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ReleasedOctober 6, 2015

Prison Architect

Introversion Software · Published by 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.

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Genres

  • Simulation
  • Strategy

Art style

  • 2D

Perspective

  • Top Down

Players

  • Single Player

Mechanics & tags

  • City Builder
  • Base Building

Media

  • Prison Architect screenshot
  • Prison Architect screenshot
  • Prison Architect screenshot
  • Prison Architect screenshot
  • Prison Architect screenshot
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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.

Developer

Introversion Software

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