I am also having a problem escaping the Stats menu - I am running a 64bit, Windows 10 PC. I've gotten out of the menu before, but now I'm stuck. Every time I load my save file, it brings me back to the stat menu. Hitting ESC only brings up the inventory, quest, etc menu, but does not return me to the game.
I really don't want to lose my progress by starting a new file.
Please advise, thank you. :)