Access Denied: Escape
Worth it · Narrative · 2023
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $4.99.
- Length
- 1.9h 2.1h to 100%
- Value
- $2.63/hr
- Reviews
- 91% of 294 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4. Calls like this were right 83% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 10 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
About the game
Access Denied: Escape is a puzzle game where you have to hack data vaults and interact with various devices to escape.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: Video card with 2GB of VRAM, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 20 discounts in the 3 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 10 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 4 percent on value. It is cheaper than 67 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 88 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Room 4: Old Sins ($8.99, scores 80) beats it on value, while it beats Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? ($14.99, scores 69).
More about Access Denied: Escape
Steam's global achievement data puts 63 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. Of the 213 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written July 2023 to August 2026.
The drop-off
97% start to 63% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
What players say
7/10 This is a fairly simple puzzle/escape game. Almost all of the progression is put directly in front of you - there are only a few times where you need to look around to find something that is not obvious. It's a nice little story, with a few options to sway from the path (for achievements!). I found this much easier than other puzzle and escape games, but that can be nice sometimes.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I played the original Access Denied about 10 years ago in 2016. It was an interesting puzzle game back then. Access Denied: Escape doesn't disappoint in the puzzle department either, and this sequel also adds a story as you play through the game. You're hired by scienstist who has asked you to retrieve something important for him, however things doesn't reallt work out as planned... I definitely want to check out...
I was disappointed by the "puzzle" design. Most of the puzzles were very easy or just "minigames" and didn't require any thinking effort. The actual environmental puzzles that had you moving around were more fun. But yeah. Overall: too easy.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Access Denied: Escape scores 74/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2317300/access-denied-escapeReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.