Escaping Imprisonment

CONCEPT

When the main character at some point has to escape from a confined area, be it a dungeon, a prison cell, or a penal colony.

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Overview

Spending a whole game in a confined space is no fun. Luckily, most game protagonists are excellent at escaping from imprisonments.

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• A Plague Tale: Innocence (Game)
• A Way Out (Game)
• Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations (Game)
• Albion (Game)
• Alcatraz: Prison Escape (Game)
• Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (Game)
• Anachronox (Game)
• Anarcute (Game)
• Anna's Quest (Game)
• Ape Out (Game)
• Aphelion Episode One: Graves of Earth (Game)
• Arabian Nights (Game)
• Army of Two: The 40th Day (Game)
• Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel (Game)
• Assassin's Creed II (Game)
• Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection (Game)
• Back to the Future: The Game (Game)
• Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly (Game)
• Battlefield 4 (Game)
• Beyond Shadowgate (Game)
• Bionic Commando (Game)
• Blade of Darkness (Game)
• Blue Dragon (Game)
• Botanicula (Game)
• Breakdown (Game)
• Breath of Fire (Game)
• Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (Game)
• Brütal Legend (Game)
• Cadaver (Game)
• Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (Game)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Game)
• Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (Game)
• Castle Crashers (Game)
• Castle Wolfenstein (Game)
• Child of Light (Game)
• Chrono Trigger (Game)
• Cinderella Escape! (Game)
• Cirque de Zale (Game)
• Clive Barker's Jericho (Game)
• Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink (Game)
• Cold Winter (Game)
• Corpus Edax (Game)
• Countdown (Game)
• Crimson Room: Decade (Game)
• Cryostasis (Game)
• Cryptic Escape (Game)
• Curse of Enchantia (Game)
• Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (Game)
• Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (Game)
• Darkest of Days (Game)
• Dead Rising (Game)
• Dead to Rights (Game)
• Deadfall Adventures (Game)
• Death by Degrees (Game)
• Delete (Game)
• Deponia (Game)
• Destroy All Humans! (Game)
• Deus Ex (Game)
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Game)
• Die Höhlenwelt Saga: Der Leuchtende Kristall (Game)
• Dishonored (Game)
• Disney's Toy Story (Game)
• Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Game)
• Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Game)
• Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Game)
• Dragon Wars (Game)
• Dragon's Dogma (Game)
• Drakan: The Ancients' Gates (Game)
• Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (Game)
• Duke Nukem II (Game)
• EarthBound (Game)
• Enchanted Arms (Game)
• Enclave (Game)
• Enter the Matrix (Game)
• Escape Goat (Game)
• Escape from Monkey Island (Game)
• Escaping the Prison (Game)
• Evil Days of Luckless John (Game)
• Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick (Game)
• Fable (Game)
• Fade to Black (Game)
• Far Cry 2 (Game)
• Far Cry: Instincts (Game)
• Far Cry: Instincts - Predator (Game)
• Far Cry: The Wild Expedition (Game)
• Final Fantasy VIII (Game)
• Flashback: The Quest for Identity (Game)
• Gears of War (Game)
• Gears of War 3 (Game)
• Gemini Rue (Game)
• Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord (Game)
• God of Thunder (Game)
• Goodbye Deponia (Game)
• Gothic (Game)
• Grim Fandango (Game)
• Gun Godz (Game)
• Half-Life 2: Episode One (Game)
• Half-Life 2: Episode Two (Game)
• Half-Life: Blue Shift (Game)
• Half-Life: Opposing Force (Game)

Concept details

Name

Escaping Imprisonment

Aliases

Jailbreak,Breakout,Escape from Captivity,Escape Captivity,Escaping Captivity

Games

• A Plague Tale: Innocence (Game)
• A Way Out (Game)
• Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations (Game)
• Albion (Game)
• Alcatraz: Prison Escape (Game)
• Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (Game)
• Anachronox (Game)
• Anarcute (Game)
• Anna's Quest (Game)
• Ape Out (Game)
• Aphelion Episode One: Graves of Earth (Game)
• Arabian Nights (Game)
• Army of Two: The 40th Day (Game)
• Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel (Game)
• Assassin's Creed II (Game)
• Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection (Game)
• Back to the Future: The Game (Game)
• Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly (Game)
• Battlefield 4 (Game)
• Beyond Shadowgate (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: Mortal Kombat (Franchise), The Legend of Zelda (Franchise), X-Men (Franchise), Star Wars (Franchise), Avengers (Franchise), Marvel Ultimate Alliance (Franchise), Wolverine (Franchise), Grand Theft Auto (Franchise), Prey (Franchise), Half-Life (Franchise), Portal (Franchise), Mario (Franchise), Mario RPG (Franchise), Assassin's Creed (Franchise), Castle Wolfenstein (Franchise), Indiana Jones (Franchise), Megami Tensei (Franchise), Wolfenstein (Franchise), Batman (Franchise), DC Universe (Franchise), The Simpsons (Franchise), Batman: Arkham (Franchise), Metal Gear (Franchise), Metal Gear Solid (Franchise), Splinter Cell (Franchise), Tom Clancy (Franchise), Terminator (Franchise), The Chronicles of Riddick (Franchise), Dead Rising (Franchise), Duke Nukem (Franchise), Tales (Franchise), The Matrix (Franchise), Paper Mario (Franchise), Gears of War (Franchise), Final Fantasy (Franchise), GoldenEye 007 (Franchise), James Bond (Franchise), The Darkness (Franchise), The Elder Scrolls (Franchise), Shin Megami Tensei (Franchise), Compilation of Final Fantasy VII (Franchise), Dragon Quest (Franchise), King's Quest (Franchise), Team Fortress (Franchise), Resident Evil (Franchise), BioShock (Franchise), Sam & Max (Franchise), Dungeons & Dragons (Franchise), Soul Blazer (Franchise), Chrono (Franchise), Disney (Franchise), Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Franchise), Maniac Mansion (Franchise), Clive Barker (Franchise), The Suffering (Franchise), Monkey Island (Franchise), Broken Sword (Franchise), Xeno (Franchise), Ultima (Franchise), Breath of Fire (Franchise), Mana (Franchise), Dragon Age (Franchise), Gothic (Franchise), Postal (Franchise), Ys (Franchise), EarthBound (Franchise), Prince of Persia (Franchise), Fable (Franchise), The Longest Journey (Franchise), Far Cry (Franchise), Pixar (Franchise), Blue Dragon (Franchise), Saints Row (Franchise), Wild Arms (Franchise), Runaway (Franchise), Toy Story (Franchise), Kane & Lynch (Franchise), Little Big Adventure (Franchise), Call of Cthulhu (Franchise), Army of Two (Franchise), Flashback (Franchise), SAW (Franchise), The Kyrandia Series (Franchise), Lemmings (Franchise), Dead to Rights (Franchise), Shadow of the Beast (Franchise), Penumbra (Franchise), Amnesia (Franchise), I.M. Meen (Franchise), The Walking Dead (Franchise), Hugo (Franchise), The Legend of Heroes (Franchise), Shadowgate (Franchise), Dragon's Dogma (Franchise), Danganronpa (Franchise), Monty Mole (Franchise), Deponia (Franchise), Evil Dead (Franchise), Aphelion (Franchise), Prison Tycoon (Franchise)

Characters

• Has characters: Link (Character), Chell (Character), B.J. Blazkowicz (Character), Solid Snake (Character), Big Boss (Character), Sam Fisher (Character), Riddick (Character), No Face (Character), Cloud Strife (Character), Aerith Gainsborough (Character), Red XIII (Character), Claude (Character), Gordon Freeman (Character), Sofia Lamb (Character), Galvez (Character), Crono (Character), Laverne (Character), Bartz Klauser (Character), Cpt. Xavier Jones (Character), Torque (Character), Guybrush Threepwood (Character), Kaim Argonar (Character), Seth Balmore (Character), George Stobbart (Character), Fiona (Character), The Nameless Hero (Character), The Postal Dude (Character), Hero (Character), Angelo (Character), Jessica Albert (Character), Yangus (Character), Lone Wanderer (Character), Lester Knight Chaykin (Character), April Ryan (Character), Jack Carver (Character), Kluke (Character), Jiro (Character), Marumaro (Character), Zola (Character), Eddie Riggs (Character), Kate Austen (Character), Paula (Character), Twinsen (Character), Atsuma (Character), Flint (Character), Zoey (Character), Frank (Character), Viktor Reznov (Character), Detective David Tapp (Character), Henry Jacobs (Character), Joseph Poltzer (Character), Sarah Blalock (Character), Campbell Iman (Character), Carla Song (Character), Zebuxoruk (Character), Matt Carter (Character), Brad (Character), Snake Plissken (Character), Daniel (Character), Murphy Pendleton (Character), Justine Florbelle (Character), Pavel (Character), Bounca (Character), Butch (Character), Fwank (Character), Mamma (Character), Vox (Character), Straid of Olaphis (Character), Claus Hugo Strandberg (Character), Ico (Character), Kerafyrm (Character), Shu (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: Sewer (Location), Arkham Asylum (Location), Blackgate Penitentiary (Location), Prison (Location), Dark Athena (Location), Tunnel (Location), Forsaken Fortress (Location), Research Facility (Location), Bastille (Location), The Colony (Location), Paradise, Arizona (Location), Phatt Island (Location), Purgatory (Location), Velious (Location), Yahar'gul, Unseen Village (Location), Kerafyrm's Lair (Location)

Objects

• Has objects: Shiv (Object), Cage (Object), Wanted Poster (Object), Matches (Object)

People

Related Concepts

• Has related concepts: Lawbreaking (Concept), Stealth (Concept), Close Quarters Combat (Concept), Inventory Loss (Concept), Waking Up Captured (Concept), Framing (Concept), Convict (Concept), Nonary (Concept), Sneaking Mission (Concept), Liberation (Concept)