The Yard: Escape from Prison is Out Now in Early Access

The Yard: Escape from Prison is now available in Early Access

The gates are open. The Yard: Escape from Prison is out today in Steam Early Access, so you can start planning your first breakout. Play alone, with a friend on the same screen, or with up to 6 players online. Thanks to everyone who played the demo during Steam Next Fest and sent us feedback. It helped us a lot.

What is The Yard?

The Yard is a first person online co-op prison escape game with a retro look that mixes low poly models and pixel art. Nobody hands you freedom here. You have to plan it, build it and earn it.

What you can do

• Follow the routine. Show up for roll call, do your chores and don't give the guards a reason to look at you twice.
• Work prison jobs. Press license plates, wash dishes, do laundry or work in the tailor shop. You earn money and get access to materials that might go missing.
• Scavenge and craft. Collect materials, build tools in secret and map out your escape routes.
• Level up your stats. Intelligence and Strength unlock special crafting recipes and new ways out.
• Stay hidden. Keep out of restricted areas. If you get caught, you go to solitary and lose your contraband.
• Work together or betray. Break out as a team, or leave your friends behind and get out first.

What's in Early Access

• One large prison map with lots of escape routes and ways to plan
• Single player mode
• Online co-op for up to 6 players with in-game voice chat
• Local split screen with a friend
• Remote Play Together, Steam Achievements, Leaderboards and Steam Cloud
• Interface and subtitles in 31 languages

What's next

We plan to stay in Early Access for about a year or less. During that time we'll add new maps, escape routes, items, dialogue and game modes, and a lot of it will come from your suggestions. We fix bugs as fast as we can, and we'll keep updating the game for free after the full release too. The price will not go up when we leave Early Access.

Join the community

Found a bug? Have an idea for a new escape? Want to tell us how you left your whole crew behind? Post in the Steam discussions or join our Discord. We read everything. If you enjoy the game, please consider leaving a review on Steam. It really helps a small indie studio like ours. See you in the yard.