iam8bit Releases Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School with an Open-World Campus
iam8bit Presents released Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School on November 6, 2026, with Coin Crew Games developing. The escape puzzle game costs 2200 yen, or 2350 yen for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S version, both tax included.
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Why it matters
Escape Academy 2 turns the campus into one large open-world puzzle room, so the puzzles now run through a continuous space rather than a single room.
Key Facts
- iam8bit Presents released Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School on November 6, 2026.
- Coin Crew Games developed Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School.
- The game costs 2200 yen, and the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S version costs 2350 yen, both tax included.
- The previous game, Escape Academy, was played by more than 4 million people and holds a Very Positive Steam user review rating.
- A demo of Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School is available on the Steam store page.
It is set at an academy for escapology, and this entry makes the campus one large open-world puzzle room with online co-op. Traps include spiked ceilings and falls from 30 meters. A demo is on the Steam store page.
Escape Academy, the previous game, drew more than 4 million players and holds a Very Positive rating from Steam user reviews.
The sequel keeps online co-op, and its new story is written so that players new to the series can follow it alongside friends. The campus puzzles ignore safety standards: spiked ceilings and falls from 30 meters are among the traps, and the whole campus works as one continuous puzzle room.
Store pages for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S versions are open, and the Steam page carries a demo.
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