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As a Smiling Critter in an abandoned toy factory, gather supplies, meet escape quotas, and evade creatures alone or with friends.
Released 21 Oct 2026
Fill the Escape Quota
Climb Pipes and Walls
Scavenge Factory Parts
An online 1-8 player co-op horror experience where you and your friends are trapped in an abandoned toy factory. A mysterious voice commands you for an unknown purpose as you explore shifting halls, scavenge for tools, and fight for survival against creatures that lurk in the dark.
Developed by Mob Entertainment · Published by Mob Entertainment
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Escape from Playtime is a co-op survival horror game set in an abandoned Playtime Co. toy factory. You play as a Smiling Critter, sent into the facility by a mysterious Voice to collect scattered parts and resources while rejected creations stalk the halls.
Explore areas such as classrooms, warehouses, testing labs, and connecting corridors. Search for tools and clues, find hiding places, create distractions, and use alternate routes to avoid creatures. You can crawl, jump, and climb through the factory, and some rooms contain puzzles.
Each run takes place in a procedurally arranged section of the facility. Bring collected resources back to meet the escape quota and progress through shifts; review rewards and company secrets at the Perm-A-Lounge computer. The Early Access launch includes one starter zone, with solo play or online co-op for up to eight players.
Players who enjoy the game often describe it as fun or funny with friends, and some like playing as Smiling Critters, solving puzzle rooms, climbing through the factory, and the setting or lore. Others find the collection-and-quota loop repetitive or stressful, particularly when playing solo. A recurring complaint is the lack of public matchmaking, which leaves players without an existing group with limited ways to play together.
ESCAPE FROM PLAYTIME: A Smiling Critters Adventure is a co-op survival horror experience set in the Poppy Playtime universe.
Explore the dark depths of an abandoned toy factory and fight to stay alive against the creatures that lurk in the shadows.
Each run places you into a unique section of the facility: classrooms, warehouses, testing labs, and the dark corridors connecting them all. The denizens of the factory - fellow rejected Playtime Co. creations - stalk the decaying halls, hunting for prey.
You and your friends must work together and utilize your surroundings if you hope to make it out of the factory in one piece.
Play solo or team up with 1-7 (8 total) friends in a fight for survival inside Playtime Co. More Critters means more ground covered and more chances for something to go horribly wrong, all enabled with proximity voice chat.
A mysterious Voice sends players into the facility to collect scattered parts and resources. Gather what you need, bring it back safely, and try not to ask too loudly who or what you are really working for.
Use whatever the factory gives you to stay alive. Search for tools, uncover clues, find hiding spots, create distractions, and use alternate routes to outmaneuver the rejected Playtime Co. creations stalking the halls.
Crawl, jump, and climb through every nook and cranny of the Playtime Co. factory as a Smiling Critter and experience some of the most iconic Poppy Playtime locations through a new (smaller) set of eyes.
It’s Playtime Co. as you know it, with a twist. The mysterious Voice seems to be altering the factory’s layout, creating procedurally generated environments that change with each run.
Track your progress and examine your hard earned rewards through the Perm-A-Lounge computer to uncover further terrifying company secrets.
Early Access — Launches with the full eight-character roster, one starter zone, and a core enemy lineup. New zones, enemies, and features coming based on your feedback.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 2 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
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