Genre StrategyReleased Feb 13, 2015

The Escapists

Developed by Mouldy Toof Studios · Published by Team17
-90%
$2.59
$25.99
View on Steam
Estimated lifetime revenue
$3.18M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$2.23M
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
248.4K
≈ 15 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 16,235 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
16,235
Very Positive90% positive
Playing now
109
13-day peak 109 · low 43
New reviews, last 13 days
+21
≈ 2 a day since Oct 4

History

Oct 4 – Oct 17

16.2K16.2K16.2K16.2K
Oct 4Oct 10Oct 17

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

Strategy →

Against the 120 most-reviewed Strategy games on Steam

Outearns 24% of them — in the bottom quarter of the group.

Median
$15.59M
114,721 reviews
Top 10% start at
$67.69M
This game
$3.18M
Fewest reviews of the group

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

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

Developer
Mouldy Toof Studios
Publisher
Team17
Genre
Strategy
Released
Feb 13, 2015
Steam app ID
298630
Data updated
Oct 17, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.