Escape from Ever After

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97% | Overwhelmingly Positive
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About Escape from Ever After

About this game

Escape from Ever After is an adventure RPG inspired by the classic Paper Mario games, where fairytale and storybook characters must fight back against capitalism!

When Flynt Buckler, a classic fairytale adventurer, storms the castle of his evil dragon arch-nemesis Tinder, he finds the once intimidating fortress has been converted into… corporate offices? The villainous dragon is nowhere to be found and her castle is full of mindless coffee-sipping, report-filing drones. What happened?

It turns out that storybooks are an untapped market ripe with valuable resources, cheap labor, and profit to be had—so naturally, real-world conglomerate Ever After Inc.™ found a way to intervene! With Tinder’s Castle as their new corporate headquarters, Ever After Inc. is hellbent on taking over every storybook they can. With no choice but to get a job, Flynt Buckler must team up with his former nemesis Tinder in order to climb the corporate ladder and take down Ever After Inc. from the inside!

Dive into storybook worlds packed to the brim with colorful characters, captivating locales, and electrifying secrets! One moment you’ll be fleeing Lovecraftian terrors while solving a noir murder mystery, and the next you’ll be up against villainous versions of The Three Little Pigs as they try to bulldoze a fairytale forest for their real estate developments. The rules are always changing!

Face off against hordes of wacky enemies in snappy turn-based gameplay! Perfectly-timed action commands allow Flynt to finish off his foes with style, and an assortment of items, badges, and partners ensure there’s always a trick up his sleeve.

  • Fight in a fun, fast-paced battle system that rewards experimentation and strategy
  • Build and customize your party—every character has unique skills that can be equipped and upgraded throughout your journey
  • Engage in office banter, help your storybook coworkers, and decorate your office as you climb the corporate ladder
  • Explore vast storybook worlds brimming with sidequests, treasures, and secrets
  • Stories within stories: experience a charming and lively narrative where the rules are constantly changing
  • A jazzy, big-band soundtrack that keeps the energy pumping throughout

 

 

Game Details

Platform:
steam
Release Date:
January 23, 2026
Developers:
Sleepy Castle Studio
Wing-It! Creative
Publisher:
HypeTrain Digital
Supported Languages:
English
Steam Controller Support:
Xbox
PS5 DualSense (USB Only)

PS4 DualShock (USB Only)
Accessibility Features:
Gameplay:
Adjustable Difficulty
Audio:
Custom Volume Controls
Input:
Playable Without Timed Input
Keyboard Only Option
Link:
Genres:
Story Rich
RPG

Action RPG

Party-Based RPG

JRPG

Adventure

Tactical RPG
Themes:
Funny
Emotional

Comedy

Fantasy

Music

Mystery

Dark

Retro

Stylized
Play Styles:
Turn-Based Tactics
Singleplayer

2D

Soundtrack
Features:
Singleplayer
Steam achievements

Full controller support

Custom volume controls

Adjustable difficulty

Keyboard only option

Playable without timed input

Steam cloud

Family sharing

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
  • Processor: 3.0 GHz processor
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM

Recommended:

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Critic Reviews

82

Gameliner

90 / 100
"Since the release of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door in 2004, developers worldwide - including Nintendo - have been searching for the next big hit, and Sleepy Castle Studio...

MonsterVine

90 / 100
"Escape from Ever After is a great game, and considering how people took to last year’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, part of me wonders if this Paper Mario-inspired game will...

Softpedia

85 / 100
"Escape from Ever After is colorful, traditional, and provides surprisingly interesting commentary on the power of stories. Flynt isn’t the most interesting protagonist, but he...
Reviews provided by MetaCritic

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, Escape from Ever After is Steam Deck Verified. Valve’s testing indicates that Escape from Ever After is Verified on Steam Deck. This game is fully functional on Steam Deck, and works great with the built-in controls and display.
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
  • Processor: 3.0 GHz processor
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Yes, Escape from Ever After has broad critical consensus. 93% of critics on Metacritic recommend Escape from Ever After. The Metascore is 82 out of 100.
Escape from Ever After was released on January 23, 2026
Escape from Ever After is published by HypeTrain Digital
Escape from Ever After was developed by Sleepy Castle Studio and Wing-It! Creative
Fanatical users tagged Escape from Ever After as Story Rich, RPG, Action RPG, and Party-Based RPG
Fanatical users tagged Escape from Ever After as Funny, Emotional, Comedy, and Fantasy
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Escape from Ever After as having Singleplayer
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Escape from Ever After as Story Rich
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Escape from Ever After as RPG
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Escape from Ever After as Action RPG

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