Prison Architect doesn’t need much of a story though. They might not be masterpieces, but they are quite entertaining and a nice way to introduce new players to the game’s mechanics. The core of the game is its sandbox mode, however, Prison Architect features five story missions that form a tutorial. Originally crowdfunded, almost 8000 pre-orders sold for US$270.000 in just two weeks.
How this little holiday from society will look for the inmates, is completely up to you.Īfter its first public release by indie developer Introversion Software in September 2012, Prison Architect finally left its Alpha state in October 2015 after five years of development. Your task is to keep the scum of the earth away from the law-abiding citizens. Prison Architect is a prison management simulation that puts you in the shoes of a warden – literally if you wish to do so, but more about that later. Keep an eye on things at all times or you'll have chaos on your hands. In the following, I will take a critical look at why you will probably love watching maximum security prisoners shower, way more than you should. But a prison game? It didn’t seem that appealing at first. Sure, early access games were actually becoming a thing at that time and opened the market for future games. When I first heard about Prison Architect a couple of years ago, I couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about.