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Esc/ape

Esc/ape is a first-person, physics-based combat game starring Abe, a genetically enhanced ape. Slide, ground pound, and throw your way through brutal trials to prove you’re the apex specimen and finally break…

8 October 2025

Esc/ape is a video game, released 8 October 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Esc/ape is

Esc/ape was released in 2025. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Esc/ape is a first-person, physics-based combat game starring Abe, a genetically enhanced ape. Slide, ground pound, and throw your way through brutal trials to prove you’re the apex specimen and finally break free from the lab that caged you.
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How it plays

Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Esc/ape launched on 8 October 2025, within three weeks of Battlefield 6, Ghost of Yotei, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 and The Outer Worlds 2.

Released around the same time: Battlefield 6, Ghost of Yotei, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, The Outer Worlds 2.

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When did Esc/ape come out?
Esc/ape was released on 8 October 2025 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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