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Welcome Wardens!
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Key Features:
Prison Architect
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Reviews
59,434
Very Positive
Positive
89.5%
53,216 positive
Followers
217.7K
Est. WishlistsestiProxy: followers × 12 (industry heuristic)
2.6M
Est. OwnersestiBoxleiter method: reviews × 32
1.9M
Est. RevenueestiEst. owners × ~62% of list price
$35.4M
Price (US)
$29.99
Release
Oct 6, 2015
About
Welcome Wardens!
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Key Features:
Customized Confinement
Allocate resources to optimize your compound, but don’t restrict the flow of the crowd lest you encounter a flood, fire, fight, or full-blown riot.Invest and Innovate
Tap federal money with grant applications & direct your funds to combat disease, gang activity, litigation, and more!Management and Muscle
Ensure your prison is *mostly* ethical and safe with top-notch staff including armed guards, psychologists, doctors, lawyers and snitches.Detention by Design
Each prisoner’s criminal history requires custom treatment programs, labor schedules, and reform workshops.Lockdown Showdown
Attempt a high-stakes escape of your own supermax prison in Escape Mode, or try Online mode to test one of 12,000 player-created prisons. Expand your empire limitlessly in Sandbox mode.★ Reviews
90%
Very Positive
59,434 total reviews
53,216 positive (89.5%)6,218 negative
Genres
Features
Family SharingIncludes level editorSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop
Tags
2DBase BuildingBuildingCapitalismCasualCity BuilderColony SimEconomyFunnyIndieManagementModdableMultiplayerReplay ValueResource Management
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Estimates — owners use the Boxleiter method (reviews × 32), wishlists proxy followers × 12, revenue uses ~62% of list price × est. owners. These are rough industry heuristics, not official data.
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