The Escapists 2

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The Escapists 2

Short description

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?

Developer
Mouldy Toof Studios, Team17
Publisher
Team17
Release
Mon, Aug 21, 2017
Price
$19.99
Reviews
26,552
Positive
91%
Followers
146,066
Owners (estimated)
2M – 5M
Concurrent players
214
Genres
Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Features
Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Shared/Split Screen, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Leaderboards, Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet, Remote Play on TV, Remote Play Together
Tags
Multiplayer Strategy Pixel Graphics Online Co-Op Co-op 2D Crafting Local Co-Op Simulation Singleplayer Indie Sandbox Stealth Character Customization Funny Split Screen Puzzle Open World Action Difficult
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$32.6msomewhere between $32.6m and $34.6m · roughly 2M–2.1M copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $16.29, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $19.99 launch price. That is 19% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

85 data points since Aug 3, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$32.4m → ~$32.6m
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Reviews 26,325 → 26,552
Followers 145,481 → 146,066
Concurrent players 214 → 214
Price $4.99 → $19.99
Positive reviews 90.9% → 90.9%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 271 further data points reach back to Jul 1, 2017 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $3.99 on Dec 4, 2025.

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