Genre SimulationReleased Oct 6, 2015
Prison Architect
Developed by Introversion Software, Double Eleven · Published by Paradox Interactive
$29.99
Estimated lifetime revenue
$12.47M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$8.85M
After Steam's 29% cut
Units sold
843.4K
≈ 11 sales per review
Reviews
73,849
Very Positive89% positive
Playing now
610
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How it compares
Simulation →Against the 100 most-reviewed Simulation games on Steam
Outearns 29% of them — below the group's median.
Median
$27.42M
137,396 reviews
Top 10% start at
$113.37M
This game
$12.47M
15th pct. by reviews
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About
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
- Developer
- Introversion Software, Double Eleven
- Publisher
- Paradox Interactive
- Genre
- Simulation
- Released
- Oct 6, 2015
- Steam app ID
- 233450
- Data updated
- Sep 16, 2026
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