Dirt-cheap, trading cards repay the cost
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“this game worth 0.075$ and give 3 trading cards after 2 hours of steam idle master. Whats not to like?”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗
Escape Machines
Worth buying? What 253 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 253 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 41%Mixed · 41%Mint Age Studios2015Action · Strategy · Adventure
$1.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 3 h ago
The verdict
A tiny, abandoned Flash-based isometric shooter with three levels and frequent crashes. Only worth pennies for the trading cards; skip it if you want a real game.
Great for
Trading card farmers and Alien Shooter nostalgia fans who pay pennies for a short, silly distraction
Main risk
Abandoned Early Access demo with three levels, frequent crashes and no updates since 2015
What players love
Potential and an active-seeming dev (UE4 hopes)
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“it seems to me that the devs really have there heart in this project.”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Simple run-and-gun fun, Alien Shooter feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“the gameplay itself is really fun, almost like a sega/snes style over the top shot.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Weapon and suit upgrade system
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“The upgrade menu between Stages is actually well done.”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
Funny photo cutscenes
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“I like that they made the cutscenes using real people, a la FMV style, which is cool.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Abandoned Early Access, broken promises
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Abandoned early access project with lots of unkept promises.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Frequent crashes and errors
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the game itself crashes between every level. It crashes when you die and try to play the level again.”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Flash-based, looks like a free browser game
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Pretty basic looking Flash game ,reminds me of games you can find on flash sites for free ,so think before you decide to spend any money buying this”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Boring, repetitive, generic gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“It's extremely generic, has no variation in enemies, and rather boring.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
Only three very short levels
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The game doesn't even have content (3 crappy levels, 5 - 15 minutes gameplay)”
Steam review · 2.7 h played ↗
Enemies with perfect aim, clunky controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Enemies also have perfect aim which makes staying alive almost impossible”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown550 MB
Minimum
OSWindows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/8
Processor2.5 GHz
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 9.0 Compatible
Storage550 MB available space
OSWindows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/8
Processor2.5 GHz
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 9.0 Compatible
Storage550 MB available space
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