Prison Architect

For those who like emergent gameplay in a sand box, building/managing simulator, this is one to keep an eye on.

I've recently become quite hooked into building simulators and it's all one of my friend's fault. He introduced me to Planetbase and I surprised myself by really enjoying it. From there I've now got Prison Architect and Banished and am enjoying the both immensely! I have typically not been drawn to games like this as they tend to be too slow paced for me.

Prison Architect is a tongue in cheek prison building and managing simulator. Once you have built a few necessary rooms and a small prison wing, prisoners will be delivered to you and you'll need to start paying attention to their needs. If you mistreat them too much or don't manage their regime well enough they'll be rioting and killing before you know it!

For a general introduction to the game I'd strongly recommend watching Sips on YouTube. I watched a bunch of his Summer Slam Prison Architect series and it really sold the game to me.

Having started my new job I'm finding the game perfect to just relax at the end of the day, have some laughs at the chaos in my prison and play around with expanding my facilities. Trying to reform my prisoners is always a lot of fun to as they tend to enjoy killing the poor teachers off...

Also, it's cheap!