Games like The Escapists

The closest matches to The Escapists: The Escapists 2, The Escapists: The Walking Dead, Sheltered, Don't Starve, and Terraria. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If The Escapists is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Escapists 2, The Escapists: The Walking Dead and Sheltered — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, contemplative and immersive, and single out its contraband hiding and crafting from junk. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

The Escapists is a strategy-focused indie game released in 2015 that tasks players with planning and executing prison escapes. Set across multiple distinct correctional facilities, the core gameplay loop revolves around collecting materials, crafting useful items from junk, forging documents, and exploiting guard patrol routines through careful observation and timing. Players hide contraband in their cells, dig tunnels, and construct elaborate schemes to overcome security measures. Reviewers highlight how each prison feels like a layered puzzle requiring methodical planning, and players describe the satisfaction of crafting something genuinely useful from random scraps. The game supports online cooperative play, adding coordination challenges to the escape-planning formula. Currently priced around $3.59 USD and marked as playable on Steam Deck, it holds a 90% positive rating from over 9,300 Steam reviews.

About The Escapists: The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!