ESC

Indie· Visual Novel· Soundtrack· Interactive Fiction

Released May 2020

An interactive novel about identity, roleplay, and dreams.

99% positive · 106 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

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Evaluation

ESC is a self-contained interactive novel that launched on May 15, 2020. The store description presents it as a complete narrative experience with a defined runtime of 4–6 hours. The only DLC ever released is the original soundtrack (ESCISM), which shipped on the same day as the game itself. There are no unreleased DLC items, no roadmaps, no post-launch content updates, and no developer communications indicating plans for additional content. The game launched as a finished product and has remained so since release.

Evidence

Store description presents ESC as a complete interactive novel with a defined 4–6 hour runtime, suggesting a self-contained experience with no ongoing content cycle.

store metadata · May 15, 2020 source development ending

high

The only DLC, the original soundtrack (ESCISM), was released on launch day. No unreleased DLC exists.

dlc listing · May 15, 2020 source content shipped

medium

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Released

ESCISM (ESC Original Soundtrack)

May 2020

Media

Details

Developer

Lena Raine

Publisher

Radical Dreamland

Achievements

—

Platform

Windows

Controller

—

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

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About this game

ESC IS...

an interactive novel about identity, roleplay, and dreams

Enter the memories of Raine as she explores the text-based world of VerdaMUCK, a simulation of the old network within the vast cerebrally-interconnected network of the near future. Meanwhile, a mysterious individual known only as The Navigator exposes the truths of the Cerenet as a conspiracy-in-the-making begins to unfold.