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.
- Price:$2.99
- Release Date:10/6/2015
- Franchise:Double Eleven - Official
- Developers:
- Publisher:Paradox Interactive
- Last Updated:12/22/2024
- Steam App Id:233450
Prison Architect
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Playable)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Prison Architect has 1,058 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 83% lower than its previous all-time peak of 6,195 players achieved on 7/16/2023.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Prison Architect. It has received a total of 70,620 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 88 (Very Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Prison Architect and its growth over time. It currently has 207,401 followers on its community page.
Prison Architect Price
Prison Architect costs $2.99 in the Steam store as of 12/22/2024 which is a 90% discount off its base price. It can be purchased as a standlone game or through a bundle like Prison Architect - Total Lockdown, Ultimate Prison Life, Mega Management Bundle, or Paradox Build It Bundle which offer a discount off the game's base price.
Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for Prison Architect.
About Prison Architect
Prison Architect is a Simulation, Indie, and Strategy game developed by Double Eleven, and Introversion Software. On 10/6/2015, it was released on the Steam Store by Paradox Interactive.
Players have rated Prison Architect as "Very Positive" out of 70,620 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 63,352 positive reviews and 7,268 negative reviews — an overall 90% positive review rating. Additionally, Prison Architect has earned a metascore of 83 on Metacritic.
It can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Prison Architect on the Steam Deck but some functionaliy may not be fully supported.
It also supports 15 languanges in-game including English, French, Italian, German, and Korean. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Prison Architect supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
- Includes level editor
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Workshop
- Single-player
From the Steam community, Prison Architect has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Top-Down
- Strategy
- Indie
- Casual
- Moddable
- Singleplayer
- 2D
- Building
- Colony Sim
- Capitalism
- City Builder
- Economy
- Management
- Multiplayer
- Sandbox
- Replay Value
- Simulation
- Base Building
- Funny
- Resource Management
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Prison Architect and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Prison Architect is referenced by 12 other related apps in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Prison Architect - Jungle Pack | DLC | 2/7/2023 | View |
 | Prison Architect - Free For Life | DLC | 9/12/2022 | View |
 | Prison Architect - Going Green | DLC | 1/28/2021 | View |
 | Prison Architect - Undead | DLC | 10/11/2022 | View |
 | Prison Architect - Aficionado | DLC | 11/21/2019 | View |
 | Prison Architect - Cleared for Transfer | DLC | 5/14/2020 | View |
 | Prison Architect - Psych Ward: Warden's Edition | DLC | 11/21/2019 | View |
 | Prison Architect - Future Tech Pack | DLC | 11/22/2022 | View |
 | Prison Architect - Perfect Storm | DLC | 1/27/2022 | View |
 | Prison Architect - Second Chances | DLC | 6/16/2021 | View |
Related Bundles
Prison Architect is included in 4 bundles in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Prison Architect - Total Lockdown | 13 | 11 | $79.99 | View |
 | Ultimate Prison Life | 2 | 2 | $17.98 | View |
 | Mega Management Bundle | 7 | 7 | $98.91 | View |
 | Paradox Build It Bundle | 5 | 5 | $111.95 | View |
Related Packages
Prison Architect is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Prison Architect | $7.49 | View |
Supported Languages
Prison Architect is available in 15 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | No | No |
| French | Yes | No | No |
| Italian | Yes | No | No |
| German | Yes | No | No |
| Korean | Yes | No | No |
| Polish | Yes | No | No |
| Portuguese-Brazil | Yes | No | No |
| Russian | Yes | No | No |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | No |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Prison Architect data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2024, December 22). Prison Architect on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/233450
- Valve Corporation. (2024, December 22). Prison Architect. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/233450
- Metacritic. (2024, December 22). Prison Architect for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/prison-architect
- Double Eleven. (2023, July 8). Prison Architect. Prison Architect. https://www.prisonarchitect.com/