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Prison Architect

by Introversion Software

Released Oct 6, 2015
$29.99
17 h to beat
Android
iOS
Linux
Mac
Nintendo Switch
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 4
Xbox 360
Xbox One

89%positive reviews

65,681 positive8,274 negative

What players say

Pros

Deep, funny prison management sim
Lots of emergent stories

Cons

Paradox launcher and analytics added
Bugs and DLC shift the experience

Mixed

Some call it a must-buy sim, others say Paradox broke it

Media

Trailer (YouTube)

System requirements

Minimum:

OS:Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit

Processor:Intel Core2 Duo 2.4Ghz or Higher / AMD 3Ghz or Higher

Memory:6 GB RAM

Graphics:Nvidia 8600 / Radeon equivalent (2009 era)

Hard Drive:400 MB HD space

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The game is a top-down 2D construction and management simulation where the player takes control of building and running a prison. The player is responsible for managing various aspects of their prison including building cells and facilities, planning and connecting utilities, hiring and assigning…

Ratings

76IGDB players198 ratings
81Critics12 reviews
78Overall210 scores

Time to beat

17 hStory onlyto the credits
44 hStory and extraswith side content
68 hCompletionist100%

Details

Publisher

Paradox Interactive

Series

Prison Architect

Languages

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese (Brazil)
Portuguese (Portugal)
Russian
Spanish (Spain)
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian