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I started playing the game at about 12:00 PM planning to play it for an hour, I stopped playing it at about 2:00 AM.
I had things to do today, I didn't even know that much time passed.
This is a problem.


Do I recommend because of good game or do I not recommend because it will waste away your days?
This is a difficult decision.

You can't go wrong with this game. Definitely make sure that this game is in your library, if it isn't already. One of the best games I've ever played. Great job, guys. Keep up the good work!

I ran a pretty good prison.

One day a guy comes in. Apparently, he's a legendary.

Why are there no pokeballs?

Afterwards he kills 21 people so i lock him in a cell and brick him inside. Two days later he's still alive. I put armed guards in position and remove the wall.

"FIRE AT Will!

Guy takes two shotgun blasts to the face after starving for 2 days.

Then prison burns down.

1 /1

I've played this game since before it was on Steam, and let me tell you, it was 100% worth the price back in 2013, and even more worth it now. This game gives you lots of freedom; you can follow the campaign, go sandbox and do your thing, or even be one of the prisoners trying to escape. Plus, Prison Architect is just layer on layer of depth, with systems overlapping and mechanics interwining so well that it almost feels real.

In short, there's no way I can't recommend this game... it's just too good.

Simply loving this game so much. Every day I come out of work I get a chance to be the warden in my own prison. I love it how the developers of this game added so much content over the time it was in Early Access. I didn't only buy it on Steam, but also on my Xbox One - on which it is great too! If you are a fan of managing games, building games and generally good games, Prison Architect should be in your games collection!

134 hours of play. 134 hours I will never get back and I regret NOTHING! Prison Architect is one of those games you can't stop playing. I always think, maybe I can do it this way or, what about this. Everytime, and it's just as fun every time. Give it a shot you won't regret it either.

It's one of those games where you binge play for a few days (or weeks!) quit, remember it and repeat. I really enjoy this game and it has a lot of replayability.

A prisoner walk through the metal detecter and a knife was found. The guards brought him to his cell but didnt take his knife so later on, there is was a riot, he stabs anyone he sees and I get sent to jail because of the guards.



11/10

I have a fairly large sandbox prison, plenty of guards, and extremely harsh punishments of solitary for up to 40+ hours just for having a spoon in your pocket. I had 50+ prisoners in solitary at any given time, but that wasn't enough for me. I pulled all of my guards out of the cell blocks, and locked the doors. Days later, what I was hoping for had happened.

'RIOT UNDERWAY, 418 PRISONERS ARE RIOTING'
>Hire 50 armed guards
>Split them up and station them near the cellblock doors which the prisoners would break through at any moment
>Free-fire enabled

Long story short, DEATHS(today): 210, all of these were prisoners.
Just buy the game already, come on!

>I decided to start a new prison.
>I managed to progress farther then any of my other prisons.
>A legendary prisoner named Leonidas I arrived at my prison.
>I built a cell surrounded with 3 layer thick concrete walls, solitary doors, and armed guards.
>Leonidas managed to break the doors down and kill an armed guard while the rest were resting.
>He took down 2 armed guards and 5 guards in half a minute.
>Since he was an instigator, he managed to upset the prisoners in the canteen.
>My 300 prisoners in the canteen started a massive riot.
>The 300 prisoners followed Leonidas, as they mowed down all of my guards and busted down all the doors.
>The ceo called and told me to stop the riot.
>I ordered a whole squad of riot guards into the prison.
>Leonidas and his 300 prisoners easily mowed down the riot guards.
>The ceo finally called and ordered the army to move in.
>Leonidas and his 300 prisoners were shot down in cold blood by the army.
>Leonidas and his 300 prisoners may be dead, but they shall remain in history.

11/10 Would Sparta again.

All these reviews talk about how much fun it can be to create a draconian panopticon of hell, but I find it much more profitable to push on rehabilitation. You get money every time you take in prisoners, so it pays to be constantly taking them in, and you get a nice bonus whenever you release someone on parole and they don't reoffend. And while housing them in constant terror can reduce their will to re-offend, it's rather difficult to get that bonus check from a dead man.
And the great thing about this game? Both philosophies are perfectly valid. They each have benefits and flaws, and it's your job to strike the balance between the two to get your desired result. Go on, experiment; it's just the lives of criminals you're tinkering with, after all.

It's like Zoo Tycoon but with people instead

10/10 would stab secretary again

Prison Architect is one of those games, kind of like the sims, with which you occasionally have the brief moments of clarity where you realise that you're wasting your time scheduling and organising the lives of simulated people and you get the sudden urge to do something productive in real life like build some furniture or take a cooking class or raise a family.

Thankfully these moments pass and you can go back to playing the game.

32 prisoners have serious complaints

*distant shotgun blast*

31 prisoners have serious complaints

10/10

It's the Rollercoaster Tycoon of the modern age.

It's a completely bizzare idea but somehow building and maintaining a prison is damn good fun.

Long-time player here, I've been supporting the game and the team for a few years now.

For starters, this game has a huge mod database, and mod community continuing to produce for it. Developers see this and notice that some mods need to become supported by an official patch, and they are implemented. These guys have worked their asses off to prove the Early Access system wrong, and they did. This game is a sucess and proves what backers can do for developers who put their heart into their game.

Game has minimal, if any bugs with vanilla base game. When you put in mods in any game you run the risk for bugs, thankfully the base game experience provides a simply incredible game, one that doesn't actually NEED modifications, but if you want them, plenty exist.

Must buy for those who enjoy city builders, or simulation games.