Previously known for her illustration work on Toby Fox's Undertale (2015) and Deltarune (2018), Chang used the game as a way to practice using the RPG Maker MV engine.

[1][2][additional citation(s) needed] On the second day, the unnamed girl meets a man with a demonic appearance named Zera, who warns her that the house is slowly descending into chaos.

Escaped Chasm was developed by illustrator and animator Temmie Chang, known for being the lead artist of Toby Fox's Undertale (2015) and Deltarune (2018).

[1] On July 10, 2020, Chang released Dweller's Empty Path, an RPG Maker game that takes place within Escaped Chasm's universe.

Rock Paper Shotgun's Dominic Tarason described it as heartfelt and liked the juxtaposition of red and blue color schemes in one of the game's cutscenes.