Posted on: February 9, 2021
unknowngizzard
Verified ownerGames: 98 Reviews: 15
the bugs make it annoying
I wanted to like this game, but the bugs ruin it.
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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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37.78%
Wait and Hope
Unlock entire tech tree
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35.66%
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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45.18%
Spare The Rod
Stopped a riot of 50 or more prisoners
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31.89%
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16.5 hMain
43.5 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: January 9, 2022
vamastah
Verified ownerGames: 52 Reviews: 1
Unstable game
The game crashes on Linux (at least on my computer) in random moments during gameplay, making it unplayable. I do not have such problems with other games I have.
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Posted on: May 14, 2020
canuck150
Verified ownerGames: 30 Reviews: 9
wish there was a MANUAL
There is ZERO documentation for the game, at all. There are some very useful wiki-style pages to help with the steep learning curve for designing a prison. The tutorial does a pretty good job of teaching you mechanics of gameplay and the various menus. I haven't seen a log-in page or anything to do with Paradox, and I just re-downloaded the game in May of 2020. Click on the game icon and the game starts, it is just the vanilla game with no DLC's, so that may have something to do with it. I only mention it as it's talked about in a couple of other reviews seen when typing this. That said, the game is equal parts fun and frustration trying to get started. Good way to kill time while the pandemic rages. Be prepared to spend a significant amount of time outside the game in one of the aforementioned wiki's learning how to layout your first prison. it does get easier as you build more though.
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Posted on: December 22, 2020
Ghost4Man
Verified ownerGames: 183 Reviews: 1
Buggy UI
I wanted to give this game a second chance after I played a while a few years ago. Unfortunately, even though it received many updates, it's still very buggy (varius issues with UI scaling – resizing some panels causes them to have inverted text, graphics settings not having any effect, text often too blurry or too small)... Also, no option to turn off edge scrolling, which is very annoying (at least for me – that's what Options are for).
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Posted on: January 1, 2021
AmbassadorLaZer
Verified ownerGames: 244 Reviews: 2
A fun game, but now includes DRM. >:(
This game is a really fun game. I got the game for free from a free giveaway from the OFFICIAL GOG. I didnt buy the game but I think its definitely worth the money if you wanna play a 2D Building Game. One thing I don't like about this game anymore is because a Developer called Paradox Interactive brought the game now requires you to be connected to the internet, logged in to THEIR new launcher! Paradox ruined the "DRM" statement by buying the IP of Prison Architect.
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