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About The Escapists
In The Escapists you are locked up again and must plan a breakout using any method you can devise. The game offers a sandbox of prison life where you can cause riots, dig tunnels, or steal uniforms to slip past guards.
Each prison features its own routine, jobs, and a large pool of items to craft. Success depends on breaking rules without raising suspicion, completing jobs, and managing inmate favour while working toward freedom.
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Prison Structures
The game includes ten fully operational prisons, each with its own daily schedule and security measures. These prisons provide a realistic backdrop for planning escapes, from routine roll calls to guard patrols.
Each location presents distinct challenges, encouraging players to adapt strategies for tunneling, disguises, or riots based on the environment’s layout and guard behavior.
- Observe guard patterns before attempting a break‑out.
- Use the prison’s routine to hide suspicious actions.
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Job Opportunities
Ten separate jobs are available, allowing you to earn resources and blend in with prison life. Holding a job helps maintain a low profile while providing materials for crafting.
Successful employment also reduces guard suspicion, making it easier to hide contraband and work on escape plans without drawing attention.
- Pick a job that supplies needed crafting items.
- Maintain consistent attendance to avoid penalties.
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Crafting and Items
Over 185 unique items can be found, combined, or crafted into tools such as shivs, nunchucks, and maces. These items enable various escape methods, from combat to stealth.
Crafting requires gathering components, often hidden in work areas or smuggled from other inmates, and then combining them to assemble the final tool.
- Collect surplus items during work shifts.
- Experiment with different combinations for hidden tools.
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Inmate Favour
Inmates offer various favour types that you can tackle, and keeping them happy helps you avoid conflicts that could alert guards. Maintaining good relations prevents conflicts that could alert guards.
Favour tasks involve small favors like delivering items or performing simple services, and completing them helps you stay on good terms with inmates while planning an exit.
- Prioritize low‑risk favours early on.
- Balance favour work with job duties to stay unnoticed.
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Community Tools
The Prison Editor lets players design custom prisons from scratch and share them via the Steam Workshop. Multiple save slots allow several escape attempts to be active simultaneously.
Steam Achievements, Leaderboards, and Cloud saves provide ways to track progress, compare escapes with others, and keep data synchronized across sessions.
- Test your custom prison with a quick run‑through.
- Use multiple save slots to experiment with different strategies.
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