The Escapist is a thrilling sandbox strategy prison simulator that challenges you to escape in many different ways. You're trying to break free, but you're beaten and you need to escape! How you survive and do it is up to you, but when you leave your cell a strict daily schedule is designed to keep you in line. You'll have to do one of several tasks during the day, and exercise and showers are a must. Escaping reality is a tough race, just like prison. Can you dig a tunnel under the walls of a prison? Or even steal a guard's uniform to blend in with your kidnappers?

Addictive and nerve-wracking, escaping from your first prison is a real challenge. Committing some internal crimes, there are dozens of items to find, steal and smuggle. Some are contraband, which you can sell or exchange for more useful equipment. Create clever makeshift weapons and tools; a bar of soap in your sock can be useful in combat. Buy or "borrow" materials from fellow inmates to make tools and other items, such as wire, a bottle of bleach, a piece of wood, a bar of chocolate, a plastic comb, and so on. If you're smart enough, you'll come up with an escape. You can find and use dozens of items to escape the cell, including pickaxes, wire cutters, high ropes, and more.

The Escapist is an addictive strategic prison simulator game that challenges you to break out of jail. Don't be a prisoner, be an escapee! Addictive prison simulator game, steal spoons and forks and use them to dig a tunnel from your cell. Over 6 themed prisons, try to escape from a minimum security prison or a big scary house like Alcatraz. Find, steal and trade items to create dozens of crafting combinations to help you escape. Use the playfield to increase your strength and facilitate wall climbing. Find other prisoners to trade for stolen goods, you'll need duct tape, screwdrivers or nail files. Dodge contraband detectors. If you pass someone with contraband in their pockets, the heat meter goes up to 99%. Adapt to life behind the iron gates, prison sets and jobs to master the game's six prisons, with three additional prisons waiting to be challenged. Push yourself to survive and increase your strength, speed and intelligence. There are multiple ways to break out and escape, you just have to find them.