Games Like The Escapists 2

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

Why similar: Crafting 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 18.5%, Strategy 14.5%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Simulation 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is the original blueprint for The Escapists 2, with the same prison routines, contraband crafting, and methodical escape planning in a slightly more stripped-down form.

Merging the smash hit indie game The Escapists with the world wide phenomenon that is The Walking Dead, Team17 have taken the very best of both worlds and are now providing players with the opportunity to play Rick Grimes as he takes on hordes of zombies let loose upon the world.

Why similar: Multiplayer 31.1%, Pixel Graphics 22.5%, Strategy 18.6%, Open World 10.6%, Crafting 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This standalone spin on The Escapists keeps the same crafting-and-escape structure while adding zombie pressure and themed prison-break scenarios.

A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?

Why similar: Online Co-Op 22%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Crafting 15.6%, Co-op 13.6%, Sandbox 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: From the same creators, it translates the familiar pixel-art crafting, resourcefulness, and co-op sandbox problem-solving into a survival-island setting.

Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.

Why similar: Sandbox 24.5%, Multiplayer 23.9%, Strategy 20.2%, Simulation 12.3%, 2D 8%

Why You'll Like It: Although you run the prison instead of escaping it, it shares the same obsession with inmate routines, contraband, security systems, and breakout logistics.

Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 56.1%, Strategy 18.3%, Simulation 10.9%, Indie 6.3%, Singleplayer 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is one of the closest modern alternatives, built around inmate life, daily schedules, social manipulation, stealth, crafting, and plotting your way out of prison.

Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.

Why similar: Multiplayer 22.6%, Co-op 18%, Online Co-Op 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Local Co-Op 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a similar top-down sandbox feel where clever use of items, disguises, brawling, and co-op chaos can solve objectives in many different ways.

Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.

Why similar: Co-op 31.1%, Stealth 15.6%, Online Co-Op 14.4%, Local Co-Op 14.1%, Multiplayer 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its top-down co-op heists, role-based teamwork, stealth, and improvisational escapes make it feel like a criminal-side companion to The Escapists 2.

The toughest prison sim in the yard is back to serve its 3rd consecutive sentence - combining classic moments from the OG with the best aspects of 2D, while putting out a few hits of its own! Tackle crime from either side of the prison fence, while a larger world beyond it makes life worth living.

Why similar: Stealth 28.6%, Crafting 24.6%, Character Customization 20.9%, Open World 16.8%, Simulation 9%

Why You'll Like It: This prison-life sim leans more chaotic and less structured, but it still taps into the inmate fantasy of surviving prison, scheming, and breaking free.

Can you escape with the loot? Play as the Master Thief and steal as much as you can. Burgle houses in order to obtain some sweet, sweet loot but, be careful, do not get caught!.

Why similar: Multiplayer 20.8%, Co-op 19.4%, Stealth 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Sandbox 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the sneaky, low-scale crime side of The Escapists 2 with light puzzle design, item use, and compact stealth break-ins.

Get a taste of prison life! Become a prison guard and deal with dangerous convicts. Prison management, lots of daily activities. Will you become the best guard in history? Or maybe you'll turn into the worst scumbag this Prison has ever seen?

Why similar: Stealth 30.2%, Sandbox 24.3%, Open World 13.5%, Simulation 12.3%, Funny 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: Even from the guard side, it focuses heavily on prison systems, contraband, inmate behavior, and the day-to-day tension of incarceration mechanics.

Rescue hostages, disarm bombs and save the day in this old school, side-scroller action game with retro graphics and retro sensibilities. Online and Couch Coop Included.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 22.4%, Local Co-Op 20.8%, Co-op 16.5%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: This side-scrolling co-op action game mixes pixel-art, teamwork, breaching, and tactical problem-solving in a way that scratches a similar cooperative planning itch.

A Way Out is an exclusively co-op adventure where you play the role of one of two prisoners making their daring escape from prison.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.8%, Split Screen 22.1% ★, Co-op 21.1%, Local Co-Op 16.2%, Multiplayer 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op prison-break adventure is far more cinematic than sandbox-driven, but it directly delivers the fantasy of coordinating an escape with a partner.

A fresh take on top-down shooters with an emphasis on tactics that forces you to make split second decisions. Neutralize criminals, rescue civilians and defuse bombs in Single Player mode or Co-op. And remember - shooting first is not an option!

Why similar: Co-op 22.2%, Online Co-Op 18.5%, Multiplayer 17.4%, Strategy 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its small-scale tactical maps, co-op coordination, and careful room-by-room movement appeal to players who like executing precise plans under pressure.

Slip on your flares, grab your shades and hop in your station wagon, it's time to work… as a professional mob cleaner. In this stylish award winning 2D action-stealth game you have to make sure you get in, clean up and get out without leaving a trace - Queue the funky 70s inspired soundtrack!

Why similar: Stealth 67.1%, 2D 12.4%, Indie 9.4%, Action 7.6%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its top-down stealth, timing, patrol-watching, and careful movement through hostile spaces echo the routine-based sneaking that makes prison escapes satisfying.

It's 3am and you just want to get some sleep. Welcome back to Party Hard! Stop parties using hundreds of new ways, incidentally destroy a drug syndicate, and save the Earth from an alien invasion. May the chickens be with you!

Why similar: Stealth 21.8%, Pixel Graphics 16.4%, Strategy 13.4%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Co-op 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a darker but similarly systemic pixel-art sandbox where disguises, traps, stealth, and timing matter more than direct combat.

Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

Why similar: Multiplayer 29.2%, Co-op 23.2%, Online Co-Op 14.7%, Crafting 10.5%, Sandbox 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same co-op survival pressure, resource management, and improvised crafting mindset, just in a much harsher wilderness sandbox.

The door to your robber’s career is waiting! Just crowbar the lock off and force your way through the threshold. Learn skills, collect tools and become a master of the thieving trade!

Why similar: Stealth 35.2%, Co-op 17.5%, Simulation 14.1%, Open World 11.9%, Sandbox 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It expands the burglary-and-escape loop with more tools and bigger break-ins, making it a good pick for players who like the criminal planning side of The Escapists 2.

Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.

Why similar: Stealth 40.8%, Strategy 27.4%, Difficult 22.1%, Simulation 7.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: It trades real-time prison breaks for turn-based infiltration, but the emphasis on scouting, timing, gadgets, and extraction is very similar in spirit.

Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 18.7%, Multiplayer 17%, Co-op 16.6%, Crafting 13.3%, Sandbox 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its cooperative pixel-art exploration and crafting loop captures the same satisfying rhythm of gathering materials and building toward bigger goals together.

The Swindle is a steampunk cybercrime caper about breaking into buildings, hacking their systems, stealing all their cash, and quickly running away again before the police show up.

Why similar: Stealth 66.8%, 2D 13.5%, Indie 11.6%, Action 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This 2D stealth-heist game emphasizes burglary, gadgets, and carefully planned getaways, which fits the improvised crime-and-escape loop of The Escapists 2.

Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.

Why similar: Stealth 48.4%, Strategy 24.2%, Indie 7%, Open World 6.8%, 2D 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its systemic top-down infiltrations reward the same kind of flexible planning, item creativity, and last-second improvisation that Escapists players enjoy.

Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!

Why similar: Multiplayer 20.1%, Co-op 15.1%, Online Co-Op 14.6%, Crafting 13.3%, Sandbox 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: This top-down pixel sandbox combines base-building, crafting, exploration, and multiplayer in a way that fits fans of Escapists-style systemic progression.

Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.

Why similar: Stealth 28.5%, Co-op 26.3%, Simulation 13.6%, Sandbox 9.9%, Open World 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: If you mainly enjoy stealing, scouting routes, and sneaking around for profit, this offers that fantasy in a more realistic first-person format.

Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

Why similar: Multiplayer 29.5%, Co-op 20.1%, Sandbox 15.5%, Crafting 13.5%, Open World 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: While it is a zombie survival game, its deep crafting, top-down perspective, multiplayer coordination, and improvisational problem-solving overlap nicely with The Escapists 2.

Teeth-clenching stealth, followed by tactical hardcore gunplay for those not looking for a quiet way in. Intravenous redefines challenging stealth-action and will keep you on the edge of your seat!

Why similar: Stealth 42.7%, Difficult 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of The Escapists 2 is quiet stealth, route planning, and handling mistakes on the fly, this top-down immersive stealth game is a strong fit.

Perfect Heist 2 is a round-based online game, where robbers try to hide in plain sight while robbing a bank without being noticed by the cop team!

Why similar: Multiplayer 37.2%, Stealth 30%, Strategy 19.1%, Funny 5.7%, Action 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its asymmetrical robber-vs-cop format keeps the focus on stealth, timing, deception, and multiplayer escape tension.

Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

Why similar: Multiplayer 20.7%, Sandbox 16.5%, Crafting 13.8%, Co-op 13.2%, Online Co-Op 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is less stealthy and more combat-driven, but its 2D co-op crafting and inventive tool-based progression make it a natural fit for Escapists fans.

First-person puzzler you can play solo or in an online co-op. Explore a set of highly interactive escape rooms. Move furniture, pick up and examine everything, smash pots and break locks! Play thousands of community-made rooms through the level editor.

Why similar: Co-op 34.9%, Multiplayer 29.9%, Online Co-Op 19.6%, Puzzle 8.9%, Simulation 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op escape scenarios lack the prison sandbox angle, but they still deliver teamwork, puzzle-solving, and the satisfaction of engineering a breakout.

Welcome to Escape Academy. Train to become the ultimate Escapist. Solve Puzzles. Hack Servers. Meet the Faculty. Brew the perfect cup of tea. Escape Rooms in single player or co-op with a friend - local or online!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 24.7%, Multiplayer 20.9%, Local Co-Op 20.1%, Co-op 18.3%, Split Screen 10.3% ★

Why You'll Like It: This is the most puzzle-forward option here, but its multiplayer escape-room design still appeals to players who love solving their way out under pressure.

Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!

Why similar: Multiplayer 24.4%, Sandbox 24.3%, Open World 13.1%, Crafting 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers top-down pixel survival, crafting, and progression with a strong emphasis on using limited resources creatively.

Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 21.1%, Multiplayer 15.4%, Co-op 14.3%, Crafting 11.1%, Sandbox 11%

Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.8%, Multiplayer 23.6%, Local Co-Op 23.1%, Co-op 16.4%, Funny 3.9%

Play as a Prisoner or a Guard with up to 12 players(or alone) in an online prison game. Loot, Craft, and make your way to the exit, or investigate and arrest wanted players as a guard!

Why similar: Multiplayer 25.5%, Online Co-Op 23.1%, Co-op 22.2%, Strategy 16.9%, Simulation 8.3%

Escape prison with your friends by equipping tools, evading guards, and executing your breakout plan. Destructible environments, proximity chat, a multitude of escape routes, 10 player lobbies, and a full custom map editor!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 30.7%, Multiplayer 27.1%, Co-op 22.5%, Funny 8.3%, Strategy 7.5%

An online game that you'll play with 3-11 players as a Prisoner or a Guard and will try to escape or prevent escapes. Loot, Craft, and make your way to the exit, or investigate and arrest wanted players as a guard!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 32.5%, Multiplayer 31.3%, Co-op 19.1%, Strategy 11.8%, Simulation 3.9%

Sequel to the best-selling escape room game, brings a fresh take on first-person puzzles with a variety of new rooms to explore solo or with friends. Solve intricate puzzles, uncover hidden secrets, or craft your own escape rooms with Room Editor 2.0.

Why similar: Co-op 35.6%, Online Co-Op 31.3%, Character Customization 12.2%, Puzzle 7.7%, Simulation 7.4%

Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

Why similar: Co-op 25.1%, Multiplayer 21.7%, Sandbox 13.2%, Local Co-Op 9.6%, Open World 7.5%

You’re out of jail, but the debt isn’t gone. Sneak, steal, and break into houses solo or in 4-player co-op. Use lockpicks, sleeping gas, and brute force to complete jobs, outsmart security, and make enough money before time runs out. Will you pay back what you owe, or lose everything?

Why similar: Multiplayer 32.4%, Online Co-Op 31.5%, Stealth 10.4%, Co-op 8.7%, Simulation 8.2%

Biped is a coop action adventure game with a strong focus on moment-to-moment collaboration between 2 players.

Why similar: Split Screen 15.2% ★, Online Co-Op 14.4%, Co-op 13%, Local Co-Op 12.5%, Multiplayer 12.3%

Unrailed! is a co-op multiplayer game where you have to work together with your friends to build a train track across endless procedurally generated worlds. Master random encounters with its inhabitants, upgrade your train and keep it from derailing!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 24.8%, Multiplayer 22.2%, Co-op 21.9%, Local Co-Op 21.6%, Funny 3.4%

Too long in this prison, time to get out of here. Pull the carpet and start digging with a teaspoon. Watch out for the guard, sell him the junk you find. Trade toilet paper with the prisoners. Get better items and improve your stats. Expand the tunnel, use glow sticks and dynamite. Will you escape?

Why similar: Multiplayer 59.6%, Simulation 29%, Action 5.8%, Singleplayer 5.6%

The world of Elysia needs YOU! Join this cooperative, 3D sandbox action RPG to level up your character, craft epic weapons, conquer enemies in real-time, and build almost anything! Craft your adventure. Forge your hero. Become the ultimate Portal Knight!

Why similar: Multiplayer 30.9%, Co-op 21.1%, Crafting 20.2%, Sandbox 19.4%, Local Co-Op 5.4%

Lost Castle is an action RPG beat'em up with roguelike elements and randomized dungeons for up to four players online and local!

Why similar: Multiplayer 58.7%, Difficult 23.3%, 2D 13.1%, Singleplayer 4.9%

PICO PARK is back with all new levels! Play with 2-8 players locally or online in this co-op action-puzzle game!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.9%, Multiplayer 23.9%, Co-op 20%, Local Co-Op 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%

For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 28.2%, Multiplayer 21.6%, Co-op 20.7%, Strategy 11.9%, Local Co-Op 8.8%

Grow your farm, meet the villagers, and join your friends online in building your world.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 21.7%, Multiplayer 16.5%, Co-op 15.3%, Sandbox 13.1%, Character Customization 10.5%

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer game where you build the level as you play, placing traps and hazards to screw your friends over, but trying not to screw yourself.

Why similar: Multiplayer 37.3%, Local Co-Op 29.5%, Online Co-Op 19.7%, Funny 8.6%, 2D 3.5%

You're the world's softest criminals in an island prison with mandatory nap rooms. Your escape plan? Eat bread, poop until the gates open, and pee on the robots chasing you. Break out with three friends, or play the robots tucking them back in. A wacky 4v2 prison break in quick 10-minute matches.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 36.7%, Multiplayer 30.9%, Character Customization 14%, Funny 8.6%, 2D 6.8%

The post-apocalyptic dark comedy is back - remastered and even more radioactive than before! Scavenge supplies, rescue your family, and stay alive in your fallout shelter. Make difficult decisions, hunt mutant roaches... and maybe survive. Or not.

Why similar: Strategy 36.2%, Difficult 27.1%, Funny 19%, 2D 17.8%

Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.

Why similar: Crafting 19.3%, Multiplayer 18.7%, Sandbox 16.9%, Co-op 13.8%, Strategy 10.7%

Choose one of the characters and start your journey. The game has many interesting things in store: building, crafting, puzzles, bosses, mystery, laughs, quests etc.

Why similar: Multiplayer 21.9%, Co-op 16.2%, Crafting 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Online Co-Op 12.1%

Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!

Why similar: Co-op 37.4%, Multiplayer 33.2%, Strategy 8.8%, Difficult 6.2%, 2D 6%

Strategy co-op online multiplayer game about living on a spaceship with your roommates. You'll need to generate resources, take care of a deadly alien infestation, upgrade your appliances and build your sustainable space home. Living together is never easy, especially when you are in outer space!

Why similar: Multiplayer 24.2%, Co-op 23.6%, Local Co-Op 19.4%, Strategy 15.3%, Online Co-Op 8.3%

Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!

Why similar: Multiplayer 22.8%, Crafting 17.4%, Co-op 15%, Sandbox 14.8%, Online Co-Op 9.8%

Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble!

Why similar: Multiplayer 33.6%, Strategy 17.6%, Sandbox 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Funny 6.8%

A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 27.6%, Strategy 26.4%, Funny 14.4%, Simulation 12.9%, 2D 11.5%

The toughest prison sim in the yard has been locked back up to serve another sentence in 2D!

Why similar: Simulation 58.1%, Indie 22.6%, Action 19.3%

The worms are back in their most destructive game yet. With a gorgeous, hand-drawn 2D look, brand new weapons, the introduction of crafting, vehicles and buildings plus the return of some much-loved classic weapons and gameplay, Worms W.M.D is the best worms experience ever.

Why similar: Multiplayer 40%, Strategy 21%, Co-op 11.9%, Local Co-Op 11.6%, Funny 7.1%

Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.

Why similar: Multiplayer 31.3%, Co-op 23.3%, Crafting 14.6%, Sandbox 14.1%, Open World 11.3%

How 2 Escape is an escape-simulation game where two players will need to cooperate on asymmetrical gameplay and devices. "Talk together. Help each other." will be your new motto to survive in How 2 Escape.

Why similar: Co-op 33.1%, Multiplayer 31.2%, Online Co-Op 27.9%, Puzzle 7.8%