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The Escapists

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Not to be confused with The Escapist.

The Escapists
The Escapists cover
Developers
Mouldy Toof Studios
Publishers
Team17
Engines
Windows Multimedia Fusion[1]
macOS Chowdren[2]
Linux Chowdren[2]
Release dates
Windows February 13, 2015
macOS (OS X) October 21, 2015[3]
Linux October 21, 2015[3]
Reception
Metacritic 71
OpenCritic 73
IGDB 69
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Scrolling
Controls Direct control, Point and select
Genres Simulation
Series The Escapists
The Escapists on HowLongToBeat
The Escapists on IGDB
The Escapists on MobyGames
The Escapists on Wikipedia
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The Escapists: The Walking Dead 2015
The Escapists 2 2017

Key points

Frame rate is capped at 45 FPS.[4]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
Epic Games Store
Epic Games Launcher
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
Humble Deluxe Edition
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
Windows

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Alcatraz
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Duct Tapes are Forever
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Escape Team
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Fhurst Peak Correctional Facility
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Santa's Sweatshop Free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\The Escapists\settings.cfg
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/The Escapists/settings.cfg
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\The Escapists\
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/The Escapists/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Origin
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Does not support cross-platform saved games.

Video

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Stretched behavior.[5]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Used in place of exclusive fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at 45 FPS.[4]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game key remapping.
In-game key remapping.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sounds
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
[6]
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 2.4 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8000
ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Intel HD Graphics 4000
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.8 Mountain Lion
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 9400M
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU) 2.4 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8000
ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Intel HD Graphics 4000
A 64-bit operating system is required.


References