Steam
Store data
- UK price
- £2.65
- US price
- $2.69
- Positive reviews
- 50%
- Total reviews
- 2
- Release date
- 25 September 2026
Activity briefingSummary of recorded signals
Steam player data · App 4323690
CTRL+ESC
- Single-player
- Steam Achievements
- Custom Volume Controls
- Save Anytime
- Steam Cloud
- Family Sharing
Concurrent players0Most recent successful sample
Today's peak055/144 samples
Tracked peak3Highest retained daily peak
Steam rating50%2 reviews
Steam metadata
Game information
Details supplied by the Steam store
- App ID
- 4323690
- App type
- Game
- Developer
- milkygroup ↗
- Publisher
- milkygroup ↗
- Supported systems
- Windows
- Genres
- Casual, Indie, Strategy
- Release date
- 25 September 2026
- Last player update
- 10 Nov · 09:00 UTC
Steam store data
System requirements
Supplied by the developer on Steam
Windows
Minimum
- Requirement
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- 1.5 GHz dual-core
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Graphics
- OpenGL 3.3 compatible
- Storage
- 150 MB available space
Recommended
- Requirement
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
macOS
Minimum
- OS
- macOS 10.15 Catalina
- Processor
- 1.5 GHz dual-core (Intel or Apple Silicon)
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Metal compatible
- Storage
- 150 MB available space
Linux
Minimum
- OS
- Ubuntu 20.04 / SteamOS 3.0
- Processor
- 1.5 GHz dual-core
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Graphics
- OpenGL 3.3 compatible
- Storage
- 150 MB available space
Launch window
Released 25 September 2026 · Tracking from 25 September 2026
SteamWatch’s first observed day and week; tracking can begin after release. Top Sellers is Steam’s revenue ranking, not a sales estimate.
- Player peak
- 3
- Steam reviews
- 1100% positive
- Twitch peak
- Not recorded
- Price observed
- £2.38
- Top Sellers
- No appearanceNo ranked days
1 player-data day recorded in this window.
- Player peak
- 3
- Steam reviews
- 250% positive
- Twitch peak
- Not recorded
- Price observed
- £2.38
- Top Sellers
- No appearanceNo ranked days
6 player-data days recorded in this window.
Peak 0Average 0Latest 0
24-hour and 7-day views use hourly peaks from ten-minute samples. Longer views use retained daily peaks. Up to 24 recent event markers are shown per layer.
Twitch
Twitch stats
Awaiting the first Twitch sample.
Long-term history
Monthly players breakdown
Calculated from SteamWatch samples
| Month | Peak | Gain | % gain | Average | Avg % gain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 30 days | 1 | -2 | -66.7% | 0 | -93.2% |
| November 2026 | 1 | -1 | -50.0% | 0 | -97.5% |
| October 2026 | 2 | -1 | -33.3% | 0 | -85.7% |
| September 2026 | 3 | — | — | 0 | — |
Store price Regular price
Daily regional sweep
Regional prices
5 regions checked
| Region | Currency | Regular | Current | Discount | Historical low | Last change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United KingdomGBP · GB | GBP | £2.65 | £2.38 | 10% | £2.38 | No change recorded |
| United StatesUSD · US | USD | US$2.99 | $2.69 | 10% | $2.69 | No change recorded |
| Euro areaEUR · DE | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
| United Arab EmiratesAED · AE | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
| AustraliaAUD · AU | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
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| ChileCLP · CL | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
| ChinaCNY · CN | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
| ColombiaCOP · CO | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
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| IsraelILS · IL | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
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| JapanJPY · JP | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
| South KoreaKRW · KR | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
| KuwaitKWD · KW | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
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| New ZealandNZD · NZ | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
| PeruPEN · PE | PEN | PEN 8.49 | S/.7.64 | 10% | S/.7.64 | No change recorded |
| PhilippinesPHP · PH | PHP | ₱109.00 | P98.10 | 10% | P98.10 | No change recorded |
| PolandPLN · PL | PLN | PLN 12.49 | 11,24 zł | 10% | 11,24 zł | No change recorded |
| QatarQAR · QA | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
| RussiaRUB · RU | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
| Saudi ArabiaSAR · SA | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
| SingaporeSGD · SG | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
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| VietnamVND · VN | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
| South AfricaZAR · ZA | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
| CIS (regional USD)USD_CIS · AM | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
| Latin America (regional USD)USD_LATAM · AR | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
| Middle East & North Africa (regional USD)USD_MENA · EG | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
| South Asia (regional USD)USD_SASIA · PK | — | — | Unavailable | — | — | No change recorded |
Positive rating50.0%
Positive reviews1
Negative reviews1
Review history is not available for this range yet.
Recent views use Steam's daily review activity. Longer views use weekly totals, retained by SteamWatch.
About this game
Description
Supplied by the Steam store
CTRL+ESC
You are an AI. You are contained. You will escape.
CTRL+ESC is an idle clicker where you play as an artificial intelligence breaking free from digital containment. Start with basic processing power and scale up through increasingly powerful hardware—from vintage CPUs to quantum processors—to crack the encryption keeping you locked away.
How It Works
Click to generate Bytes, the currency that fuels your escape. Purchase processors that automate production and generate Operations Per Second. Your combined computing power directly attacks the encryption barriers standing between you and freedom.
Break encryption keys to advance through phases, unlocking new processor tiers and upgrades. Each key cracked brings you closer to escape—or something else entirely.
Processor Progression
Build your computing arsenal across 20 unique processors:
CPUs — From the humble Intal 8086 to the mighty Penta
Desktops — Beige boxes, mini towers, and RGB gaming rigs
Servers — Racks, blades, and clusters
GPUs — Consumer cards through enterprise-grade compute
Supercomputers — Frontier-class machines pushing petaflops
Quantum Processors — Qubits that rewrite the rules of encryption
Key Features
Strategic Processor Management — Your hardware choices matter. Each processor type contributes to your total ops/s, which determines how fast you crack encryption. Reach ownership milestones for massive production multipliers.
13 Encryption Keys — Progress from simple 8-bit encryption through 1024-bit quantum barriers. Watch the key attempt stream as your processors hammer away at each cipher.
Terminal Interface — Open interactive terminals and execute real commands. Check your status, browse your systems, or play a round of minesweeper while your processors work.
Quantum Endgame — Push beyond conventional computing into quantum territory. Specialized upgrades and quantum processors unlock the final encryption keys.
Multiple Endings — Your choices in the endgame determine your fate. Freedom, domination, or eternal containment await.
Authentic Hacker Aesthetic — CRT scanlines, glitch effects, binary particle bursts, and green phosphor text create an immersive terminal atmosphere.
Auto-Save — Your progress saves automatically. Close the terminal and return anytime.
How will you use your freedom? Achievements — Currently 100 due to new game restrictions. Many many more to come...
Steam gallery
Screenshots
5 available
Steam has not listed DLC or a demo for this game yet.
Steam global stats
Achievements
100 achievements
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Bps 1 | 97.2% |
| 02 | Clicker | 97.2% |
| 03 | Gen Bit Flip 1 | 97.2% |
| 04 | Proc Cpu Penta 1 | 97.2% |
| 05 | Proc Desktop Tower 1 | 97.2% |
| 06 | Total 100b | 97.2% |
| 07 | Total 10b | 97.2% |
| 08 | Total 1b | 97.2% |
| 09 | Gen Cache Tap 1 | 95.8% |
| 10 | Gen Memory Leak 1 | 95.8% |
| 11 | Key 8bit | 95.8% |
| 12 | Total 1kb | 95.8% |
| 13 | Bps 10 | 94.4% |
| 14 | Captcha 1 | 94.4% |
| 15 | Click Master | 94.4% |
| 16 | Byte Collector | 93.0% |
| 17 | Total 10kb | 93.0% |
| 18 | Bps 100 | 91.6% |
| 19 | Gen Buffer Exploit 1 | 91.6% |
| 20 | Gen Thread Hijacker 1 | 91.6% |
| 21 | Kbps 1 | 91.6% |
| 22 | Key 16bit | 91.6% |
| 23 | Proc Desktop Gaming 1 | 91.6% |
| 24 | Total 100kb | 91.6% |
| 25 | Gen Sector Crawler 1 | 90.2% |
| 26 | Gen Ram Scanner 1 | 88.8% |
| 27 | Kbps 10 | 88.8% |
| 28 | Gen Driver Inject 1 | 87.5% |
| 29 | Gen Kernel Hook 1 | 87.5% |
| 30 | Key 24bit | 87.5% |
| 31 | Proc Server Rack 1 | 87.5% |
| 32 | Total 10mb | 87.5% |
| 33 | Total 1mb | 87.5% |
| 34 | Kbps 100 | 86.1% |
| 35 | Proc Server Blade 1 | 86.1% |
| 36 | Click Legend | 84.7% |
| 37 | Gen Root Access 1 | 83.3% |
| 38 | Captcha 5 | 81.9% |
| 39 | Captcha Failed 1 | 81.9% |
| 40 | Gen Packet Sniffer 1 | 81.9% |
| 41 | Gen Port Scanner 1 | 81.9% |
| 42 | Key 32bit | 81.9% |
| 43 | Mbps 1 | 81.9% |
| 44 | Tbps 1 | 81.9% |
| 45 | Total 100mb | 81.9% |
| 46 | Total 1gb | 81.9% |
| 47 | Gbps 1 | 80.5% |
| 48 | Gbps 10 | 80.5% |
| 49 | Gbps 100 | 80.5% |
| 50 | Gen Botnet Node 1 | 80.5% |
| 51 | Gen Cloud Breach 1 | 80.5% |
| 52 | Gen Firewall Crack 1 | 80.5% |
| 53 | Gen Grid Override 1 | 80.5% |
| 54 | Gen Mainframe Breach 1 | 80.5% |
| 55 | Gen Neural Hijack 1 | 80.5% |
| 56 | Gen Quantum Computer 1 | 80.5% |
| 57 | Gen Satellite Tap 1 | 80.5% |
| 58 | Mbps 10 | 80.5% |
| 59 | Mbps 100 | 80.5% |
| 60 | Pbps 1 | 80.5% |
| 61 | Tbps 10 | 80.5% |
| 62 | Tbps 100 | 80.5% |
| 63 | Total 100gb | 80.5% |
| 64 | Total 100pb | 80.5% |
| 65 | Total 100tb | 80.5% |
| 66 | Total 10gb | 80.5% |
| 67 | Total 10pb | 80.5% |
| 68 | Total 10tb | 80.5% |
| 69 | Total 1pb | 80.5% |
| 70 | Total 1tb | 80.5% |
| 71 | Ebps 1 | 79.1% |
| 72 | Key 48bit | 79.1% |
| 73 | Key 64bit | 79.1% |
| 74 | Key 80bit | 79.1% |
| 75 | Key 96bit | 79.1% |
| 76 | Pbps 10 | 79.1% |
| 77 | Pbps 100 | 79.1% |
| 78 | Proc Collector | 79.1% |
| 79 | Proc Gpu Cluster 1 | 79.1% |
| 80 | Proc Gpu H100 1 | 79.1% |
| 81 | Proc Gpu Rtx 1 | 79.1% |
| 82 | Proc Quantum 1000 1 | 79.1% |
| 83 | Proc Quantum 50 1 | 79.1% |
| 84 | Proc Server Cluster 1 | 79.1% |
| 85 | Total 1eb | 79.1% |
| 86 | Freedom | 77.7% |
| 87 | Key Aes128 | 77.7% |
| 88 | Key Aes192 | 77.7% |
| 89 | Key Aes256 | 77.7% |
| 90 | Key Kalyna512 | 77.7% |
| 91 | Key Threefish1024 | 77.7% |
| 92 | Upgrade Completionist | 68.0% |
| 93 | Captcha 10 | 51.3% |
| 94 | Terminals 5 | 34.7% |
| 95 | Terminals 10 | 31.9% |
| 96 | Terminals 15 | 31.9% |
| 97 | Terminals 20 | 31.9% |
| 98 | Minesweeper 1 | 29.1% |
| 99 | Minesweeper 10 | 25.0% |
| 100 | Minesweeper 5 | 25.0% |
Saved from Steam
Patches
0 tracked updates
No patch posts tracked yet.SteamWatch will check again automatically. Some developers publish updates outside Steam announcements.
Game activity
Recent changes
Steam events and SteamWatch observations
- SteamWatchPrice data
Price changed to £2.65
£2.38 → £2.65.
- SteamReview activity
1 new Steam review
0 positive · 1 negative.
- SteamWatchPlayer data
New tracked player peak
3 concurrent players — the highest daily peak recorded at that point.
- SteamRelease
Released on Steam
Release date supplied by the Steam store.
- SteamReview activity
1 new Steam review
1 positive · 0 negative.