The team also wanted to introduce something new to players. Since computer codes need to be substantially rewritten to incorporate such feature into the first game, the team decided to create a new game instead. The team listened to feedback from players who have played the first game and identified multiplayer as the most requested feature. Mouldy Toof Studios created the game in conjunction with Team17. The competitive multiplayer pits four players against each other and the player who breaks out from the confinement facility fastest wins the game. Two players can assist each other when the player characters are escaping prison. The game features both local and online cooperative multiplayer. The game features an expanded combat system which allows players to lock onto targets, block and perform light and heavy attacks. There are also more customization options for the player character. Comparing to its predecessors, the game has a larger variety of prisons, including prisoner transport vehicles and incarceration facilities set in space. Once the player character is caught, all progress is lost and the inmate is put into solitary confinement. The Escapists 2 features a crafting system which allows players to craft items like shovels, tasers and dummies to confuse guards.

The inmate must follow daily routines in the prison while at the same time, complete quests for fellow inmates and seek out opportunities to escape. In the game, players assume control of an inmate from a top-down perspective. Nintendo Switch and mobile phones versions were released in 20 respectively.

It is the sequel to The Escapists (2015) and it was first released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in August 2017. The Escapists 2 is a strategy role-playing video game developed by Mouldy Toof Studios and published by Team17.

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