# The Escapists: Prison Escape — user reviews > 695 indexed App Store user reviews of The Escapists by Team17 Digital Limited, rated 4.40/5 from 3,312 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-escapists-prison-escape/id1005658093/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-escapists-prison-escape/id1005658093.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,397 · 4★ 437 · 3★ 160 · 2★ 79 · 1★ 239 ## What do users think of The Escapists? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Great game - 🚀 Lots of content - 💡 Challenging and fun - 🚀 Worth the money - 🚀 Addictive gameplay - 🚀 Excellent graphics - 👍 Offline playable **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes - 🐛 Glitchy guards - 🐛 Disappearing items - 🐛 Aspect ratio issues - 🐛 Broken crafting recipes - 🐛 Unreliable saves - 🐛 Laggy performance **Commonly reported bugs** - Guards attack players for no reason - Infinite solitary confinement loop - Desk hole detection glitch - Job board not working - Crashes on loading screens - Incompatibility with newer devices **Most requested features** - Multiplayer mode - Female character options - Guard mode - Custom prisons - More prisons/content - Crafting recipes guide - Map feature ## Newest reviews (10 of 695) ### 4/5 — Childhood game *2026-08-05, version 1.12* Love it till this day ### 4/5 — It’s pretty good but one problem *2026-06-08, version 1.12* I think it’s good but you could improve it a little bit ### 4/5 — Booted out repeatedly *2026-05-25, version 1.12* I absolutely love this game and I want to play it even more, but opening desks kicks me from the game!!! It restarts and I need to reopen it each time and it is so frustrating. Pretty please fix this bug :(( I paid for this game ### 3/5 — No se escucha *2025-01-05, version 1.12* Por alguna razón el juego no tiene sonido en mi celular ### 1/5 — Crashes *2024-08-18, version 1.12* The game constantly crashes on iphone ### 5/5 — Good *2024-08-06, version 1.12* It’s good. I like it. ### 4/5 — Great game *2024-08-06, version 1.12* Beating up the majority of the guards opens the main gate for escape (in case u wanted a tip lol) Couldnt be any better The £4.99 was worth it ✨ ### 5/5 — Juegazo *2024-07-27, version 1.12* Buen juego con muchas interacciones de ia y bastantes posibilidades , una pena que no exista el modo multijugsdor en este, pero en la versión 2 si que está ### 5/5 — i like this game *2024-07-25, version 1.12* i like this game it is the best ### 4/5 — Bug whit controls *2024-07-22, version 1.12* After last update the controls are virtual touch and dpad and we can’t change that, please fix this bug for I can play with analog and buttons again ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Fix your damn game *2026-01-04, version 1.12* Please fix this game it just crashs for the stupidist reasons. Doesn’t work ### 1/5 — SCONSIGLIATO!! *2025-12-06, version 1.12* L'ho acquistato per poterlo utilizzare sul macbook, ma ho solo buttato soldi, dato che non si riusciva a muovere il personaggio. Quindi ho dovuto comprarlo su steam, spendendo ulteriori soldi. Ora spero di riuscire a fare il reso. ### 1/5 — Disappearing Items *2025-05-10, version 1.12* Items randomly disappear even when I just started using them to chip ### 1/5 — The idiom *2025-04-22, version 1.12* The idiom can’t be only English, this is so bad ### 1/5 — Sem PT/BR *2025-02-14, version 1.12* Sem tradução ### 1/5 — Missing Crucial Mechanic *2025-01-12, version 1.12* You can’t have your fellow inmates who are in good relation with you attack other people. You could do this on PC and Console, but not here. Immediate regret in purchasing this app over that alone, but whatever. ### 1/5 — I can't change the language *2024-10-16, version 1.12* I'm from Brazil and I bought the game, however, there is no translation into Portuguese, in 2024 lol ### 1/5 — Very buggy not worth the money *2024-10-14, version 1.12* Has a glitch where will continue only letting you click a task when moved away and trying to interact with something else (eg in cell and can’t open desk bc gym button still up). Also won’t move you forward when tunnelling so impossible to escape the third level. I have been teleported across the map at times. There are much better free apps. ### 1/5 — Please fix aspect ratio *2024-10-14, version 1.12* For newer phones please make it wider please please ### 1/5 — pieno di bug *2024-09-18, version 1.12* gioco veramente buggatissimo, alcuni dei quali fanno veramente arrabbiare. per esempio, nella seconda prigione a me è capitato di incontrare una roccia mentre scavavo un tunnel che non si rompeva con nessun attrezzo presente nel gioco. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great game to kill time *2026-06-23, version 1.12* Even though this game is basically abandoned, I wish there’s more character customization and a custom prison maker so that there can be more replay value. And also, update the game once in awhile because, it’s starting to suffer from code rot ### 5/5 — Great game to kill time *2026-05-29, version 1.12* Even though this game is basically abandoned, I wish there’s more character customization and a custom prison maker so that there can be more replay value ### 5/5 — I love this game *2025-12-04, version 1.12* I have a point to say about the lack of smooth gameplay, idk why this newer version seems so laggy on mobile version, i play it on pc too please work for at least 60 fps and smooth gameplay for a better experience, much love and i definitely dont have contraband in my desk! ### 5/5 — alright it is time for 5 star compliments!!!! *2025-11-05, version 1.12* so one time i escaped every prison and moved on to extra prisons last time i managed to escape santas sweatshop! the grapics are like a 5 star hotel!!! this is the best game everrrrr! ### 5/5 — Great game never forget about it *2025-05-11, version 1.12* I LOVE this game I have 1 and 2 but even though reviews are from long ago please never give up on this game I will cry if it won’t work with my iOS anymore ### 5/5 — Fun *2025-05-07, version 1.12* I can never escape but it’s fun to try ### 5/5 — Good Game *2025-04-09, version 1.12* Good ### 5/5 — i like this game *2025-04-05, version 1.12* i like this game it is the best but it’s hard to get to H.M.P iron gate by escaping San Pancho ### 5/5 — Excellent *2024-12-14, version 1.12* Excellent game easy to play and you can spend hours without realising it is worth the money you spend on it as you get lots of prison to play and there are multiple ways to escape each prison so you never get bored ### 5/5 — 100% Best Game of My IPad Award. *2024-11-26, version 1.12* This is so worth the £5, i got it months ago and im LOVING the hell out of it, I don't understand some peoples lower ratings (though i havent read their reviews) I’d find it cool if you added like a mode, or a different set of prisons that have all the same ones except you can become a guard, that’d be really cool! But it’s still a really good game! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-08.*