Prison Architect
Last updated: 2026-01-06
- Deep and engaging gameplay mechanics
- Unique and immersive simulation experience
- Strong mod support and community
- Severe bugs and neglect by developers
- Exploitative DLC practices harm experience
- Poor AI and prisoner behavior issues
Emotions
Frustration28%Satisfaction16%Disappointment13%Amusement10%Enjoyment6%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 73,180
- Positive
- 65,14789.0%
- Negative
- 8,03311.0%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 5,091,677
- Estimated revenue
- $152,699,393
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 752.64%
- Estimated copies lost
- 5,218
- Estimated revenue lost
- $156,488
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 762.7% Avg playtime 0.9h | 481.7% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 49117.3% Avg playtime 94.4h | 2,23178.4% Avg playtime 113.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.6 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 7.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 41.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,434.4 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,846 total
Organic purchasers2,32481.7%
Voted up: 81%
Key activations52218.3%
Voted up: 75%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,846 total
First impression0-2h1485.20%
Voted up: 41%
Mid game2-10h52118.3%
Voted up: 77%
Late game10-20h43315.2%
Voted up: 83%
Endgame20h+1,74461.3%
Voted up: 84%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
80.0%
Global baseline 80.1%
10 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 73,180 total.