Escape The Mad Empire (2025)

Developer: XperimentalZ Games
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Indie, RPG, Strategy, Early Access
Rating: 4.5 of 5, 418 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 20 hours
Where to get it: Steam

How it feels

Managing a party of pixel-art heroes through lethal tactical battles, where permadeath and careful loot decisions create tense, strategic survival.

tacticalperma-deathmanagementpixel graphicsisometricdifficultrogue-litefantasy

What players say

Players praise the mix of Baldur's Gate real-time-with-pause combat and Darkest Dungeon's stress, calling it a dungeon crawler roguelite hybrid. They note the difficulty is adjustable but the game can feel repetitive, and while the 0.2 early access build is already content-rich, players warn of bugs and unfinished features.

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