
The game isn’t explicitly short or long – it more depends on how creative you are with your prison designs. Still, they aren’t real, so you might as well go nuts. Realistically, this doesn’t sound great from a humanist perspective as you’re given complete control over the lives of these inmates. You’re the warden in this game and what you say, goes. Plus, a lot of thought seems to have gone into each part of the design process – you’ll soon be thinking about ways to contain prisoners like you’ve never done before. Being a bit of a quirky idea, this title might not have a lot to do in the long run for everyone, but it does let you extensively explore the idea of being a warden with seemingly unlimited power and there’s no wrong way to do it.


If you’ve dreamt about running your own prison before, then you’ll be happy to know that you can do so without the risk of harm coming to anyone through Prison Architect. Of course, all of this only really applies for real prisons.

There are hundreds of things you’ll need to consider and you’ll also need to be aware that the inmates could start a huge riot and lead to a lot of people getting hurt. Waking up and running a prison has never exactly been at the forefront of my mind.
