The Ultimate Escape Academy Achievement Guide for 100% Completion

Master every puzzle, collect all newspapers, and unlock 100% GamerScore with this comprehensive escape academy achievement guide.

Welcome to the comprehensive escape academy achievement guide designed to help you unlock every single trophy and achieve a full 1,000 GamerScore. If you are aiming for perfection in this first-person puzzle game, this escape academy achievement guide covers everything from story progression to trickier miscellaneous challenges. Whether you are playing on Xbox Game Pass or Steam, getting all achievements usually takes around an hour and a half to a few hours if you know the puzzle solutions beforehand.

Developed by Coin Crew Games and published by iam8bit, Escape Academy puts your wits to the test across various cleverly designed escape rooms. To make your journey smoother, this guide outlines mandatory story unlocks, collectible locations, and community strategies to maximize your efficiency. For more information about the game, check out the official Escape Academy Steam Page.

Understanding Escape [Academy Achievements and GamerScore

Before diving into the puzzles, understanding how achievements are structured will save you plenty of time. Most achievements unlock naturally simply by progressing through the main curriculum, while others require specific speedruns, hidden interactions, or cooperative play.

Utilizing an escape academy achievement guide allows you to bypass trial-and-error, ensuring you maintain high letter grades (A+) on your report cards. Maintaining an A+ grade requires completing levels within the time limit without utilizing any hint prompts.

Achievement Type	Total Count	Main Requirement	Difficulty
Story Progression	13	Complete all main chapters and escape rooms	Easy to Moderate
Miscellaneous	11	Complete specific actions (sprinting, puzzles, pianos)	Easy
Co-op Specific	3	Play with a partner or second controller	Easy

According to player experience and community reports, the vast majority of achievements are straightforward, though a few miscellaneous tasks require precise sequencing.

Main Story Progression and Mandatory Unlocks

As you move through your academic career at the academy, completing each escape room rewards you with a story-based achievement and a final report card grade. You will progress through multiple semesters, tackling increasingly complex rooms filled with lasers, codes, and logic puzzles.

To help you track your progress, here is the complete breakdown of story milestones covered in this escape academy achievement guide:

Chapter / Term	Room Name	Associated Achievement
Introductions	Introductions	Next Stop: Escape Academy
Prologue / Exam	The Entrance Exam	Entrance Examined
Fall Term	Escape Artist	Paint Outside the Box
Fall Term	The Breakout	Remote Rescue
Winter Term	Trial By Taste	Don't Cry Over Spilled Milkshake
Winter Term	The Tea Kettle	Tea Hot to Handle
Winter Term	Lab Rat	Machine Learning
Spring Term	The Rival Room	Apex First Year
Spring Term	Where There's Smoke	Stop, Drop, and Solve!
Spring Term	Tea 'N Tea	Detonation Denied
Epilogue	The Confrontation	School Sleuth
Epilogue	What Lies Below	You've Escaped!

Each of these levels must be cleared to reach the ending credits. Remember that earning an A+ on 10 separate escapes unlocks the coveted "Overachiever" achievement.

Tackling Miscellaneous and Missable Challenges

Beyond regular progression, several achievements require specific actions outside of standard room completion. Community reports highlight a few hidden challenges that can easily be missed on a blind playthrough.

Here are the key miscellaneous achievements and how to unlock them quickly:

Achievement Name	Objective / Requirement	Solution / Tip
Lock Buster	Open 10 locks	Unlocked naturally by solving 10 puzzles
Key to the Campus	Open 30 locks	Unlocked naturally by solving 30 puzzles
Killer Cardio	Sprint for over 400 meters	Hold down the left stick and run in circles
Musical Prodigy	Play "Mary Had A Little Lamb"	Enter bookshelf code (Egypt > Japan > Greece) and input notes on the piano
Thresher Rusher	Complete "Under Pressure" under 3 min	Enter codes: Fear, Will, Slow, Your, Mind
Spin Specialist	Solve Eel's Rotating Chambers under 8 moves	Use the specific clockwise/counter-clockwise rotation sequence on the Rival Room puzzle

For the "Musical Prodigy" achievement, interacting with the secret bookshelf in the Headmaster's office unlocks the piano room where you input the notes: EDC DEEE DDD EGG EDC DEEE EDDE DC.

Locating All 13 Newspaper Collectibles

To unlock the "Extra, Extra!" achievement, you must interact with 10 different editions of "The Escapist Times" hidden throughout the various levels. There are 13 total newspapers in the game, giving you a bit of a safety margin.

Level Name	Newspaper Location Details
Introductions	Near the payphones right before boarding the train
The Entrance Exam	On the floor next to the orange couch in the first room
Escape Artist	On the desk inside the teacher's office
Under Pressure (The Thresher)	On a shelf in the side room next to a rubber ducky
The Breakout	On the desk to the right of the main terminal door
Trial By Taste	On a long table near the steps in the dining area
The Tea Kettle	On the bench directly beneath the center tree
Lab Rat	In the corner of the room between the TV and vending machine
The Rival Room	Inside one of the orange boxes at the beginning
Where There's Smoke	On a desk between the clock and hourglass puzzles
Tea 'N Tea	On the desk inside the back of the delivery truck
The Confrontation	In a trash can next to the main desk
What Lies Below	Inside the very first locker on your left upon entry

Collecting these newspapers not only counts toward your achievement progress but also provides immersive lore regarding the escape community.

Mastering [Co-op Achievements and Multiplayer Tips

The final hurdle for 100% completion involves three co-op specific achievements. Fortunately, these can be tackled online with a friend, via remote play, or locally by plugging in a second controller.

Achievement Name	Requirement	Quick Method
Groovin', Baby!	Solve Quanty's Disco Fever in co-op	Complete the floor puzzle in "Lab Rat" with two players
Exchange Students	Give at least 5 items to a partner	Repeatedly hand items back and forth with your co-op partner
Study Buddies	Complete three Escapes with a partner	Replay any three short escape rooms in co-op mode

Player experience shows that these cooperative tasks take very little time—usually under 15 minutes total—making them a breeze to clean up after finishing the solo campaign.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I get an A+ rating if I use hints during an escape room?

No. Using a hint prompt (by pressing the hint button) instantly disqualifies you from earning an A+ report card grade for that specific run. To secure an A+ and work toward the "Overachiever" achievement, you must complete the level within the time limit without any assistance.

Are any achievements permanently missable?

None of the achievements are strictly missable because you can replay any completed escape room or chapter at any time using the dorm room corkboard or level select menus.

How do I unlock the cooperative achievements if I play solo?

You can easily unlock all co-op achievements by plugging in a second controller for local split-screen play or by using online multiplayer with a friend.

What is the easiest way to earn the [Killer Cardio achievement?

Simply hold down the sprint button (left stick on controllers or Shift on keyboard) and run in circles around any open area, such as the campus quad or inside the dorm room, until the notification pops up.