Games like The Escapists 2
If The Escapists 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Streets of Rogue, Hacktag and Warriors: Rise to Glory — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its multiplayer adds chaotic fun, challenging and funny. 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.
Get personalized picks →The Escapists 2 is a prison escape strategy game released in 2017 by Team17 and Mouldy Toof Studios. Players engage in crafting, perimeter-breakouts, and time-limited-escapes through prison-escape puzzles, working toward freedom from increasingly difficult facilities. The game supports both single-player and local co-op multiplayer, with reviewers highlighting that multiplayer adds chaotic fun to the experience. Players describe the game as challenging, funny, and lighthearted, with the retro pixel art style holding up well. The game is priced at $19.99 USD and runs as playable on Steam Deck. It received a 91% positive rating from 11,196 Steam reviews.
About The Escapists 2: Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?
Players who liked The Escapists 2 also play
Steam players who put hours into The Escapists 2 also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Streets of Rogue
WHY THIS
Shares multiplayer co op and a challenging mood with The Escapists 2.
Top pick for The Escapists 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
Hacktag
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with The Escapists 2.
Second-strongest match for The Escapists 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
Hacktag is a fast-paced two-player co-op stealth-game with unique asymmetric gameplay. Play as the stealth Agent in the field or as the virtually-infiltrated Hacker and work together to carry out espionage missions where nothing goes as expected!
Warriors: Rise to Glory
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with The Escapists 2.
Third-strongest match for The Escapists 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Escapists 2.
In this rogue-lite turn-based RPG, you create a bloodline of gladiators, fight online with or against your friends in the arena, decide the fate of your fallen rivals, and bring honor, wealth, and the spoils of war to improve your legacy.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Escapists 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Escapists 2.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Hide and Seek
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with The Escapists 2.
Ranked #5 for The Escapists 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
It is a very funny, fast and easy game which can be played by adults as well as children. This game has two teams that try to prevent each other from winning.
Mini Thief
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with The Escapists 2.
Ranked #6 for The Escapists 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Escapists 2.
Can you escape with the loot? Play as the Master Thief and steal as much as you can. Burgle houses in order to obtain some sweet, sweet loot but, be careful, do not get caught!.
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Escapists 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Escapists 2.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with The Escapists 2.
Ranked #8 for The Escapists 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Escapists 2.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.
Reviewers mention these as similar to The Escapists 2
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The Escapists
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with The Escapists 2.
Reviewers of The Escapists 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Escapists 2.
The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!
Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with The Escapists 2.
Reviewers of The Escapists 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Escapists 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Escapists 2.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
The Survivalists
WHY THIS
Shares multiplayer co op and a funny mood with The Escapists 2.
Reviewers of The Escapists 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?
Prison Escape Simulator
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Escapists 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with The Escapists 2.
The prisoner is in the world’s highest security prison. His only chance to reunite with his family is to escape. Everything is in your hands. Survive and escape. This survival escape game will take your breath away. Will you be able to escape from prison?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Escapists 2 at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with The Escapists 2.
Priced ~50% under The Escapists 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Escapists 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Escapists 2.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Escapists 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Escapists 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Escapists 2.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Escapists 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Escapists 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under The Escapists 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Escapists 2.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Escapists 2.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Escapists 2.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Escapists 2.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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More from Team17
Other recommendable Steam games by Team17, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Overcooked! 2
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with The Escapists 2.
Another title from Team17, the studio behind The Escapists 2. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!
Golf With Your Friends
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with The Escapists 2.
Another title from Team17, the studio behind The Escapists 2. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
Why have friends if not to play Golf... With Your Friends! Nothing is out of bounds as you take on courses filled with fast paced, exciting, simultaneous mini golf for up to 12 players!
Worms W.M.D
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and a funny mood with The Escapists 2.
Another title from Team17, the studio behind The Escapists 2. Shares Strategy with The Escapists 2.
The worms are back in their most destructive game yet. With a gorgeous, hand-drawn 2D look, brand new weapons, the introduction of crafting, vehicles and buildings plus the return of some much-loved classic weapons and gameplay, Worms W.M.D is the best worms experience ever.
The Survivalists
WHY THIS
Shares multiplayer co op and a funny mood with The Escapists 2.
Another title from Team17, the studio behind The Escapists 2. Shares Indie with The Escapists 2.
A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?
Killer Frequency
WHY THIS
Another title from Team17, the studio behind The Escapists 2. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Escapists 2.
Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.
Frequently asked about The Escapists 2
- Does The Escapists 2 run on Steam Deck?
- The Escapists 2 is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does The Escapists 2 cost?
- The Escapists 2 is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does The Escapists 2 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — The Escapists 2 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to The Escapists 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Escapists 2 are Streets of Rogue, Hacktag, Warriors: Rise to Glory.
- Who developed The Escapists 2?
- The Escapists 2 was developed by Team17, Mouldy Toof Studios and published by Team17.
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