Defy the Apocalypse! Paradox Arc Announces Escape the Mad Empire
Guide a band of heroes through apocalyptic dungeons and overcome formidable challenges in this highly tactical rogue-like dungeon crawler
STOCKHOLM, February 13 - Paradox Interactive, a publisher of challenging games about running empires, today announces their partnership with XperimentalZ Games to publish Escape the Mad Empire, a dungeon-crawling game with intense tactical pause combat and base management gameplay that will release in Early Access on Steam in 2024 under the Paradox Arc publishing initiative.
You can try Escape the Mad Empire today by playing the demo, including a mini-campaign and a challenging boss fight! You can find the demo here.
You can watch the Escape the Mad Empire trailer here.
Escape the Mad Empire is a rogue-like dungeon-crawling game where you control a party of heroes facing near-impossible odds in a series of procedurally-generated, apocalyptic dungeons, filled to the brim with foes, traps, and deadly boss fights. Leverage the tactical pause
system to execute complex strategies in the blink of an eye and clutch victory from the jaws of defeat. As you overcome the threats of the apocalypse, manage your heroes’ instability, grow your base, and fight to survive until you Escape the Mad Empire or fall to its horrors.
For more information about Escape the Mad Empire, visit the Steam page here. You can also access the press kit here.
About Paradox Interactive
Paradox Interactive is one of the premier developers and publishers of strategy and management games for PC and consoles. The players are located all over the world but some of the biggest markets are North America, Western Europe, and Asia.
The game portfolio consists of popular franchises such as Stellaris, Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings, Cities: Skylines, Prison Architect, the Surviving games, Age of Wonders, and Victoria. Paradox Interactive also owns the World of Darkness brand catalog.
For more information, please visit www.paradoxinteractive.com
About XperimentalZ Games
XperimentalZ Games is an indie studio based in Quebec, Canada. It was founded by Patrick Jacob in 2010 and joined shortly after by Ghislain Bernier. With the help of other collaborators, they released 7 mobile titles over the years, reaching over two million players.
They transitioned to the PC platform in 2016 and have been working on Escape the Mad Empire for 6 years now, with the goal of pushing boundaries and making one of the most exciting tactical RPGs on the market.