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Get a taste of prison life! Become a prison guard and deal with dangerous convicts. Prison management, lots of daily activities. Will you become the best guard in history? Or maybe you'll turn into the worst scumbag this Prison has ever seen?

Release DateNov 4, 2021
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)87.6% (very positive) / 87.3%  Top 30%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)83.6% Top 15% / 83.5%  Top 15%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)1.7K  Top 10% / 1.9K  Top 10%
Curators88 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time11.4 hours  Top 15%
Play Time per Dollar34 minutes
Followers24.1K  Top 5%
Owners± 142K  Top 15%
Copies Sold± 129K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 1.7M  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Prison Simulator steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Prison Simulator's Steam rating and reviews between November 2021 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 87.2% (November 2023) and 87.6% (June 2022), with only very small variations.

With 1.9K reviews Top 10%, Prison Simulator could be an indie success or even a small AAA success. The chart suggests a long tail distribution, which could mean that the game was promoted at laucnch but that there were no more marketing, update or major discounts after that point.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Prison Simulator and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Prison Simulator's review languages. The most popular language is English (31%), followed by Simplified Chinese (18%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 27 different languages represented. The game has been translated in 10 languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Prison Simulator percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Prison Simulator, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time in game is not bad at all, with 19 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 1.8 times less than the median for positive reviews. The negative review time is high (median is 7 hours), it can be a sign that Prison Simulator crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult towards the end. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • unique gameplay
  • clever game design
  • compelling story
  • RPG elements
  • funny moments
  • rewards for appeasing guards/prisoners
  • satisfying game loop
  • interesting quests
  • daily routines add variety
  • ability to create prisoners
  • last ¼ of storyline less immersive
  • minor bugs

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's score of 87.6% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Prison Simulator's review data provided by Steam. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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