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Prison Architect

Prison Architect

Published by
  1. Paradox Interactive

Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.

Peak #90
Current #790
Top 250 46%
Gem Peak #59

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89% Positive 65,792
11% Negative 8,179
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Tags & number of votes

  1. Simulation 2015
  2. Building 1922
  3. Sandbox 1838
  4. Base Building 1804
  5. Colony Sim 1770
  6. Strategy 1767
  7. Management 1754
  8. City Builder 1594
  9. 2D 1588
  10. Top-Down 1564
  11. Multiplayer 1134
  12. Resource Management 1103
  13. Economy 1094
  14. Singleplayer 1066
  15. Moddable 1043
  16. Capitalism 1035
  17. Funny 1012
  18. Replay Value 901
  19. Indie 895

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  1. Casual 344

Dates

Released
2015-10-06 (10 years ago)
First review

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T1
Age on Steam

Days since first review, which is typically how long the game has been available for purchase.

T1

Reviews

Total reviews
73,971
Verified
59,901 (81% of total)
Review velocity
15 reviews per day
Reviews today
2
Days in top 1000
3,401 (69% of lifespan)
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Estimated owners median
T2

Pricing

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Estimated gross sales median
T3
Estimated net sales median

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T3
Release price
$19.99 ($29.99 -33%)
Lowest price

Date of the earliest occurrence of the lowest price this game has sold for.

$0.00 (2020-10-07)
Average price
$26.00
Average discount
$8.52
Number of discounts
101
Days discounted
901 (18.5% of lifespan)

Size

Size on disk
512 M (536,985,738 B)
Download size
495 M (518,561,136 B)

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Details last updated: July 11, 2026 01:06 UTC

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