The Escapists

The Escapists is a prison sandbox game about planning and carrying out an escape. You decide how to get out: start a riot, dig a tunnel beneath the prison walls or steal a guard uniform to blend in. You can attempt escapes across 10 prisons from around the world, each with its own routines.

Life in prison

To avoid suspicion, you need to follow prison rules, attend roll calls and hold down a job while hiding stolen items you may need for crafting. There are 10 separate job opportunities, each requiring the knowledge to earn and keep the position. Inmates also offer favours, and the guards try to stop escape attempts. The prisons are populated by opinionated, funny inmates and guards.

Items and escape plans

You can seek out and combine or craft items to help with your escape. The game includes more than 185 unique items, and each prison offers multiple escape routes to work out and complete.

Create and track

The Prison Editor lets you build a prison from scratch and share it with the community. Multiple save slots let you keep more than one escape attempt in progress, while achievements and leaderboards track your progress and compare successful escapes with those of other players.