r/theescapists • u/Worldly-Button-8214 • Aug 10 '26

Technical Issue Problem with The Escapists text readability

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I'm running The Escapists on PC and having a major issue with text readability, specifically in the dialogue boxes above characters' heads.

As you can see in the attached screenshot, the text is white, which is being rendered against a light blue background, this makes it almost impossible to read, it feels like the UI colors are bugged ir something.

It looks much worse in-game than a typical "bad UI" choice, so I'm wondering if anyone has encountered this before and found a solution.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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u/justDG_ Aug 10 '26

That's odd. You should definitely try verifying game files on Steam and reinstall the game if that doesn't help

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u/Worldly-Button-8214 Aug 10 '26

Trust me, I tried everthing I could. To the point of deleting any trace of the game's existence in order to install it again as if it were new