

Prison Architect will keep you hooked for hours and change your career path to be a prison governor. This also means that Prison Architect can run on most computers with little or no slow down, even when a lot is happening at once such as during a riot. The graphics are simple by design, allowing you to easily identify each element. Or at least you would, but in the chaos it seems he escaped.Īll of this is controlled through a clean interface with menus are pleasant to use – which I only mention because in Early Access this was one of the game’s flaws. So you send in the heavies, restore order, and prepare to throw the trouble maker in solitary. You have enough security cameras to find him? Great, now you can watch as he frees the other prisoners and starts a riot. Thought that high risk prisoner was safely contained? Wrong… he’s out. The human factor ensures that every time you play Prison Architect it is different.

Never forget the walls.Īnd if you still want more, Prison Architect also features Steam Workshop support, allowing you to share maps with other users. As for the construction, you have full freedom - build kitchens, dining rooms, common rooms, cells, and walls. For example you can choose to only be able to see parts of the facility where you have personnel, or increase the frequency with which new prisoners arrive.
In this mode you can alter the difficulty by changing a range of settings. If you get tired of the campaign, there is always free play mode. In addition, a central plot that gives cohesion to the mode. Fortunately, Prison Architect includes a campaign that features five episodes and that gradually reveal the mechanics of the game. As with so many construction-come-management titles, there are enough features to confuse any casual user.
