Games Like The Escapists

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?

Why similar: Crafting 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 18.5%, Strategy 14.5%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Simulation 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This direct sequel expands on the original formula with improved mechanics, new prison layouts, and the addition of multiplayer co-op.

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: Pixel Graphics 27.6%, Survival 20.6%, Strategy 18%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Crafting 8%

Why You'll Like It: This spin-off combines the familiar crafting and survival mechanics of the original game with a zombie-infested 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: Strategy 22.3%, Simulation 18.3%, Sandbox 17.6%, Top-Down 11.6%, 2D 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: While you are the warden rather than the prisoner, this game offers the definitive experience of managing the complex systems of a prison.

Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

Why similar: Survival 26.8%, Pixel Graphics 20%, Crafting 16.9%, Strategy 13.7%, Simulation 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: You must manage a family in a post-apocalyptic shelter, focusing on resource management, crafting, and survival against the odds.

Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.

Why similar: Crafting 38.9%, Pixel Graphics 26.5%, Simulation 9%, Sandbox 8.7%, RPG 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features complex management and crafting systems wrapped in a pixel-art style, requiring players to balance daily tasks with long-term goals.

Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

Why similar: Crafting 33.6%, Survival 28.2%, Sandbox 9.8%, Difficult 5.7%, Multiplayer 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a similar emphasis on crafting, exploration, and survival in a hostile world with a distinct, stylized aesthetic.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Survival 27.3%, Strategy 22.3%, Sandbox 16.6%, Simulation 15.5%, 2D 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This deep colony simulator shares the focus on survival, crafting, and managing the needs of individuals in a difficult, often hostile environment.

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 31.9%, Simulation 19.8%, Indie 10.5%, Strategy 8.7%, Difficult 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the feeling of working within a rigid, bureaucratic system where every decision has consequences, mirroring the routine-heavy nature of prison life.

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: Survival 30.1%, Crafting 24.5%, Sandbox 11.9%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Simulation 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game that emphasizes meticulous planning, crafting, and the constant threat of failure, much like the high-stakes escapes in The Escapists.

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: Crafting 33.6%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Survival 14.5%, Sandbox 8%, Multiplayer 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Set in a vibrant world, this game focuses on crafting, building, and survival mechanics that feel like a more open-ended evolution of the Escapists' systems.

Prison Boss VR is a crafting and trading game turning your VR space into a jail cell! Craft cigarettes, alcohol and cookies for other inmates! Customize your cell as your reputation grows! Earn cash until you can’t store it anymore and become the Prison Boss!

Why similar: Crafting 44.2%, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 13.2%, Sandbox 8.8%, Funny 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This immersive VR experience focuses on the crafting and smuggling aspects of prison life, putting you directly into the shoes of an inmate.

60 Seconds! is a dark comedy atomic adventure of scavenge and survival. Collect supplies and rescue your family before the nuke hits. Stay alive in your fallout shelter. Make difficult decisions, ration food and hunt mutant cockroaches. And maybe survive. Or not.

Why similar: Difficult 29.1%, Strategy 24.4%, Survival 22.8%, 2D 11.9%, Funny 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A high-pressure survival game that forces you to make difficult choices with limited resources, similar to the time-sensitive nature of prison planning.

It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 40.7%, Strategy 21.6%, Difficult 10.1%, 2D 5.3%, Action 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A stealth-strategy game where you must carefully plan your actions to achieve an objective without being caught, echoing the stealth mechanics of escaping.

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

Why similar: Crafting 26.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.7%, Survival 13.9%, Sandbox 13.5%, Multiplayer 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox game that excels in crafting and progression, offering a similar sense of building up your capabilities to overcome difficult challenges.

The recent events in a state prison, involving Jake from Team Hot Guns was a perfect moment for some prisoners to escape - you are one of them.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 36.2%, Action 27.9%, Indie 22.9%, 2D 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action platformer that keeps the prison theme while shifting the focus to intense, retro-style combat and movement.

Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.

Why similar: Crafting 31.9%, Survival 17.3%, Sandbox 12.3%, Strategy 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival game where you must build defenses and craft tools to survive nightly attacks, requiring careful planning and resource gathering.

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 33.7%, Sandbox 12.6%, Strategy 12.2%, Survival 11%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game is the ultimate test of strategic planning and resource management, requiring players to build complex systems to survive and progress.

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: Simulation 24.9%, Sandbox 23.8%, RPG 17.6%, Funny 15.4%, Action 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This simulation game lets you experience the daily life of a prison guard, providing a different perspective on the same environment.

Build an intricate prison, hire the best staff, and pamper your prisoners to create the perfect rehabilitation facility in Prison Tycoon: Under New Management

Why similar: Strategy 35.6%, Simulation 24.7%, Sandbox 22%, Top-Down 12.6%, Singleplayer 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This management sim allows you to design and run a prison, focusing on the logistical challenges of maintaining order and security.

Explore, craft, and survive in this Multiplayer RPG Platformer with permanent death! Featuring many Rogue-like elements, Magicite randomly generates each underground dungeon for you and your friends to delve deep into.

Why similar: Crafting 25.4%, Pixel Graphics 19%, Difficult 8.2%, Survival 7.8%, Multiplayer 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike that emphasizes crafting and survival, offering a challenging experience for players who enjoy pixel-art aesthetics.

The epitome of a modern traditional roguelike: with turn-based play and a RPG-like skill progression system, it hearkens back to some of the major aspects of this genre. This game has an incredible depth, with a deep inventory system, vehicles and boats, NPCs with their own stories, and more.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 26.9%, Survival 21.7%, Sandbox 17%, 2D 10.2%, RPG 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: An incredibly deep survival simulation that offers unparalleled freedom in crafting and character development for those who enjoy complex, difficult games.

You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.

Why similar: Crafting 29.3%, Pixel Graphics 19.9%, Survival 16.2%, Sandbox 7%, Simulation 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival game that emphasizes crafting and exploration, rewarding players who take the time to learn its complex systems.

Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.

Why similar: Crafting 41.7%, Sandbox 13.7%, Survival 13%, Strategy 11.1%, Simulation 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends strategy and crafting, tasking you with managing a group of dwarves to build a base and survive against waves of enemies.

Embark on an epic 2D pirate simulator RPG adventure, where you navigate both land and sea. Upgrade your ship, recruit and level up your crew, and uncover hidden treasures as you become a legendary pirate.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 33%, Sandbox 28.7%, Simulation 17.4%, RPG 9.2%, Action 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox management game where you build and maintain a pirate crew, requiring similar attention to detail and resource management.

Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

Why similar: Survival 32%, Strategy 14.5%, Sandbox 11.9%, Simulation 11.2%, Difficult 10%

Why You'll Like It: A complex management game where you must ensure the survival of your colony by carefully balancing resources and environmental factors.

Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!

Why similar: Simulation 29.9%, Sandbox 23.9%, Strategy 21.7%, Puzzle 12.7%, Singleplayer 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the satisfaction of methodical, manual labor and resource extraction within a confined, dangerous space.

Prepare to inhabit a world of chivalry, class warfare and off-beat pop references. Knights of Pen & Paper 2 is a turn-based, retro style, pixel-art adventure full of danger, intrigue, death, and saving throws!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 29.4%, Strategy 21.6%, RPG 16.2%, Simulation 9.4%, Adventure 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses a pixel-art style to deliver a strategic RPG experience that requires careful planning and party management.

Person of European Heritage #112: Welcome to Relocation Block B, your new home. Your designated role is 'Bouncer'. Work hard, stay out of trouble, and we might let you stay in the UK.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 41.5%, Simulation 26.4%, RPG 9.4%, Difficult 8.1%, 2D 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A management and simulation game that forces you to work a difficult job in a dystopian setting, focusing on routine and survival.

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: Simulation 49.2%, Multiplayer 19.5%, Action 11.4%, Singleplayer 11.1%, Adventure 8.9%

You are bread. Your mission, become toast! Take on all hazards to deliciousness as you head on an epic adventure in one of the the toughest games ever baked. All of the game modes (including Bagel Race) are now unlocked so there's sure to be something to suit everyone's taste!

Why similar: Difficult 29.4%, Simulation 22.6%, Funny 14.9%, Comedy 9.4%, Singleplayer 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based game that is notoriously difficult, appealing to players who enjoy the challenge of navigating awkward controls to reach a goal.

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: Multiplayer 21.1%, Strategy 21%, Funny 20.3%, Co-op 12.9%, Adventure 9.7%

Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 23.2%, Strategy 19.6%, Survival 18.2%, Simulation 13.2%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling strategy game that focuses on building and defending your kingdom, sharing the pixel-art charm and strategic depth of the genre.

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: Strategy 32.7%, Simulation 21.7%, Multiplayer 13.7%, RPG 13.6%, Co-op 8.8%

Survive the galaxy's toughest prison and rise to the top of a space gang! Explore, fight, craft, trade and learn convicts' stories to escape the facility. Space Prison is a turn-based tactical survival game with deep strategy and social RPG elements.

Why similar: Crafting 34.8%, Strategy 16.7%, Survival 14.3%, Simulation 12.7%, 2D 7.4%

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: Strategy 33.4%, Multiplayer 24.3%, Simulation 15%, RPG 12.2%, Co-op 11%

Stranded on a desert island, explore, craft, build and fight in this action survival game!

Why similar: Crafting 31.8%, Pixel Graphics 22.4%, Survival 17.2%, Sandbox 8.3%, RPG 4.7%

Pritto Prisoner is a chaotic 4v2 prison break party game where mischievous animal inmates cook up absurd escape plans while overworked robot guards scramble to stop them. Unleash wild abilities, team up for ridiculous moments, and turn every match into unpredictable, messy mayhem!

Why similar: Survival 22.2%, Top-Down 16.4%, Multiplayer 15.7%, 2D 14%, Funny 13.8%

Dive into The Prison, a modern reimagining of the classic late 90's game. Experience a vividly detailed prison world and strategic multiplayer gameplay. Customize your inmate, follow a gripping storyline, and discover new items and secrets. Will you escape or rule from within?

Why similar: Strategy 42.2%, RPG 24.8%, Action 19.7%, Multiplayer 8%, Indie 5.3%

Take back your identity in Muffles’ Life Sentence- a darkly quirky RPG set in a prison where inmates are remade to match their crimes.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 32.3%, Strategy 13.2%, Funny 11.5%, 2D 10.7%, RPG 10.1%

Become the most successful youtuber on the planet! Create videos, get subscribers, attend events, interact with your fans… and grow your channel. Live a youtuber’s life!

Why similar: Simulation 24.2%, Strategy 16.3%, Funny 16.2%, Comedy 13.5%, Singleplayer 9.6%

Use the glitch you have discovered to break out of jail!

Why similar: Simulation 43%, Action 19.3%, Adventure 16%, Comedy 10.2%, Singleplayer 6%

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: Difficult 28%, Strategy 24.5%, Survival 22.9%, 2D 13.4%, Funny 11.2%

Train hard, fight crocodiles and find love. Earn your place in the Punch Club ranks, and discover who brutally murdered your father, in this choose your own adventure boxing management tycoon.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 41.2%, Simulation 18.7%, 2D 12%, Funny 11.8%, RPG 10.3%

Fat Prisoner Simulator 2 is a fighting simulator with realistic physics where you are going to play the role of a prisoner during a jailhouse riot. All you can see around is crazy prisoners attacking everybody there.

Why similar: Simulation 27.3%, Sandbox 13.7%, Funny 13.6%, Action 11%, Indie 10.6%

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: Crafting 25.1%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Survival 13.8%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Sandbox 7.2%

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 46.9%, RPG 14.6%, Strategy 12%, Simulation 9.6%, Singleplayer 5.5%

Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.

Why similar: Simulation 34.4%, Sandbox 19.2%, Funny 18.2%, Comedy 12.4%, Indie 4.9%

Wanna find out what a prison riot looks like? Check a free stand-alone prologue for Prison Simulator. A story that is not available in the full game! Be warned: Police baton might not be enough to bring order to the prison halls.

Why similar: Sandbox 26.1%, Simulation 23.8%, Funny 17.4%, Action 11.6%, Singleplayer 11.2%

Fat Prisoner Simulator - a soccer simulator where you play the role of a prisoner. The jail managers have noticed that some prisoners, who really like to eat a lot, can hardly go through the doors, including those of their cells. So they decided to arrange a soccer game between them.

Why similar: Simulation 28.8%, Funny 18.4%, Sandbox 15.7%, Comedy 10.5%, Indie 10.2%

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: Pixel Graphics 24.8%, Difficult 17.7%, Sandbox 12.6%, Simulation 10.3%, Multiplayer 9.8%

The Count of Monte Clicker is an incremental game about breaking out of prison and finding treasure. With the help of fellow prisoner Abbe Faria, you, Edmond Dantes must escape the notorious Chateau d'Idle and claim your destiny.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 30.3%, Strategy 28.1%, 2D 12.5%, Top-Down 11.9%, Comedy 7.5%

Imagine that you are in prison. Not everyone can escape from the hands of justice, you need to have an IQ above average. Blow up, destroy, hide, kill, evolve - all this can be done in the game Outside the Grid. But do not forget about Kerbalai, help him finally find peace!

Why similar: Simulation 26.6%, Multiplayer 26.1%, Co-op 19.2%, Comedy 10.3%, Indie 9.7%

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

Why similar: Simulation 40.7%, RPG 17.7%, Action 15.7%, Indie 13.4%, Adventure 12.3%

Join exciting adventure of escaping from cops. Be tricky and use your skills to complete your missions in green town. If you’re successful, you can enjoy well-deserved vacation at the seaside.

Why similar: Strategy 41.8%, Simulation 29.7%, Indie 10.4%, Adventure 9.9%, Puzzle 4.9%

Turbo Dismount is a kinetic tragedy about Mr. Dismount and the cars who love him. It is the official sequel to the wildly popular and immensely successful personal impact simulator - Stair Dismount.

Why similar: Simulation 25.7%, Funny 22.5%, Sandbox 17.5%, Comedy 8.4%, Singleplayer 7.9%

Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.

Why similar: Strategy 35.8%, Simulation 19.6%, Multiplayer 16.1%, 2D 14.6%, Singleplayer 8.6%

A punishing, one-button platformer about escaping prison. Test your skills and intellect as you ascend a tower of hand-crafted challenges. Jump, fly, slide up walls, float in bubbles and perform somersaults; all with the press of a single button. Reach the paramount. Reach.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 50.9%, Puzzle 14.5%, 2D 12.6%, Adventure 8%, Singleplayer 7.5%

You tried to escape prison but got caught. Instead of prison, they gave you a debt. Manage a toll booth on a desert highway. Check passports, take payments, and decide who passes. Grow fruit, mix mocktails, sell drinks, and dodge the cops. The only way to earn freedom is by paying off your debt.

Why similar: Crafting 41.1%, Strategy 21.3%, Simulation 18.6%, Comedy 7.9%, Action 6.8%

The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!

Why similar: Crafting 33.8%, Pixel Graphics 22.1%, Survival 15.6%, Sandbox 7.3%, 2D 4.7%