At the end of the Mystery Box event, Epic Games Store returned to its previous “timetable” by bringing a free game every week to users.
Although these gifts are not of high value, they sometimes bring surprising excitement to players. And this week, the gift that Epic Games Store brings is Escape Academy.
For those who don't know, Escape Academy is a closed room escape puzzle game, similar to what Escape Room usually does.
Escape Academy puts players in the role of students who are training to become “escape” masters. The game has a fairly high rating on OpenCritic with an average score of 80 and a user recommendation rate of up to 88%. This makes Escape Academy the highest-rated game the Epic Games Store has given away for free in 2025 so far. The game's Steam ratings are also very positive and are rated 4.42 and 4.2 stars on PlayStation Stores and Xbox Stores respectively.
More importantly, besides challenging your own intelligence, Escape Academy also offers online multiplayer and split-screen modes. And this mode is so well done that the game even becomes one of the best cooperative puzzle games in recent times. Escape Academy will be Epic Games Store's fourth free product in 2025, following Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Hell Let Loose, and Turmoil.
Currently, Escape Academy has a price of about 200,000 VND on Steam, but gamers can receive this game for free within a week, from January 17.
