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:$29.99
- Release Date:10/6/2015
- Franchise:Double Eleven - Official
- Developers:
- Publisher:Paradox Interactive
- Last Updated:4/15/2025
- 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 1,297 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 79% 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 71,614 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 88 (Very Positive).
Price History Chart
Track historical price changes and trends for Prison Architect. Right now, it costs $29.99 in the Steam Store.
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 208,158 followers on its community page.
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 71,614 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 64,063 positive reviews and 7,551 negative reviews — an overall 89% positive review rating. Additionally, Prison Architect has earned a metascore of 83 on Metacritic.
It is available for gamers to download and play for $29.99. It can also be purchased through Prison Architect - Total Lockdown, Ultimate Prison Life, Mega Management Bundle, and Paradox Build It Bundle which give a discount off its base price. The game also has a total of 12 DLC add-ons including: Prison Architect - Jungle Pack, Prison Architect - Free For Life, and Prison Architect - Going Green available for purchase and download through Steam.
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:
- Steam Cloud
- Family Sharing
- 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 | $47.77 | View |
 | Ultimate Prison Life | 2 | 2 | $23.38 | View |
 | Mega Management Bundle | 7 | 7 | $137.63 | 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. (2025, April 15). Prison Architect on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/233450
- Valve Corporation. (2025, April 15). Prison Architect. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/233450
- Metacritic. (2025, April 15). 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/