79Steam
+2
2014
Goat Simulator
WORTH IT
Action·Simulation
Prison Architect confidently hits its marks as a quality Strategy/Simulation title.
87
Verdict
89%
Steam
81
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive Steam reviews (89% positive)
Healthy player count of 1,265 concurrent
Critically acclaimed (81/100 critic average)
No significant drawbacks reported
Prison Architect is a private prison construction and management simulation video game developed and published by Introversion Software. It was made available as a crowdfunded paid alpha pre-order on September 25, 2012 with updates that were scheduled every three to four weeks until 2023. With over 2,000,000 copies sold, Prison Architect made over US$10.7 million in pre-order sales for the alpha version. Prison Architect was an entrant in the 2012 Independent Games Festival. The game was available on Steam's Early Access program, and was officially released on October 6, 2015.
Runs well on modern hardware.
System Requirements
Minimum
Get Busy Living
Achieve a re-offending rate of 25%
31.9%
unlocked
Stone Walls
Build a sandbox prison with 100 prisoners
31.8%
unlocked
Warden
Loaded a prison from Steam Workshop
18.5%
unlocked
Wait and Hope
Unlock entire tech tree
12.3%
unlocked
Samuel Norton
Have a cashflow of $50,000 or more
11.4%
unlocked
Spare The Rod
Stopped a riot of 50 or more prisoners
11.2%
unlocked
I May Have Found A Way Out Of Here
Escape from a decent prison in escape mode
8.2%
unlocked
Throw The Book At Them
Complete the story
7.8%
unlocked
Don't Put Me In The Dark
Executed a prisoner on death row
7.4%
unlocked
Iron Bars
Build a sandbox prison with 500 prisoners
6.6%
unlocked
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How do Prisoner Needs work in Prison Architect 2?
Hello Architects! We have our third of many tutorials to come for Prison Architect 2 ready for you guys. If you’re as excited as we are about this - c
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Get Busy Living
Achieve a re-offending rate of 25%
31.9%
unlocked
Stone Walls
Build a sandbox prison with 100 prisoners
31.8%
unlocked
Warden
Loaded a prison from Steam Workshop
18.5%
unlocked
Wait and Hope
Unlock entire tech tree
12.3%
unlocked
Samuel Norton
Have a cashflow of $50,000 or more
11.4%
unlocked
Spare The Rod
Stopped a riot of 50 or more prisoners
11.2%
unlocked
I May Have Found A Way Out Of Here
Escape from a decent prison in escape mode
8.2%
unlocked
Throw The Book At Them
Complete the story
7.8%
unlocked
Don't Put Me In The Dark
Executed a prisoner on death row
7.4%
unlocked
Iron Bars
Build a sandbox prison with 500 prisoners
6.6%
unlocked
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