escape from death is a game for PC, using a typical platforming base you run to the right and dodge obstacles, you can hit checkpoints every so often, if you die you are visited by death, but you arent ready to go so you scramble away and have to run back to the checkpoint before death catches you. if death catches you then you have to start at the beginning of the level, you can also run from death to the next checkpoint, but if you die when you are already dead then it works the same as dying by deaths hands, once you hit the checkpoint you are brought back to life.
if you run towards the next checkpoint in the level death becomes desperate and will move a little faster, so it adds a little bit of risk and reward if you can manage to make it to the next checkpoint.
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