Escape Academy review

Escape Academy is the best story-led escape room game for two. You arrive at a school that trains escapists, and Coin Crew Games says its rooms were designed by experienced experts in real-life escape rooms. The whole game can be played alone or with a second player in local or online split screen, which makes it one of the few picks here that works on one couch. Rooms are themed lessons: defuse a bomb before your tea gets cold, outwit the academy's A.I., climb a tower filling with water or race a rival in the head-to-head Rival Room. The campus story and faculty characters give it more personality than the simulators, and the soundtrack is by doseone. The trade-offs are a two-player limit, a Windows-only Steam release and fewer rooms than Escape Simulator. Coin Crew released Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School on Steam on November 5, 2026, with solo and co-op play. We compared documented features and published prices.

Who it is for

Two players on one couch or online who want a story and themed rooms.

Price

$19.99 on Steam.

Buy Escape Academy $19.99
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 11, 2026.

Key features

• Over a dozen hand-crafted rooms by real-life escape room designers
• Two-player co-op in local or online split screen
• Head-to-head Rival Room puzzle races
• Campus story with a cast of faculty characters
• Music and sound design by doseone

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Couch co-op on one screen, rare in this genre
• Strength: Strong theming and story between rooms
• Strength: Sequel, Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School, released November 5, 2026
• Weakness: Two players at most
• Weakness: Steam version is Windows only
• Weakness: Fewer rooms than Escape Simulator

Key facts

• Developer: Coin Crew Games
• Released: July 13, 2022
• Rooms: Over a dozen
• Achievements: 40

Where it ranks

Escape Academy is No. 5 in our Best Escape Room Games verdict.