Posted on: March 12, 2023
HardboiledNoir
Verified ownerGames: 1131 Reviews: 12
Buggy Broken Mess
This game could be great but it's buggy as hell.
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Prison Architect
Description
Build and manage a Maximum Security Prison. As the sun casts it’s early morning rays on a beautiful patch of countryside the clock starts ticking. You’ve got to crack on and build a holding cell to detain the job-lot of maximum security prisoners that are trundling to your future prison on their yellow bus. As your workmen lay the last brick you don’t have a moment to let them rest as they need to get started on the first proper cell block so you can make room for the next prisoner intake. Once they’ve all got a place to lay their weary heads the fun can really start. You’ll need a canteen, infirmary and a guard room, oh, and don’t forget to plumb in a toilet, or things will get messy, but what about a workout area? Or solitary confinement cells? Or an execution chamber?
Inspired by Dungeon Keeper, Dwarf Fortress and Theme Hospital and with over 1 million players having spent time inside, Prison Architect is the world’s best lock-em-up.
Inspired by Dungeon Keeper, Dwarf Fortress and Theme Hospital and with over 1 million players having spent time inside, Prison Architect is the world’s best lock-em-up.
- Play through the awesome 10 hour campaign
- Build your own supermax or liberal paradise in sandbox mode
- Try to escape from your or anyone else's prison in Escape mode
© 2019 Paradox Interactive AB, PRISON ARCHITECT, and PARADOX INTERACTIVE are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Paradox Interactive AB in Europe, the U.S., and other countries. Developed by Introversion Software. All other trademarks, logos, and copyrights are property of their respective owners.
Popular achievements
Throw The Book At Them
Complete the story
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37.77%
Wait and Hope
Unlock entire tech tree
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35.63%
Get Busy Living
Achieve a re-offending rate of 25%
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100%
Stone Walls
Build a sandbox prison with 100 prisoners
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100%
Samuel Norton
Have a cashflow of $50,000 or more
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45.14%
Spare The Rod
Stopped a riot of 50 or more prisoners
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31.87%
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Time to beat
17 hMain
43 h Main + Sides
67.5 h Completionist
30.5 h All Styles
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PC Gamer
87/100
A complex, challenging, and grimly satisfying simulator.
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8/10
Great moments emerge naturally from well-made simulations, and Prison Architect has no shortage
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8.3/10
Prison Architect is one of the most in-depth, satisfying builder games in ages, if you can get past the initiation.
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Posted on: August 25, 2023
HaploXar
Verified ownerGames: 172 Reviews: 11
Cant even get into the game
Installed galaxy installed paradox launcher installed game installed DLC andddd.... black screen then crash :( super annoying process
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Posted on: March 3, 2020
chaotikcrow
Games: 370 Reviews: 10
Not DRM-Free GOG!
Remove this crap on your site, it is against your and our believes.
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Posted on: July 26, 2025
MrRottenweiler
Verified ownerGames: 2 Reviews: 2
It uses Paradox Launcher
I bought this because I thought GOG was free from stupid third party launchers but nope this wants to install a 100MB Paradox launcher to play a game that was already downloaded. For 2.99 I dont need 2 applications to do one thing. Its stupid. Whats sad is the Original developer didnt have any launcher so that garbage was added.
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Posted on: November 30, 2023
_jemis_
Verified ownerGames: 34 Reviews: 1
This game unfortunately sucks
Nice idea but lacks the implementation. Game mechanics are broken and most of the times you're left of wondering, why your workers just stand there while doing nothing. Janitors wander here and there. You make buildings just to find out that game doesn't classify them as "indoors" (you can't build indoor pavement etc.) & this happens A LOT. When your jail grows, you spend more and more time finding workarounds for buggy engine. Not worth investing money or time into. Find better games to play.
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