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Prison Boss VR cover art

Prison Boss VR

TREBUCHET · 2017-08-29

SteamPlayStation Store

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 03, 2020 (Meta Quest 2), Dec 03, 2020 (Oculus Quest), Aug 29, 2017 (SteamVR), Dec 05, 2018 (PlayStation VR), Dec 06, 2023 (PlayStation VR2), Dec 03, 2020 (Meta Quest 3)

Prison Boss VR is a crafting and trading game turning your VR space into a jail cell! Craft cigarettes, alcohol and cookies for other inmates! Customize your cell as your reputation grows! Earn cash until you can’t store it anymore and become the Prison Boss!

5
playing now
87%
positive of 447 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 38% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 447 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2024-09-24) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 13 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

702026-08-12 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992017-08-302026-07-092017-08-30 — best price $16.992018-04-02 — best price $11.992018-11-01 — best price $19.992019-06-03 — best price $19.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-09-27 — best price $14.692022-11-01 — best price $9.992022-12-11 — best price $17.992023-01-27 — best price $14.692023-03-17 — best price $14.692023-04-11 — best price $17.992023-05-15 — best price $14.692023-06-20 — best price $14.692023-08-23 — best price $14.692023-12-02 — best price $14.692024-01-22 — best price $14.692024-03-30 — best price $17.992024-04-21 — best price $17.992024-06-04 — best price $17.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-08-21 — best price $14.692024-09-15 — best price $14.692024-10-11 — best price $17.992024-11-12 — best price $17.992024-12-13 — best price $14.692025-01-22 — best price $17.992025-02-17 — best price $9.992025-04-07 — best price $14.692025-04-23 — best price $14.692025-05-13 — best price $14.692025-06-07 — best price $14.692025-06-27 — best price $14.692025-08-30 — best price $17.992025-09-29 — best price $9.992026-05-13 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
85.6%
earned "First Day in Jail"
6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)1,0292%38
Steam (Steam)7660%38
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)1863%38

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

VRFunnyIndieTradingCraftingSimulationResource Management

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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