The Escapists 2 similar games & best alternatives

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The Escapists 2

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2017

Should you play it?

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?

What works

  • High player autonomy and creativity
  • Engaging cooperative multiplayer
  • Strategic and challenging gameplay
  • Good replayability with multiple prisons and workshop content
  • Strong social bonding and community

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve for new players
  • Some repetitiveness in gameplay
  • Multiplayer servers sometimes inactive
  • Limited prison editor customization
  • Punitive ai and harsh guard detection

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Orake Classic

  • Heroes of Hammerwatch II

  • The Last Conflict

  • Streets of Rogue

  • UnderMine 2

  • Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine

Less competitive

Games that feels like The Escapists 2 but with less competition against others

  • The Survivalists

  • Back to the Dawn

  • Tinkerlands

  • Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos

  • Sephiria

  • Hammerwatch

Less social

Games that feels like The Escapists 2 but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Prison Architect

  • Dungeonmans

  • To Pixelia

  • Quasimorph

  • Little-Known Galaxy

  • Shardpunk

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

The Escapists 2: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Status, Competition, Cooperation.

Last update: 03/08/2026