iam8bit and Coin Crew Games announced Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School, a follow-up to the 2022-developed Escape Academy. The game is an open-world escape room game, pushing the boundaries of the genre and the companies plan to release it on PC (Steam, Epic Store) in 2026. The game's store is already open on Valve's store for wishlisting.
An Open World of Mystery and Puzzles
Escape Academy 2 is a brand-new game from Coin Crew Games. The developers aim to expand on the puzzle-solving experience of the original game, making an open-world explorable campus with many challenges to solve. As the players explore it alone or in local or online co-op, they'll get to learn many secrets about the Academy and its nature.
The full campaign is brand new and abuses the fact it takes place in a digital world to offer big, life-threatening thrills. The Steam page mentions spiked ceilings, a 100-foot abyss that players may fall into, and other traps that will serve as a method of "confronting one's mortality."
The debut trailer shows some of the areas and challenges with hidden puzzles to uncover. Some of...