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A school and campus where promising students train to become the ultimate Escapist by solving puzzles and completing escape rooms. Developed by Coin Crew G

[Escape Academy

A school and campus where promising students train to become the ultimate Escapist by solving puzzles and completing escape rooms. Developed by Coin Crew Games, the academy expands across series entries and DLC like Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School and Escape from Anti-Escape Island.

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Escape Academy is a first-person puzzle game set at a school where promising students train to become the ultimate Escapist by solving hand-crafted escape rooms, hacking servers, and meeting the faculty. Developed by Coin Crew Games and published by iam8bit Presents, it blends escape-room challenges with open-world campus exploration. The game released on 14 July 2022 for Microsoft Windows and has since expanded through DLC such as Escape from Anti-Escape Island and the sequel Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School.

Getting Started

The academy is best experienced as a first-person puzzle game where you are placed into escape rooms and must figure out how to get out [src-cc415a0c9f]. From the main menu, press Play, choose Solo, and start a new game save [src-cc415a0c9f]. You can adjust sensitivity and look inversion in the settings before starting if needed [src-cc415a0c9f]. During conversations, press A to tab through or Start to skip [src-cc415a0c9f].

A critical tip: avoid pressing X during play, because it reveals a hint — and using a hint prevents you from earning an A+ rank on an Escape [src-cc415a0c9f]. This matters for the Honor Roll and Overachiever achievements, which require B+ or A+ grades on 10 Escapes respectively.

Step-by-Step Walkthrough

The First Escape: "[Introductions"

You are automatically placed into the first escape room. Walk forward and to your right to find a safe. Enter the code FREE (F, R, E, E) to open it and grab the key inside [src-cc415a0c9f]. Back out, go to the front door, interact with it, and use the key to exit — completing your first puzzle and unlocking the "Next Stop: Escape Academy" achievement [src-cc415a0c9f].

Exploring [the Campus

Once you gain control of your character, walk across the room to the board and pick up three business cards: Ally B, Jeb, and Eel [src-cc415a0c9f]. Then back out and go through the restricted door to the right to reach your next puzzle [src-cc415a0c9f]. The campus is explorable — you can visit locations like the headmaster's office, the quad, and the library, and have side conversations with characters [src-eca7cb7683]. Having eight side conversations on campus unlocks the "Chatterbox" achievement.

Tips

Protect your grades. Never press X for hints if you want A+ ranks; hint use locks you out of the top grade [src-cc415a0c9f].
Play with a partner for co-op achievements. Three achievements require co-op, which you can do online or locally with a second controller [src-cc415a0c9f]. These include "Study Buddies" (complete three Escapes with a partner), "Exchange Students" (give at least 5 items to your partner), and "Groovin', Baby!" (solve Quanty's Disco Fever with a partner).
Sprint for "Killer Cardio." Simply sprint for over 400 meters over the course of play.
Read the paper. Collect 10 different editions of "The Escapist Times" for "Extra, Extra!".
Chase the move-limit challenges. "Spin Specialist" requires solving Eel's Rotating Chambers in under 8 moves, and "Dead-Volt" requires solving Eel's Battery Lock in under 10 moves — both are among the rarer achievements (27.5% and 15.4%).
Open locks as you go. "Lock Buster" (10 locks) and "Key to the Campus" (30 locks) unlock naturally through normal play.

Rewards and Achievements

The base game tracks 16 visible achievements plus 24 hidden ones. Notable milestones include "You've Escaped!" for escaping "What Lies Below," "Honor Roll" and "Overachiever" for grade performance across 10 Escapes, and the elusive "Musical Prodigy" (4.9%) for finding a way to play "Mary Had A Little Lamb." Achievements and trophies are tracked across the experience, and full completion is achievable in a fairly short playthrough — one walkthrough notes you can grab a thousand gamer score in about an hour and a half, with only three simple achievements requiring co-op at the end [src-cc415a0c9f].

Expansions and Sequels

Beyond the base campus, the academy grows across series entries. The Anti-Escape Island DLC and the full sequel Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School expand the experience, with sequels introducing open-world exploration and side-quests alongside the core escape-room gameplay.

Details

type

School / Campus

description

A school where promising students train to become the ultimate Escapist through hand-crafted escape rooms, hacking servers, and meeting faculty.

campus_interactions

Students can explore the campus, have side conversations with characters, and engage in open-world exploration and side-quests introduced in sequels.

developer

Coin Crew Games

expansions_and_sequels

Features expansions such as the Anti-Escape Island DLC and full sequels like Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School.

image

Escape Academy.jpg

publisher

iam8bit Presents

releasedate

14 July 2022

platform

Microsoft Windows

genre

puzzle / escape room

game_features

Open world escape room gameplay
Side content and extra credit quests
Achievements and trophies tracking