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Escape from Gridlock

A single-player turn-based pixel-art tactical extraction game. Enter the sealed-off zone, scavenge supplies, complete tasks, fight enemies, and extract before things fall apart. Bring loot back to your base, craft gear, unlock weapon skills, and prepare for the next expedition.

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About the Game

Scavenge. Fight. Extract. Bring everything home.

Escape from Gridlock is a single-player turn-based pixel-art tactical extraction game. Enter the sealed-off zone of Gridlock, search abandoned areas, gather supplies, fight monsters and hostile units, and extract before the situation falls apart.

Every expedition is a risk-and-reward gamble. Push deeper for better loot, or leave safely with what you already found. Stay too long, make one bad move, or run out of resources, and you may lose everything you brought in.

Combat is grid-based and turn-based. Position carefully, manage limited actions, track your health, hunger, thirst, weapons, ammunition, and equipment, then decide whether to keep scavenging, fight your way through, or get out alive.

Back at base, your loot becomes long-term progress. Complete tasks, stockpile supplies, improve attributes, craft gear, develop facilities, and unlock weapon-based skill trees to prepare for tougher expeditions.

Key Features

  • Single-player extraction gameplay — no squad, no PvP, only your choices and the dangers of the wasteland.
  • Turn-based tactical combat — positioning, movement, weapons, ammunition, and limited actions all matter.
  • Risk-and-reward decisions — push deeper for better rewards, or extract safely with what you already have.
  • Meaningful scavenging loop — collect supplies, gear, currency, materials, and task items that support long-term progression.
  • Weapon-based skill trees — unlock different combat styles and expand your build for each expedition.
  • Base progression and crafting — bring resources home, build facilities, craft equipment, and prepare for harder runs.
  • Survival pressure — manage health, hunger, thirst, ammunition, equipment, and limited actions during each expedition.

Survival is not just about winning fights. It is about knowing what to carry, what to risk, and when to leave.