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ESC/APE

ESC/APE is a first-person, physics-based combat game starring Abe, a genetically enhanced ape. Slide, ground pound, and throw your way through brutal trials to prove you’re the apex specimen and finally break free from the lab that caged you.

Free October 8, 2025

By Vancouver Film School

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ESC/APE - Vancouver Film School. Popular. Released October 8, 2025
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About this game

**A student team project designed to deliver a ~10 minute experience.

ESC/APE throws you into the role of Abe, a genetically enhanced ape bred for combat and locked away in a sterile testing facility. After a lifetime of experiments, you’re finally given a chance to prove your worth, and the chance to break free!

Master momentum and raw power in fast-paced, physics-driven combat. Slide under hazards, ground pound enemies into the floor, and hurl objects; or your foes themselves, into walls with bone-crushing force. Every movement is a weapon, and every trial pushes your abilities to the limit.

Will you be just another specimen in the lab’s endless experiments, or the first to shatter its walls and escape?

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