--- key: mechanic/stealth-infiltration--t038 type: mechanic id: stealth-infiltration--t038 lang: en title: 'Escape, chases and evading pursuit' summary: >- Escape breaks pursuer contact through routes, obstacles and changed visibility rather than running speed alone. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/stealth-infiltration--t038/' jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/stealth-infiltration--t038.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/stealth-infiltration--t038.md aliases: [] tags: - 'Stealth, infiltration and escape' - Mechanics and variants sourceIds: - source-3817d420df0baa92 - source-e5f0e3004142ba56 sources: - id: source-3817d420df0baa92 title: 'Robert Nystrom: State' url: >- https://github.com/munificent/game-programming-patterns/blob/master/book/state.markdown verifiedAt: null - id: source-e5f0e3004142ba56 title: 'Hunt: Showdown 1896' url: 'https://www.huntshowdown.com/player-guide/en_US' verifiedAt: null relations: - type: uses direction: outgoing label: Sources in the selection key: resource/state-pattern title: 'State: Game Programming Patterns' url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/resources/#resource-state-pattern' jsonUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/resource/state-pattern.json' markdownUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/resource/state-pattern.md' placements: - catalogId: stealth-infiltration id: t038 title: 'Stealth, infiltration and escape' url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/stealth-infiltration/#t038' categoryIds: - mechanics supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: 'Escape, chases and evading pursuit' description: >- Escape breaks pursuer contact through routes, obstacles and changed visibility rather than running speed alone. image: src: images/mechanics/hunt-extraction-guide.webp width: 1440 height: 810 crop: x: 240 'y': 0 width: 960 height: 600 game: 'Hunt: Showdown 1896' sourceUrl: 'https://www.huntshowdown.com/player-guide/en_US' originalUrl: >- https://www.huntshowdown.com/files/playerguide/landing/Phase2_Step6_poster2448.jpg credit: Crytek; extraction screenshot from official player guide rights: >- Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Screenshot supplied in the official guide; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. caption: Extraction ends a dangerous expedition alt: Extraction ends a dangerous expedition markers: - x: 50 'y': 36 label: The countdown shows the time until successful extraction tips: - Distinguish breaking contact with an enemy from reaching a safe exit. examples: - title: 'Hunt: Showdown 1896' url: 'https://www.huntshowdown.com/player-guide/en_US' endsAt: null provenance: >- Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests. Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not every proposed variant. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/stealth-infiltration --- # Escape, chases and evading pursuit id: stealth-infiltration--t038 type: mechanic key: mechanic/stealth-infiltration--t038 lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/stealth-infiltration--t038/ Escape breaks pursuer contact through routes, obstacles and changed visibility rather than running speed alone. ## At a glance ![Extraction ends a dangerous expedition](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/hunt-extraction-guide.webp) [Hunt: Showdown 1896](https://www.huntshowdown.com/player-guide/en_US) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Screenshot supplied in the official guide; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. 1. The countdown shows the time until successful extraction - Distinguish breaking contact with an enemy from reaching a safe exit. - [Hunt: Showdown 1896](https://www.huntshowdown.com/player-guide/en_US) ## How it works Escape breaks pursuer contact through routes, obstacles and changed visibility rather than running speed alone. ## Variants ### Mechanic variants - Branches make a pursuer infer the chosen route. - A barrier buys time at the cost of a consumable. - Crowds hide a player who changes behavior. - Vehicles change speed and usable passages. ## Design example A player closes a grille, changes clothes in a workshop and leaves through another exit. Prototype check: Test the end of pursuit: safety should follow lost information rather than an unexplained hidden timer. ## Context and limits Stealth manages what observers know through visibility, suspicion, traces, decoys and escape routes. Each overview separates player actions, state changes and alternative rules. Examples are hypothetical design scenarios, not claims about a named game. A prototype check states an observable question for the next iteration. Existing detailed references remain separately linked from the direction map. ## Connected materials - Sources in the selection: [State: Game Programming Patterns](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/resources/#resource-state-pattern) (key: resource/state-pattern) ## Sources and provenance Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests. Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not every proposed variant. - [Robert Nystrom: State](https://github.com/munificent/game-programming-patterns/blob/master/book/state.markdown) (id: source-3817d420df0baa92) - [Hunt: Showdown 1896](https://www.huntshowdown.com/player-guide/en_US) (id: source-e5f0e3004142ba56) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors