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The Artful Escape

Beethoven & Dinosaur, Annapurna Interactive
Sep 9, 2021 - Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC
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OpenCritic Rating

80

Top Critic Average

78%

Critics Recommend

PC Gamer
75 / 100
Eurogamer
Recommended
IGN
8 / 10
TheGamer
4.5 / 5
GamesRadar+
4.5 / 5
Game Informer
8.5 / 10
GameSpot
8 / 10
TheSixthAxis
8 / 10
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THE ARTFUL ESCAPE | Developer Walkthrough

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THE ARTFUL ESCAPE | Brief Overview


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Critic Reviews for The Artful Escape

An eye-popping musical adventure that will leave you with a serious case of galaxy brain.

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A lurid and generous trip through the iconography of seventies rock.

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There hasn't been a guitar-based adventure as excellent as The Artful Escape since Bill met Ted.

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Annapurna Interactive has a staggering back catalogue, but 2021 has frankly not been great for the publisher. Last Stop failed to leave any kind of impact, Maquette is a game with Bryce Dallas Howard in it and not much else, and Twelve Minutes, despite being loaded with star-power, wastes its time loop mechanic in service of a ridiculous twist ending that derails the entire game. With The Artful Escape, plus Neon White, Stray, and Solar Ash to come in the near future, it feels like Annapurna is back.

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The Artful Escape is a short but oh-so-sweet platformer that will have you bopping to its impossibly catch beats and transfixed by its beauty

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It won't challenge your platforming skills, and the action boils down to galactic Simon Says, but The Artful Escape is a gorgeous experience that makes you feel utterly cool

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Rock opera and space opera meet for some artful escapism.

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The Artful Escape is an enigmatic coming of age story, wrapped in reverb-laden riffs and space opera shenanigans. It is quite unique, and absolutely unmissable.

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