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Prison Tycoon 3™: Lockdown

Gamebryo · Cosmi Valusoft · 2008-01-29

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 29, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Crack that Whip! Take reigns of a privately run prison. You are responsible for the care, custody, and control of individuals who have been arrested. Begin with a low security prison and build it up to a SuperMax. From construction to daily operations, you must protect society while turning a profit. It's time for lockdown.

Prison Tycoon 3™: Lockdown is a $9.99 Strategy game released in 2008, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Negative review sentiment (23% of 124 reviews).

0
playing now
23%
positive of 124 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
20/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 38% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.0k–9.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 124 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at WinGameStore (2015-09-04) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 11 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020122026Week of 2012-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2012-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2014-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2014-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40Jul 2012Apr 2026Jul 2012 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2012 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2013 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2013 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2013 — avg 4 · peak 14Oct 2013 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2014 — avg 3 · peak 15Apr 2014 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2014 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2014 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2015 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2015 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 2Aug 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Nov 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2026 — avg 1 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Apr 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-08-282015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-10-23 — best price $2.492016-04-28 — best price $2.492016-08-22 — best price $4.992016-11-03 — best price $9.992017-01-23 — best price $1.992017-04-20 — best price $1.992017-09-18 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $2.992018-04-20 — best price $9.992018-10-29 — best price $3.992019-12-19 — best price $3.492020-05-23 — best price $8.992020-06-14 — best price $8.992020-07-13 — best price $9.992020-08-19 — best price $9.992020-09-12 — best price $9.992020-10-21 — best price $7.342020-12-08 — best price $9.992021-01-28 — best price $9.992021-02-24 — best price $9.992021-04-05 — best price $8.992021-05-19 — best price $7.342021-06-11 — best price $7.342021-07-17 — best price $7.342021-08-18 — best price $7.342021-10-05 — best price $7.342021-11-09 — best price $7.342021-12-28 — best price $7.342022-02-25 — best price $7.342022-04-08 — best price $7.342022-06-19 — best price $7.342022-08-22 — best price $7.342024-03-21 — best price $9.992025-05-23 — best price $9.992025-11-29 — best price $9.992026-05-30 — best price $7.482026-08-28 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

StrategySimulation

Census log

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

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