You will need to set up holding cells and individual rooms for your prisoners as you create larger and more complex spaces. As you lay out your buildings you will need to make sure that there are connections to electricity and water. There is a deep level of commitment you are needing to have in seeing your prison through to the end. If you want to have a lot of fun with Prison Architect you will need to manage a multitude of deep systems and give and take whenever necessary to avoid riots, fires, and murders within your prison walls. From there you can choose to be as soft on your prisoners giving in to their needs while taking a financial hit along the way or play it tough handing out severe punishments for behaving badly or being caught with contraband. This sandbox mode gives you the tools you need to build a prison the way you want. The story is short, but it leads into the meat of the game, which is the prison simulation mode. Within the sectioned off levels you will learn how to build structures, set up programs for rehabilitation, manage prisoner’s needs and wants, hire employees and more.

During the campaign, you’ll follow the story of the Palermo family and their criminal world. The Prison Story campaign mode is a tutorial in a way that helps teach you the ropes of managing your own prison. There is a DLC pack “Escape Mode” which will be released on August 31 for Xbox and PlayStation, with the Switch set to receive it a few weeks after its launch. On top of that, there is also previously released DLC included in the Switch Launch: All Day and a Night and Psych Ward. The Switch version contains the original game that was released to consoles as well as the new World of Wardens sharable content area. Now the simulation game, which has you managing multiple facets of building and maintaining a prison has made its way to Nintendo Switch. Starting out as a PC original title back in 2015, Prison Architect was later released to Xbox and PlayStation consoles. Serving 20 years to life as a Building Contractor.

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