Escape First 3

Escape First 3

Skip · Multiplayer · 2020

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The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 12, under the fair line, at $6.99.

Length
2h 2.7h to 100%
Value
$3.50/hr
Reviews
63% of 215 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Reviews63% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 64% after the small-sample adjustment
Reach35K+ owners
How many own it and play it, by SteamSpy's estimates (an old snapshot), the biggest driver for a game with no ending
For context
Value$3.50/hr
Price per hour of game. This genre scores on player counts instead
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds2 of 193 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

"Escape First 3" is the third installment of a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! It includes 3 different escape rooms to choose from and can be played competitively, co-op or solo.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: Nvidia 450 / AMD equivalent, 13 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

55 discounts in the 7 years on record, a median of 40 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

It is less well reviewed than 81 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, We Were Here Together ($4.93, scores 58) beats it on value, while it beats Tales of Escape (free, scores 7).

The drop-off

66% start to 13% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements

What players say

Another great co-op escape room game from OnSkull, a genre they are carrying on their shoulders and I wish we had more of. Graphics and world building are much improved compared to previous games. Playing and getting all of the achievements took my group around 4 hours. Devs are very caring, helping my group when we got stuck - fixing a bug within 20 minutes of us reporting. Excellent value for money and you can't...
BossyBoyRecommendedafter 4.5h24 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Every game in the Escape First series has been better than the last, and this is the first one that I would say is more good than bad. It still has the same problems as its predecessors (especially the awkward controls and the lack of inventory system for items you find). Items you drop still have a bad habit of falling through the map, needing all the items to be reset, and others clip very poorly when dropped onto...
RobFurzeRecommendedafter 2.1hNov 2023Read on Steam
This mockery of video game is horrendous... Not like spooky or something, but gameplay is just lame. This is designed for maximum of six players, but it starts lagging very quickly when running with full stack. Glitches are common and you can get stuck between props. I do not recommend this game. Period.
TOP TobyNot recommendedafter 1.4h7 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Escape First 3 scores 12/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1258460/escape-first-3
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperOnSkull Games
PublisherOnSkull Games
GenreMultiplayer
Released2020
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements11