2015 · Indie · Simulation · Strategy
Prison Architect
by Introversion Software & Double Eleven
Hours played
How long do people play Prison Architect?
Half of its Steam reviewers had played 27 hours or less when they gave their verdict. The middle half sat between 10 hours and 70 hours.
First 2 h
55% recommend
2–5 h
78% recommend
5–10 h
85% recommend
10–20 h
89% recommend
20–50 h
90% recommend
50–100 h
89% recommend
100–200 h
87% recommend
200–500 h
83% recommend
500 h and up
82% recommend
One token is 1% of its Steam reviews, standing at the hours its author had played. Amber recommends it, red does not. Counted from about 77,100 Steam reviews, by the hours each author had played when they wrote theirs. It is not a time to beat.
Does Prison Architect hold up?
It is recommended most by players at 20–50 hours: 90% of them. Among players past 500 hours that falls to 82%.
The refund window
Do the first two hours of Prison Architect tell you?
6% of its reviews were written inside Steam's two-hour refund window, and 55% of those recommend it. After the window, 87% do. Of the players who gave it a thumbs-down, 83% were already past the window; the typical thumbs-down came 17 hours in.
Out of every 20 thumbs-down, 3 came while a refund was still possible and 17 after the window had closed.
Everyone's copy
13 of 46 copies here were never launched
In 46 libraries here. 13 never launched it; the typical player who did put in 12 h.
Name 100
How well it's remembered
Named in 0.9% of Name 100 runs, about 1 in 106: people remember it when asked to name 100 games from memory.