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Space Prison

Wooden Alien · Firesquid · 2024-07-18

SteamGOG

AdventureRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 18, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Survive the galaxy's toughest prison and rise to the top of a space gang! Explore, fight, craft, trade and learn convicts' stories to escape the facility. Space Prison is a turn-based tactical survival game with deep strategy and social RPG elements.

3
playing now
85%
positive of 287 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Welcome to Space Prison, inmate. Surviving is only the first step. To craft a way out, you'll need to navigate the prison hierarchy using social RPG mechanics, tactical combat, and a whole lot of space rats. Can you escape where others have failed? DEATH IS NOT AN EXCUSE FOR A SHORTER SENTENCE. Don’t let the system break you. Survive in the Space Prison by crafting contraband, upgrading your prison cell, fighting alien creatures in turn-based brawls, and climbing to the top of the gangster ladder in this prison social survival game. Space Prison is the darkest hole in the universe, an exper(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 37 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (113 reviews).
  • · Top 49% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.7k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 287 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at IndieGala Store (2026-07-09) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 88 of 133 observed days · $16.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
979720242026Week of 2024-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-08-11 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$99.99$3.992024-02-152026-08-302024-02-15 — best price $99.992024-08-07 — best price $16.492024-10-07 — best price $19.992024-11-15 — best price $12.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-16 — best price $13.992025-02-05 — best price $19.992025-03-03 — best price $8.372025-03-21 — best price $11.992025-04-14 — best price $11.792025-05-11 — best price $19.992025-05-26 — best price $19.992025-06-12 — best price $19.992025-07-17 — best price $7.102025-08-05 — best price $11.992025-09-08 — best price $8.492025-09-25 — best price $9.992025-10-13 — best price $8.192025-11-13 — best price $9.992025-12-01 — best price $19.992026-01-06 — best price $15.082026-02-02 — best price $5.992026-03-02 — best price $5.992026-03-17 — best price $8.002026-04-06 — best price $8.002026-04-17 — best price $19.992026-05-04 — best price $5.662026-05-26 — best price $19.992026-06-14 — best price $19.992026-07-14 — best price $19.992026-08-03 — best price $3.992026-08-28 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
91.9%
earned "Home Sweet Home"
24.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, German, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Ukrainian, Simplified Chinese, French, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2711%67

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

Player tags

RPGSci-fiStrategyStylizedComic BookDark HumorRogue-likeRogue-liteSimulationExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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