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Prison Architect

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3.5/5

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3.5

139 Reviews

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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 y...
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( 139 Reviews )

3.5

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2015, Introversion Software, ...
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Windows 7/ 8/ 10, Intel Core2 Duo 2.4Ghz or Higher / AMD 3Ghz or Higher, 6 GB RAM, Nvidia 8600 / Rad...
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Prison Architect - Jungle Pack, Prison Architect - Future Tech Pack, Prison Architect - Going Green,...
Time to beat
17 hMain
43 h Main + Sides
67.5 h Completionist
30.5 h All Styles
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.
  • 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.

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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
17 hMain
43 h Main + Sides
67.5 h Completionist
30.5 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 18.04), Mac OS X (10.11+)
Release date:
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Size:
527 MB

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Posted on: December 18, 2020

floydheld

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Games: 36 Reviews: 1

Stopped playing 10 seconds in

I refuse to build an execution chamber. It doesn't matter how real or cartoony it is. I don't want to do that. I would ike to play the campaign, but without the concept of a death sentence. I just don't like to play around such a serious real issue!


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Posted on: March 13, 2016

Wolf7646

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Games: Reviews: 7

True face of GOG and CDPR

I don't speak english natively so I appologise in advance for any errors. The game was quite fun for me as I like such strategies very much, whole expirance though was ruined by problems with DRM as I didn't want to gave any useful data to Paradox (that they still exist) and I couldn't gave anything but one star for scummy game industry practices. You gave the game for „free” only if we agree to be bombarded by your email spam, you lie about DRM, you lie about CP2077 and you officialy got into the club along with EA, Bethesda and others. Guess I was correct to not to pay them ever with my paypal or bank account insead I used paysafe card. Guess I was correct to create an account only with protonmail email and scramble other personal data that they could sell. You're now in my SPAM folder on protonmail and I've also reported your email address and even if some spam does comes trough: 1.this email was made only for GOG 2. I won't buy anything from you anyways 3. I don't care if you call us gamers theives and pirates, you are thieves, liars and scammers yourselves like whole AAA industry so don't blame others and shift your bussines model to Chinas Comunism completely because you lost whole credibility among people that bought games in your store.


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Posted on: October 10, 2015

Zoidberg

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Games: 768 Reviews: 46

Seems like a decent sim game but...

... the absence of rebindable keys really put down the work the devs have put in for five years. If you don't use a qwerty layout, prepare to be annoyed at playing this with your left on the left side of the keyboard. Also, from what I've seen there are a couple of strange design decision for where certain infos are... could have done better in the regard of the interface to make learning and playing the game more enjoyable.


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Posted on: January 29, 2021

johannesjidl

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Games: 577 Reviews: 18

this is sick, no excuses

I redeemed it through giveaway and thought it may be problematic but didn't even begin to imagine. The game/tutorial starts with building an execution facility. For f* sake. One thing is a prison architect, another is doing this. Civilised countries don't murder people. Yes, US, I'm looking at you. And I don't think that the authors wanted to teach anybody a moral lesson. I just think they wanted us to enjoy ourselves. Look at the amount of dlc. If they wanted to teach you about problematic morality of the current penal systems, they would start soft and then make you understand once you think you built something "good". But no, they start with this and they even give a backstory for the prisoner to be executed so that you feel good about sending him there and tell you it's not your choice anyway because he has been found guilty. But you do it. Well, if you want to feel sick, your choice. I was trying to play it for as long as I could but that was it. About 5 minutes in and I feel like it was already too late.


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