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Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management

Abylight Studios · Ziggurat · 2021-12-10

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 07, 2023 (Xbox One), Feb 07, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 07, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jul 01, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build an intricate prison, hire the best staff, and pamper your prisoners to create the perfect rehabilitation facility in Prison Tycoon: Under New Management

62%
positive of 183 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

Build an intricate prison, hire the best staff and manage your penitentiary to create the perfect rehabilitation facility while you turn it into a profitable business in this reboot of the Prison Tycoon franchise.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (43 reviews).
  • · Top 30% of 19,495 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.7k–8.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 183 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.99-65%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.99 at GOG (2026-05-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720212026Week of 2021-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, French, German

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-12-10, latest 2022-03-29 (Steam store data)

Player tags

CasualSandboxBuildingCartoonyColorfulLife SimStrategyTop-DownManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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