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The Great Escape

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First release
1986
Genres
Adventure, Simulator, Strategy · Action, Stealth
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum

The Great Escape is an isometric action-adventure game. Controlling a prisoner of war in a German camp, your goal is to break out undetected. There are numerous ways to freedom - back doors, cracked fences, even underground tunnels. However, you have to plan your escape while obeying the strict rules of the camp.

Also known as dosbox.exe

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Storyline
Captured, but not defeated, you are being held in the notorious Heldentod camp. This small, converted castle in the middle of nowhere will be your home for the rest of the war; unless you can escape to rejoin the Allied Armies. Planning, patience, skill, and courage will be necessary as you gather your resources, make your plans, and finally, make your great escape.Read more

Captured, but not defeated, you are being held in the notorious Heldentod camp. This small, converted castle in the middle of nowhere will be your home for the rest of the war; unless you can escape to rejoin the Allied Armies. Planning, patience, skill, and courage will be necessary as you gather your resources, make your plans, and finally, make your great escape.

Release dates
Commodore C64/128/MAX
1986
Amstrad CPC
1986
ZX Spectrum
1986
All 5 release dates
DOS
1987
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Apr 13, 2018
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Completionist
1h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view, Third person
Keywords
world war ii - ww2, cga graphics, nazis

At a Glance

Completionist (IGDB)
1h
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Languages

  • Englishinterface, audio, subtitles
IGDB · recorded 2 Nov 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 2 Nov 2026