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Ctrl-C and Ctrl-[ also work by default, but personally I use CapsLock after doing `setxkbmap -option caps:escape`.

> Remapping my keyboard isn't a viable option, as I game on my machine sometimes

You can also map something specifically on vim with :imap/:vmap/:cmap.

Please note that Ctrl-C does not do the same thing as Esc or Ctrl-[. More info: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/53633/does-using-ct...

> Quit insert mode, go back to Normal mode. Do not check for abbreviations. Does not trigger the InsertLeave autocommand event.

Well, it's the same if neither you nor a plugin uses abbreviations nor InsertLeave.

Also, if you don't need that particular behavior of <C-c>, you can do `:map <C-c> <Esc>` to make it behave exactly the same.