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Prison Simulator
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Reach the ending 15% of players who started
Started playing 91% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 2,545
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 7h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- 15% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “First Day” and “Justice was served” (End warden's dirty drug buisness): from 94% to 15% of starters.
- 91% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 2,572 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 9.1h for positive, 4h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (90.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- First Day Finish your first day 94% −6
- Justice was served End warden's dirty drug buisness Most players quit here 15% −79
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (84)
story milestone ending side
- One.. Two.. Three? Complete morning attendance check routine 100%
- I mustn't run away! Use all your stamina 98%
- Let's takie it Take found contraband for yourself 95%
- First Day Finish your first day 94%
- Good Guard, bad guard? Ignore the reprehensible behaviour of the prisoner 89%
- The cause of the fire was fire Put out the fire 82%
- Smuggler buster Confiscate or take 10 contrabands from the prisoners 76%
- It’s just a fuse Restore the electricity 68%
- Nap time! Spend your free time on the corridor bench 62%
- Work harder! Force prisoners to work overtime 56%
- None shall pass Reject prisoner 53%
- Prison bully Beat 20 prisoners without any reason 51%
- Small talk Talk with prisoners 100 times 51%
- Settle it in prison smash Pacify guard 48%
- Any last words? Execute your first prisoner 45%
- The best of the best Gain 100% officers’ respect 44%
- Not on my watch End the riot 39%
- Handyman Fix a broken camera 39%
- Strongman Win the weight lifting game bet. 39%
- Knock out them all! Knockout 50 people 33%
- The great escape Witness a prisoner escape 31%
- Darts master Win bet of darts mini game 31%
- Sorry to interrupt you Talk to the 15 prisoners during their intimate moment 29%
- A deal is a deal Pay your first bribe 27%
- Luck of the newbie Defuse the bomb 25%
- Smelly guy Let the smelly guy take a shower 25%
- Done Schedule your day with Free Play 24%
- Over 9000! Execute the prisoner with 10.000 volts 21%
- Sapper is only wrong once Fail the bomb event 19%
- Everything’s gonna be ok End up in the infirmary 17%
- Do not disturb Enter the “wet” room uninvited 17%
- Detective Collect all evidence from the secret laboratory 16%
- Spring cleaning Search 16 cells in block B during cell shakedown routine 16%
- Justice was served End warden's dirty drug buisness 15%
- Unstoppable Gain maximum stamina level 15%
- Dirty money Make 1000$ from dirty buisness with prisoners 15%
- On the top Your prison gain 1st place on the top list 14%
- Hawkeye Report 30 incidents during the monitoring duty 14%
- NBA enthusiast Win the basketball game bet 14%
- Mine! Mine! Mine! Take the contraband for yourself 100 times 13%
- Scourer Throw 20 garbages to right bin 8.6%
- Legs Day Gain maximum speed level 8.2%
- Give me your strongest potion Buy a lemonade 7.7%
- Best buddy officer Gain 100% prisoner’s respect 7.4%
- Asta la vista Buy all available weapon 7.2%
- Oh, you're approaching me? Throw a piece of garbage on prisoner 6.6%
- Drug dealer Sell 20 packs of drugs 6.4%
- Is this a Post office Search 50 parcels 6.1%
- Iron Man Gain maximum defense 5.7%
- Stronger than anyone Gain maximum strength 5.3%
- You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you? Lose consciousness 3 times 4.7%
- Extreme life Cause the prisoners respect status to 10% 4.5%
- Use thundershock! Paralyze 30 inmates with teaser 4.5%
- What’s inside? Open the parcel you were supposed to deliver 4.3%
- Are You Finished Urge the prisoner in the shower 4.1%
- Almost like home Buy all the avaliable prison upgrades and furniture 3.4%
- It’s just a tiny wound Finish your day with low HP 3.2%
- Last Man Standing Complete Last Man Standing mode 2.4%
- Gold Keeper Confiscate or take contraband 500 times 2.3%
- Riot? What riot? End the riots 5 times 1.7%
- Gimme, gimme, gimme… Eat a snack pack in Zombie mode 1.7%
- NBA weirdo enthusiast Throw garbage into basketball basket 1.4%
- Collectibles hunter Collect all hiden prison booty 1.3%
- Swift Fighter Complete Last Man Standing mode in less than 15 minutes 1.3%
- There will be salt Eat 20 salty chips 1.3%
- Cookie monster Find and take 30 cookies 1.1%
- Survivor Complete Zombie mode 1.1%
- Bulldozer Kill 200 prisoners in Last Man Standing mode 1.0%
- Berserker Win an arena fight in Last Man Standing mode without using firearms 0.8%
- I’m badass Finish the campaign on Permadeath difficulty 0.8%
- Diabetic Drink 20 lemonades in Last Man Standing mode 0.7%
- Downing The Duck Shoot down the duck in Last Man Standing mode 0.6%
- Hunger Games Complete Last Man Standing mode without picking up any food 0.6%
- Immortal Complete Last Man Standing mode on Captain difficulty 0.6%
- No evidences at all Clear the blood [Power Wash DLC] 0.6%
- Duty Calls Clean the first sector [Power Wash DLC] 0.6%
- Cleared of charges Fully clean one level [Power Wash DLC] 0.6%
- Speedy Gonzales Complete Last Man Standing mode in less than 8 minutes 0.6%
- Aren’t you afraid? Complete Zombie mode in under 15 minutes 0.6%
- Romero would be proud! Complete Zombie mode on Captain difficulty 0.3%
- The Walking Killer Kill 200 zombies in Zombie mode 0.3%
- You gonna be a speedrunner Complete Zombie mode in under 8 minutes 0.3%
- You have to like it Finish 15 quests [Power Wash DLC] 0.2%
- Pedantic weirdo Clean everything in 100% [Power Wash DLC] 0.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.