Games like The Great Escape
If The Great Escape is your kind of game, the closest matches are Where Time Stood Still, Marco Polo and Central Intelligence — picked from the ranked list below. 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.
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Players who liked The Great Escape also play
Steam players who put hours into The Great Escape 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.
Where Time Stood Still
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Great Escape fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Great Escape.
Your plane has ditched on a mountain plateau somewhere in deepest Tibet. You and your companions are alive but recovery from the impact is short lived; a large shape is moving towards you. As it gets closer you rub your eyes in disbelief: a Dinosaur! Where are you?... and when?
Marco Polo
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Great Escape fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Great Escape.
MARCO POLO - The art of bargaining lies in knowing how far you can go. Fame, fortune and adventure lie ahead.
Central Intelligence
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Great Escape fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Great Escape.
Central Intelligence is the ultimate test of your strategic skills. In this CIA-style mission you can operate in three areas, Propaganda, Military, and Political, to achieve your objectives.
Broken Spell 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Great Escape fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Great Escape.
Broken Spell 2 is an ARPG game. You will fight in blood with cruel and ferocious warlock and sorcerers for saving pretty girls.
Deadly Dozen
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Great Escape fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Great Escape.
Infiltrate German occupied territory with your squad of military misfits. Destroy, steal, and kidnap your way out.
The Escapists
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Great Escape fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Great Escape.
The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!
Plebby Quest: The Crusades
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Great Escape fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Great Escape.
Survive ambitious rulers dreaming of an empire, outsmart treacherous neighbors longing to burn your spoils, and navigate the religion’s predictably unreasonable demands; you need ask only one question as you build your legacy – “Will you burn them, or be burnt?”
Objects in Space
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Great Escape fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Great Escape.
Objects in Space is a retro space game centred on 2D point-and-click stealth action in a massive open world. Players have their own customisable ships and can meet people, become a trader, bounty hunter, explorer, scavenger or all of them at once.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Great Escape at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Great Escape on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Great Escape.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Great Escape on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Great Escape.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under The Great Escape on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Great Escape.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Great Escape on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Great Escape.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Great Escape on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Great Escape.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Great Escape on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Great Escape.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Great Escape on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Great Escape.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Great Escape on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Great Escape.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with The Great Escape.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Fallout Shelter
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with The Great Escape.
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
Clicker Heroes
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Adventure with The Great Escape.
Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with The Great Escape.
Take on Duelists around the world with "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links"! Step into a world that crosses dimensions and connects all Duelists. In Duel World, any location transforms into a Duel Field where heated Duels unfold!
Endless Sky
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Great Escape.
Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.
Soda Dungeon 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Everyone’s favorite laid-back dungeon crawler returns in Soda Dungeon 2. Featuring a new adventure, a whole town to upgrade, crafting, new classes, alternate dimensions, and more! It’s everything you loved about the original plus all the stuff you’ve been asking for.
Time Clickers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Great Escape.
Time Clickers is what's called an 'incremental game'. There's always a fun upgrade to look forward to, and the numbers keep getting bigger! Hire a team to fight for you, even when you're offline!
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More from Ocean Software
Other recommendable Steam games by Ocean Software, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Where Time Stood Still
WHY THIS
Another title from Ocean Software, the studio behind The Great Escape. Shares Action and Strategy with The Great Escape.
Your plane has ditched on a mountain plateau somewhere in deepest Tibet. You and your companions are alive but recovery from the impact is short lived; a large shape is moving towards you. As it gets closer you rub your eyes in disbelief: a Dinosaur! Where are you?... and when?
Last Rites
WHY THIS
Another title from Ocean Software, the studio behind The Great Escape. Shares Action with The Great Escape.
"We are food, but not for long." The Zombie apocalypse has come, and your squad is the last line of defense. Command a Special Forces unit with high-tech weaponry in this mission-based FPS with sprawling indoor and outdoor environments.
Central Intelligence
WHY THIS
Another title from Ocean Software, the studio behind The Great Escape. Shares Action and Strategy with The Great Escape.
Central Intelligence is the ultimate test of your strategic skills. In this CIA-style mission you can operate in three areas, Propaganda, Military, and Political, to achieve your objectives.
ELF
WHY THIS
Another title from Ocean Software, the studio behind The Great Escape. Shares Action and Adventure with The Great Escape.
The brave elf Cornelius must set out on a quest to save his true love from the clutches of Necrilous the Not Very Nice. Many villainous creatures, devious puzzles, traps, and tricky platforming challenges stand between Cornelius and his beloved, but they will be no match for him and his magic ring!
Sleepwalker
WHY THIS
Another title from Ocean Software, the studio behind The Great Escape. Shares Strategy and Adventure with The Great Escape.
Lee sleepwalks on city rooftops, through the local zoo, down into a cavernous crypt, and across an active construction site! It’s up to Lee’s loyal dog Ralph to watch over him, neutralize hazards, and safely guide him home to his bed without waking him up in this hilarious puzzle platformer.
Pushover
WHY THIS
Another title from Ocean Software, the studio behind The Great Escape. Shares Strategy and Adventure with The Great Escape.
G.I.Ant is extremely clever, and highly trained in tactical maneuvers. What's more, he is extraordinarily strong, and super smart. His latest mission is to gain access to the crazy world of Captain Rat's Treasure Caves. Straight forward, huh?...... NOT!
Motor Mash
WHY THIS
Another title from Ocean Software, the studio behind The Great Escape. Shares Action with The Great Escape.
Get Into the Mash! And Get into the 3D Cartoon Madness, 12 different cars and drivers in a fast, varied, style and weapons, lots of weapons!
Battle Command
WHY THIS
Another title from Ocean Software, the studio behind The Great Escape. Shares Action and Strategy with The Great Escape.
Take control of a futuristic assault tank, dropped by Helicarrier right into the action! With multiple camera views and an array of weaponry, this much-loved ‘command’ game focuses more on outright fighting than the strategic elements of similar retro titles.
Frequently asked about The Great Escape
- Does The Great Escape work on Steam Deck?
- The Great Escape is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does The Great Escape cost?
- The Great Escape is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Great Escape?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Great Escape are Where Time Stood Still, Marco Polo, Central Intelligence.
- Who developed The Great Escape?
- The Great Escape was developed by Ocean Software and published by Ziggurat.
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