Escape from Playtime Wiki
Escape from Playtime is a co-op survival horror game in the Poppy Playtime universe. Play as a Smiling Critter, gather resources for a mysterious Voice, and use tools, hiding spots, and distractions to survive the factory's creatures.
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About the Game
Escape from Playtime: A Smiling Critters Adventure is developed and published by Mob Entertainment. Its runs take Smiling Critters through procedurally generated sections of the abandoned Playtime Co. factory to retrieve scattered parts and resources. The Early Access launch included all eight Smiling Critters, a starter zone, and enemies including Miss Delight. It entered Early Access on 2026-10-21. Right now it's only on Steam for Windows PC. No PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Android or iOS version has been announced. Visit the official Steam store for availability.
Game Information
| Release Date | 2026-10-21 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Mob Entertainment |
| Platform | Windows PC (Steam) |
| Genre | Co-op survival horror |
FAQ
Escape from Playtime is a co-op survival horror game in the Poppy Playtime universe. You play as a Smiling Critter, gather parts and resources for a mysterious Voice, and bring them back safely. Use tools, hiding spots, distractions, and alternate routes to evade the factory's creatures as its procedurally generated layout changes between runs.
The official name is Escape from Playtime, with the description subtitle A Smiling Critters Adventure. Escape from the Playtime and Escape for Playtime are not the official title.
Mob Entertainment develops and publishes Escape from Playtime. It is set in the Poppy Playtime universe.
Yes, it's out in Early Access since 2026-10-21, but that isn't the full 1.0 release. The developers are aiming for roughly a year in Early Access while they build out the game with the community. That's a target, not a confirmed 1.0 date.
No, it's a paid game. On 2026-10-23 it cost $9.99 in the US (on sale for $8.99) and ¥55 in China (on sale for ¥49.50). Prices change by region and over time. The Founders' Pack is free for the first 30 days after the Early Access launch, but the base game itself is not free.
Up to eight players can join. Mob Entertainment's launch post calls it a 1–8 player co-op game, so solo play counts. The Steam store description still says 2–8 players, but either way the cap is eight.
It depends on the country. It's rated 14 in Brazil, 16 in Germany and 18 in Indonesia. There's no single worldwide age rating.
No. Brazilian Portuguese has interface text and subtitles, but no voice dub. English is the only language with full audio. The other text languages are French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Simplified Chinese.
On 2026-10-23 we saw 1,035 players online at one point and 891 later that day. Those are snapshots, not a live count, an all-time peak or a Steam Charts / SteamDB history.
No. It's a spinoff, not Chapter 6. It's a prequel set in 1997, two years after the Hour of Joy, and it's canon to the Poppy Playtime story. A separate team at Mob Entertainment makes it.
Miss Delight, the Bigger Body monster in Playcare School. Trailers and promo material point to her as the main antagonist. See Escape from Playtime enemies.
The Steam page doesn't list a download size. Minimum specs are Windows 10/11 64-bit, Intel Core i3 9100 or AMD Ryzen 5 3500, 8 GB RAM, GTX 1650 or RX 470 and DirectX 12. Recommended is an i9-11900k or Ryzen 9 5900x, 16 GB RAM and an RTX 3070 or RX 6800XT.