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ActionAdventureIndieOnline Co-OpMultiplayerHorrorSurvival HorrorCo-op

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Game description

An online 2-8 player co-op horror experience where you and your friends are trapped in an abandoned toy factory. A mysterious voice commands you for an unknown purpose as you explore shifting halls, scavenge for tools, and fight for survival against creatures that lurk in the dark.

Basic info

DeveloperMob Entertainment
PublisherMob Entertainment
PlatformsWindows
Release dateOct 21, 2026
Price
  • Steam store −10% $9.99 $8.99 · Steam ↗
  • Lowest-price store $8.99 · Steam
  • Historical low $8.99 · 3-month low $8.99Other stores ↗

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10/11
ProcessorIntel Core i3 9100 / AMD Ryzen 5 3500
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 1650 / Radeon RX 470
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 441 reviews from the past 1 year

63.3/ 100
Bottom 20%

Steam rating: Mostly Positive (75%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 25, 2026)

This early access horror extraction game works best with a group of friends, and Escape from Playtime scores 63.3 from 441 analyzed reviews.

👍 Strengths

164 reviews find it fun or at least pretty decent, though some of the positive ones still ask for ways to play with strangers. 80 enjoy playing together, and many of them say it is a lot of fun with friends, and some describe laughing while hitting each other with silly items and running from the monsters. 31 like the visuals, calling the graphics nice and pretty. Multiplayer appears in 58% of analyzed reviews and ranks 522nd of 642.

👎 Where it falls short

58 reviews say there is no public matchmaking or server browser, so playing without a ready team is hard, and some find that unfair for a paid game. 41 feel the loop of collecting items, dodging monsters and filling a quota grows repetitive and stale, and a few want more enemy types. 38 say there is too little content, with only one location and a few hours of play. Content Volume ranks 1335th of 1351, Pricing & Fairness ranks 1298th of 1399, and Gameplay ranks 1336th of 1396.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“overall not bad, better than Project Playtime” · 164 reviews
“played with friends and had a lot of fun together” · 80 reviews
“public matchmaking missing despite charging players for the game” · 58 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 47% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Onboarding -2.35 · How easy it is to learn — tutorials and the first hours
Negative “no explanation for how shifts, strikes, coins, or save slots work” · 25 reviews

Progression 9% · Difficulty 20% · Freedom 7% · Strategy 7% · Controls & feel 12%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 18% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

World +1.61 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “loves the concept and detailed environment design” · 20 reviews

Story 4% · Characters 3%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 43% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Variety -2.88 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition
Negative “needs more enemies and addictive gameplay loops beyond extraction” · 41 reviews
Positive “gigantic variety of items and diverse gameplay” · 2 reviews

Volume 28% · Replayability 1%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 16% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +1.53 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “graphics are nice and pretty” · 31 reviews

Audio 5%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 58% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together -0.25 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “played with friends and had a lot of fun together” · 80 reviews

Community 2% · Servers & Connection 2%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 47% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Matchmaking -0.73 · Skill gaps, team balance, and queue times
Negative “public matchmaking missing despite charging players for the game” · 58 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Pricing 21% · Balance 11%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 43% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.16 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “previous multiplayer game was abandoned, concerned about same fate” · 11 reviews
Positive “immediate updates and intervention from dev team is extremely refreshing” · 9 reviews

Stability 14% · Performance 6%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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