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Prison Architect

App ID 233450
App Type Game
Name Prison Architect
Developer
Publisher Paradox Interactive
Supported Systems STEAMPLAY
Last Record Update (October 16, 2019 – 00:08:22 UTC)
Last Change Number 7037226
Release Date October 6, 2015 – 14:47:00 UTC ()

Build and Manage A Maximum Security Prison.

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us U.S. Dollar $29.99 Base Price $4.49 $4.49 at -85%
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User Tags

StrategyActionIndieEarly AccessCasualSimulationBuildingModdableSandboxMultiplayer2DFunnySingleplayerCity BuilderEconomyReplay ValueTop-DownBase BuildingResource ManagementManagement

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Additional Information

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NoServers No
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VisibleOnlyWhenSubscribed Yes
community_visible_stats Yes
sourcegame Yes
workshop_visible Yes
checkpkgstate Yes
releasestate released
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Achievement Languages
  • brazilian: 1
  • dutch: 1
  • english: 1
  • french: 1
  • german: 1
  • italian: 1
  • japanese: 1
  • portuguese: 1
  • russian: 1
  • spanish: 1
  • swedish: 1
  • tchinese: 1
Store Release Date October 6, 2015 ()
community_hub_visible Yes
small_capsule
  • english: capsule_231x87.jpg
header_image
  • english: header.jpg
Associations
  • 0/name: Double Eleven
  • 0/type: developer
  • 1/name: Introversion Software
  • 1/type: developer
  • 2/name: Paradox Interactive
  • 2/type: publisher
Primary Genre 2
Store Genres
  • 0: 23
  • 1: 28
  • 2: 2
Store Categories
  • category_2: 1
  • category_17: 1
  • category_22: 1
  • category_23: 1
  • category_29: 1
  • category_30: 1
  • category_36: 1
Supported Languages
  • brazilian/full_audio: true
  • brazilian/supported: true
  • bulgarian/full_audio: true
  • bulgarian/supported: true
  • czech/full_audio: true
  • czech/supported: true
  • danish/full_audio: true
  • danish/supported: true
  • dutch/full_audio: true
  • dutch/supported: true
  • english/full_audio: 1
  • english/supported: 1
  • finnish/full_audio: true
  • finnish/supported: true
  • french/full_audio: true
  • french/supported: true
  • german/full_audio: true
  • german/supported: true
  • greek/full_audio: true
  • greek/supported: true
  • hungarian/full_audio: true
  • hungarian/supported: true
  • italian/full_audio: true
  • italian/supported: true
  • japanese/full_audio: true
  • japanese/supported: true
  • koreana/full_audio: true
  • koreana/supported: true
  • norwegian/full_audio: true
  • norwegian/supported: true
  • polish/full_audio: true
  • polish/supported: true
  • portuguese/full_audio: true
  • portuguese/supported: true
  • romanian/full_audio: true
  • romanian/supported: true
  • russian/full_audio: true
  • russian/supported: true
  • schinese/full_audio: true
  • schinese/supported: true
  • spanish/full_audio: true
  • spanish/supported: true
  • swedish/full_audio: true
  • swedish/supported: true
  • tchinese/full_audio: true
  • tchinese/supported: true
  • thai/full_audio: true
  • thai/supported: true
  • turkish/full_audio: true
  • turkish/supported: true
  • ukrainian/full_audio: true
  • ukrainian/supported: true
Steam Release Date October 6, 2015 – 14:47:00 UTC ()
Original Release Date October 6, 2015 – 07:00:00 UTC (1444114800)
Store Asset Modification Time June 27, 2019 – 12:48:13 UTC (1561639693)
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Player counts

  • 817 players right now
  • 1,504 24-hour player peak
  • 16,211 all-time player peak October 1, 2015 – 00:00:00 UTC

SteamSpy Estimations

  • 2.1 hours median playtime in last 2 weeks 15.1 hours median total playtime
  • 1.3 hours average playtime in last 2 weeks 27.8 hours average total playtime
  • 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners 172,681 followers

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Markers

Date Label
August 8, 2013 – 18:00:00 UTC ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Weekly Sale: Introversion
September 9, 2014 – 18:00:00 UTC ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Indie Bundle 12
October 6, 2015 – 15:05:00 UTC 📜 Now Available on Steam - Prison Architect, 33% off!
September 20, 2016 – 18:02:00 UTC ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Jumbo Bundle 7
July 16, 2019 – 18:00:00 UTC ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Very Positive Bundle 3

Packages that include this app

SubID Name Billing Type Last Updated
25936 Prison Architect Early Access Comp CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
25946 Prison Architect Retail CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
26288 Prison Architect Standard CD Key February 7, 2019 – 12:56:58 UTC
26289 Prison Architect Name in Game CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
26290 Prison Architect Aficionado CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
26291 Prison Architect Introversioner CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
26394 Prison Architect Standard Store April 19, 2019 – 17:00:08 UTC
26395 Prison Architect Aficionado Store April 19, 2019 – 17:00:08 UTC
26396 Prison Architect Introversioner Store March 16, 2019 – 11:48:28 UTC
26397 Prison Architect Name in Game Store March 16, 2019 – 11:48:28 UTC
73536 BAFTA 2015 CD Key July 25, 2019 – 18:48:45 UTC
77374 Prison Architect Private Review CD Key November 10, 2015 – 16:24:49 UTC
108135 Paradox Base Game Collection Store or CD Key July 11, 2019 – 13:09:37 UTC
283515 Prison Architect Standard (Giveaway: Almost Like a Real Job Planet) No Cost June 21, 2018 – 20:42:09 UTC
342527 Steam Sub 342527 CD Key February 7, 2019 – 12:55:14 UTC
346054 Steam Sub 346054 CD Key February 25, 2019 – 14:41:39 UTC
346055 Steam Sub 346055 CD Key February 25, 2019 – 14:43:50 UTC
350861 Prison Architect Name in Game Store March 15, 2019 – 20:24:52 UTC
Cross reference packages and depots for this app

Downloadable Content

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AppID Name Last Updated
234432 Prison Architect Art Book March 15, 2019 – 20:20:47 UTC
234433 Prison Architect Soundtrack March 15, 2019 – 20:21:03 UTC
234430 Prison Architect Standard Edition Key March 15, 2019 – 20:18:58 UTC
234431 Prison Architect Name in Game Edition Key March 15, 2019 – 20:12:26 UTC
1030540 SteamDB Unknown App 1030540 February 25, 2019 – 14:40:17 UTC
1030550 SteamDB Unknown App 1030550 February 25, 2019 – 14:40:31 UTC
1040270 SteamDB Unknown App 1040270 February 25, 2019 – 23:51:57 UTC
1040280 SteamDB Unknown App 1040280 February 25, 2019 – 23:51:57 UTC
1143650 SteamDB Unknown App 1143650 October 15, 2019 – 20:37:07 UTC

Depots

ID Name Max Size OS Extra Info
233451 PC Content 448.59 MiB
233452 Mac Content 547.31 MiB
233453 Linux Content 446.88 MiB
234432 Prison Architect Art Book (234432) Depot 35.17 MiB DLC 234432
234433 Prison Architect Soundtrack (234433) Depot 727.50 MiB DLC 234433

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 4274430 October 10, 2019 – 12:52:42 UTC
beta Upcoming Version for Testing 3409728 December 19, 2018 – 13:02:41 UTC
d11_test D11 Test Branch 4285111 October 14, 2019 – 11:19:42 UTC
modders_test Branch for mod testing 4225003 September 24, 2019 – 16:04:13 UTC
pdx_qa Used for PDX QA 4271657 October 9, 2019 – 15:43:28 UTC
pdx_streaming Used exclusively for streaming 4187505 September 12, 2019 – 11:12:57 UTC
pdxcon_press Branch for PDXcon Press Build 4271657 October 10, 2019 – 07:35:37 UTC
release_staging Release staging branch 4274430 October 10, 2019 – 10:26:47 UTC
test Used for D11/PDX testing 3409728 December 18, 2018 – 19:06:37 UTC

Other

Name Value
overridescddb 1

Raw Information

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Launch Options

Description Executable Arguments Type OS Extra Info
None Launcher\dowser.exe Default 64-bit
None Launcher\dowser None
Launch in SAFE MODE prison architect.exe -safemode None
Launch in SAFE MODE Prison Architect.app -safemode Default
None Launcher\dowser None
Launch in SAFE MODE PrisonArchitect -safemode Default
Launch Prison Architect (legacy 32 bit version) prison architect.exe None

Configuration

Key Value
contenttype 3
installdir Prison Architect
launch See section above

User File System

Key Value
quota 93.13 GiB (100000000000)
maxnumfiles 10000

History

Achievements

API name Display name and description Icons
Achievement_0 Throw The Book At Them

Complete the story

Achievement_1 Crowd Control

Complete all optional objectives on Riot

Achievement_2 Reformation

Complete all optional objectives on Conviction

Achievement_3 Freedom

Complete optional objective on Bootstraps

Achievement_4 Stone Walls

Build a sandbox prison with 100 prisoners

Achievement_5 Iron Bars

Build a sandbox prison with 500 prisoners

Achievement_6 Confined

Build a sandbox prison with 1000 prisoners

Achievement_7 D.B. Cooper

Sell your prison and make over $1,000,000 profit

Achievement_8 Samuel Norton

Have a cashflow of $50,000 or more

Achievement_9 Spare The Rod

Stopped a riot of 50 or more prisoners

Achievement_10 Don't Put Me In The Dark

Executed a prisoner on death row

Achievement_11 Wait and Hope

Unlock entire tech tree

Achievement_12 Get Busy Living

Achieve a re-offending rate of 25%

Achievement_13 It's Not What You Know...

Unlocked all polaroids

Achievement_14 ... It's What You Can Prove

Unlocked all game bible pages

Achievement_15 I May Have Found A Way Out Of Here

Escape from a decent prison in escape mode

Achievement_16 Architect

Shared a prison via Steam Workshop

Achievement_17 Warden

Loaded a prison from Steam Workshop