The Escapists 2

In the game, players assume control of an inmate from a top-down perspective. The inmate must follow daily routines in the prison while completing quests for fellow inmates and seeking out opportunities to escape. Missing routines results in the prison's security level increasing; at higher security levels, more guards patrol the prison, dogs sniff out contraband items stored by inmates, and, at the highest security level, a total lockdown occurs in which all inmates must return to their cells. A lockdown can also be caused by damaging the prison or misplacing guards' keys.

The Escapists 2 features a crafting system which allows players to craft items like shovels, stun guns, and dummies to confuse guards. Once the player character is caught, all contraband items in the inventory are lost and the inmate is put into solitary confinement. Comparing to its predecessors, the game has a larger variety of prisons, including prisoner transport vehicles and incarceration facilities set in space. There are also more customization options for the player character.

Mouldy Toof Studios created The Escapists 2 in conjunction with Team17. The team listened to feedback from players who have played the first game and identified multiplayer as the most requested feature. Since the first game's code would have needed to be substantially rewritten to incorporate such features, the team decided to create a new game instead. The team wanted to introduce something new to players. Therefore, many systems were expanded to become more complex, and the prisons featured in the game are multi-storied.

Team17 announced the game on October 3, 2016. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on August 22, 2017. Team17 then released the game on Nintendo Switch on January 16, 2018. The game was released for iOS and Android on January 31, 2019 as The Escapists 2: Pocket Breakout.

The game received generally positive reviews from critics according to review aggregator website Metacritic. The Russian magazine Igromania praised the game's humor, characters, variety of maps, and the option to play multiplayer, while somewhat criticizing the interface, specifically the dialog boxes.