Plan ridiculous prison breaks, outsmart the guards and escape your way in The Escapists 3. Craft, sneak, fight and improvise through a new 3D prison sandbox, alone or with friends. Just remember to make roll call.

Learn the routine and watch the guards, take jobs and earn cash, swipe whatever isn’t nailed down and turn everyday junk into the beginnings of an escape plan. The Escapists 3 is a prison escape sandbox where you can dig, sneak, climb, fight, disguise yourself and improvise your way to freedom. Alone or with friends.

Every prison is a system waiting to be understood, exploited and very badly outsmarted. Study the schedule, find the weak points and work out your own route to freedom. Dig beneath the walls, climb your way out or find another route entirely. And getting beyond the perimeter might only be the beginning. There’s no single solution, just good plans, bad plans and the occasional plan involving molten chocolate.

Search cells, trade with inmates and complete jobs to get your hands on supplies. 120+ items and weapons to loot and craft, almost anything can become part of an escape plan. Whether it should…that’s another question.

Break out of five distinctive prisons, each with its own routines, characters, secrets and once you have snuck past the guards discover what waits for you beyond the walls. Lose yourself in dense forests, climb across gusty canyons, explore ancient catacombs and find your way across dangerous waters. Learn how each one works. Find the cracks in the system. Then convince yourself you’ve finally come up with the perfect way out.

Earn XP as you play, unlock new skills and tailor your inmate to the way you want to escape. Develop different strengths, unlock new gameplay options and take what you've learned from one prison into the next. While you're at it, why not go full Stockholm Syndrome and customise your cell?

Try and escape solo or team up with friends. Play with two players in local split-screen, or take your escape online with up to four. Divide the jobs, play to each other's strengths, coordinate the timing and execute the perfect prison break… and discover which of your friends is useless with a shovel.

“The Escapists, as a series, has aptly been both a breakout and runaway success for team17. As such, I’m delighted that we’re offering players the chance to become institutionalised once more, but this time in fully realised, 3D correctional facilities. It’s a fresh perspective on a fan favourite, and today’s announcement is just a sneak peek of what’s to come,” said team17 General Manager Harley Homewood.

Key Features:

• Escape Your Way: Every prison is a system waiting to be understood, exploited and very badly outsmarted.
• Turn Rubbish into Freedom: Search cells, trade with inmates and complete jobs to get your hands on supplies.
• Five Prisons: Break out of five distinctive prisons, each with its own routines, characters, and secrets.
• Make Your Inmate Your Own: Earn XP as you play, unlock new skills and tailor your inmate to your style of escape.
• Better with Accomplices: Try and escape solo or team up with friends. Play with two players in local split-screen, or take your escape online with up to four.

The Escapists 3 is coming to Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam) in 2027.