Prison Architect

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS
• Linux
• Android

Genres

• construction and management simulation

• strategy video game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

• multiplayer video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

Store genres

• Indie^*
• Simulation^*
• Strategy^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Steam Workshop^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Includes level editor^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*
• French^*
• Italian^*
• German^*
• Korean^*
• Polish^*
• Portuguese - Brazil^*
• Russian^*
• Simplified Chinese^*
• Spanish - Spain^*
• Dutch^*
• Japanese^*
• Swedish^*
• Traditional Chinese^*
• Turkish^*

Community tags · historical

• Simulation^*

  Votes · historical

  1,979^*

• Building^*

  Votes · historical

  1,886^*

• Sandbox^*

  Votes · historical

  1,803^*

• Base-Building^*

  Votes · historical

  1,774^*

• Colony Sim^*

  Votes · historical

  1,745^*

• Strategy^*

  Votes · historical

  1,744^*

• Management^*

  Votes · historical

  1,712^*

• City Builder^*

  Votes · historical

  1,578^*

• 2D^*

  Votes · historical

  1,569^*

• Top-Down^*

  Votes · historical

  1,550^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  1,114^*

• Resource Management^*

  Votes · historical

  1,086^*

• Economy^*

  Votes · historical

  1,082^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  1,053^*

• Moddable^*

  Votes · historical

  1,032^*

• Capitalism^*

  Votes · historical

  1,026^*

• Funny^*

  Votes · historical

  1,008^*

• Replay Value^*

  Votes · historical

  891^*

• Indie^*

  Votes · historical

  884^*

• Casual^*

  Votes · historical

  335^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Core2 Duo 2.4Ghz or Higher / AMD 3Ghz or Higher^*

  Memory

  6 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Nvidia 8600 / Radeon equivalent (2009 era)^*

  Storage

  400 MB HD space^*

• macOS · Minimum^*

  Processor alternatives

  2009 era Macbook Pro, Core2 Duo processor^*

  Memory

  6 GB RAM^*

  Storage

  400 MB HD space^*

• Linux · Unspecified tier^*

  Operating system

  Ubuntu 18 or later^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Core2 Duo 2.4Ghz or Higher / AMD 3Ghz or Higher^*

  Memory

  6 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Nvidia 8600 / Radeon equivalent (2009 era)^*

  Storage

  500 MB HD space^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Gold^*

  Reports

  67^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

Developers

• Introversion Software

• Double Eleven^*

Publishers

• Introversion Software

• Paradox Interactive

• Double Eleven

• 2015-10-06

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows

• 2016-06-28

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2015-10-05 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2015-10-05^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Oct 6, 2015^*

Detailed specifications