Clever, satisfying puzzles
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“The best part of the game is easily the puzzle design.”
Steam review · 24.9 h played ↗
Escape Simulator 2
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Very Positive · 92%Very Positive · 92%Pine Studio2025Detective · Investigation · Puzzle
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A polished, atmospheric escape-room puzzler with clever puzzles that shines in 2-player co-op and VR. Skip it if you want lots of base content, true co-op, or the first game's cartoony charm.
Great for
Puzzle fans and duos who want a realistic escape-room feel, workshop maps and VR
Main risk
Few official rooms, obscure puzzles, multiplayer bugs and one-person bottlenecks, especially for ES1 fans
What players love
Improvement over the first game
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“A fantastic sequel to the original Escape Simulator. Better in every way, not just the graphics.”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗
Great co-op with a friend or partner
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“figuring things out together makes the whole experience even better.”
Steam review · 22 h played ↗
Beautiful, atmospheric graphics
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The atmosphere is so good it literally feels like you’re inside the game, super immersive and detailed.”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗
Workshop, editor and DLC extend playtime
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“But I really love to play all the user generated rooms you can find in the workshop.”
Steam review · 8.6 h played ↗
Good VR support
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“Awesome VR escape room! Tons of fun figuring out the puzzles. Immersion is great!”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Bugs and soft-locks
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The rooms get permanently bricked until we restart the whole room.”
Steam review · 17.3 h played ↗
Obscure, illogical puzzles and weak hints
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Logic leaps in puzzles in this game are far too large and puzzles feel disjointed from the actual themes of the rooms themselves.”
Steam review · 5.7 h played ↗
Co-op has one-person bottlenecks
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Lots of puzzles where only one person can hold the clue-giving object at a time so the other players are just twiddling their thumbs and waiting.”
Steam review · 5.1 h played ↗
Multiplayer desync and disconnects
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Constant multiplayer issues. It will kick out one player and say that we have the wrong version”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗
Too little content for the price
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“I loved the game but its just too short for the price you pay.”
Steam review · 8.6 h played ↗
Obscure final puzzle and hidden tokens
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“the secret puzzle late game is by far the worst in the world that you need to find a obscure item that barely exists on the internet”
Steam review · 17 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support20 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 version 21H1 (or newer)
ProcessorX64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsDX11 capable GPU (4 GB)
Storage20 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 version 21H1 (or newer)
ProcessorX64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsDX11 capable GPU (6 GB)
Storage40 GB available space
OSWindows 10 version 21H1 (or newer)
ProcessorX64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsDX11 capable GPU (4 GB)
Storage20 GB available space
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