape Simulator: Magic DLCEscape Simulator: SteampunkEscape Simulator: Among UsEscape Simulator: Wild WestEscape Simulator: PowerWash DLCEscape Simulator: SpyEscape Simulator: The Talos Principle DLCEscape Simulator: Portal Escape Chamber
- Built on it
- Escape Simulator: SteampunkEscape Simulator: Wild WestEscape Simulator: Magic DLCEscape Simulator: Mayan DLCEscape Simulator: Spy
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