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Digging a Hole... with a Spoon... Escape from Alcatraz

A darkly comedic escape game where you dig your way out of a decaying Alcatraz-style prison using nothing but a plastic spoon. Scavenge junk, barter with your toilet-dwelling cellmate, and bolt bizarre…

1 January 2026

Digging a Hole... with a Spoon... Escape from Alcatraz is an adventure, released 1 January 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Digging a Hole... with a Spoon... Escape from Alcatraz is

Digging a Hole... with a Spoon... Escape from Alcatraz was released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A darkly comedic escape game where you dig your way out of a decaying Alcatraz-style prison using nothing but a plastic spoon. Scavenge junk, barter with your toilet-dwelling cellmate, and bolt bizarre upgrades onto your spoon.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are comedy and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Digging a Hole... with a Spoon... Escape from Alcatraz launched on 1 January 2026, within three weeks of Hytale, Mio: Memories in Orbit, Pathologic 3 and Terminator 2D: No Fate.

Released around the same time: Hytale, Mio: Memories in Orbit, Pathologic 3, Terminator 2D: No Fate.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Digging a Hole... with a Spoon... Escape from Alcatraz come out?
Digging a Hole... with a Spoon... Escape from Alcatraz was released on 1 January 2026 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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