Escape Goat
BANGER · Action · 2013
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $4.99.
- Length
- 2.6h 4.3h to 100%
- Value
- $1.92/hr
- Reviews
- 96% of 703 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
Escape Goat is a puzzle platformer where you take control of a goat, who has been imprisoned for witchcraft, and overcome traps and obstacles to escape the Prison of Agnus. Fear not, for with your supreme agility, sturdy horns, and the help of a magic mouse friend, you can turn the tables on foes and use the environment to your advantage.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, DirectX 9.0c compatible video card, 102 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
55 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 60 percent off across all of them, roughly 12 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 1 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 99 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Leap Year ($3.99, scores 93) beats it on value, while it beats La-Mulana ($14.99, scores 58).
The math says it holds its tier up to $6.16.
More about Escape Goat
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 2.6 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
50% start to 5% rarestNo 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
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 3, 16:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
A gem from the golden age of indies with a light bit of plot atop tight, challenging gameplay. How challenging you ask? Well, let us say that this is one of those games that will have you making noises with your mouth you did not think yourself capable of.
2 more reviews
Escape Goat is a short puzzle platformer about a Goat solving puzzles to escape a prison. Overall I enjoyed this game and it was a good challenge. I liked the levels where you have all the options in front of you, and you have to slowly maneuver your way through obstacles and press the right switches at the right time to get to the exit. The game is pretty good at giving you the "a-ha" moment, and most levels are...
Very entertaining and fun game, but anyone trying to play it on high end pc should limit the screen frame rate to 60 using Nvidia control panel, otherwise the game is way too fast and unplayble.
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No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Escape Goat scores 89/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/251370/escape-goatReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.