Prison Architect

Buy89%

Very Positive · 74k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Introversion Software · Simulation · Oct 6, 2015

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Price
$29.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
18
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
15
Full audio0 of 15
Subtitles0 of 15

Should I buy Prison Architect?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 52 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 24 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Story: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 74k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise8% are divided59% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
52 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The art style is clean and charming, the tone balances dark humor with serious themes, and the sandbox nature of the game encourages endless experimentation.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game's performance is generally excellent, owing to its clean, 2D art style, even with hundreds of inmates on screen.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Brilliant game, love trying to have a peaceful prison with gangs and difficulty turned up.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Can be played in Multiplayer Coop which is rare for "colony sim" type games with a ton of behavior logic and pathfinding going on in the background.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay52 reviews
Graphics10 reviews
Difficulty9 reviews
Co-op6 reviews
Divided opinion
Performance
33% still recommend
Players complain
Bugs
33% still recommend
Crashes
12% still recommend
Story
64% still recommend
Monetization
46% still recommend
Multiplayer
43% still recommend
Optimization
67% still recommend
Interface
20% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Includes level editor
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$29.99

The lowest we've tracked is $5.99.

7 points recordedtoday · $29.99

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