Prison Architect - Game Review

Prison Architect is an interesting PC prison management sim.

 I actually got it in a Humble Bundle way back in 2014, but it was on sale last week, and there were so many comments praising it that I checked Steam for opinions, and realized I had it.

Many said it can easily take hours of your time, and that is certainly true. I've played the whole campaign in 11 hours (I'm sure it can be done much faster, but I wanted to complete some of the optional quests, too). You can also just create prisons as you want to, outside the campaign.

I found it quite entertaining. There are many possible things to build and control, many with important consequences.

It is a bit buggy, too, but usually not too serious (mostly things like having to enclose areas for them to be recognized, even though it isn't a requirement).

The game clearly states it is for prison reform, through both the mechanics and the cut scenes, which I think is a useful thing. Clearly it makes no point to use less money reforming prisoners just to have them back after release, AND at the same time have more crime.

Overall, pretty fun and strongly recommended.

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