Prison Life

Multiplayer prison escape with randomly assigned prisoner and guard roles

AO Games · Released Sep 23, 2022

Casual Free To Play Indie RPG Simulation Strategy

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 78% of 3,400
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 6; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 1 year ago; Dec 27, 2024
Minimum PC: 2 GB RAM · 0.5 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Prison Life?

This free-to-play online game pits prisoners against guards in matches for four to twelve players. Prisoners have four days to gather supplies, dig tunnels, craft tools, and escape; guards search for contraband, arrest wanted players, and repair damaged barriers.

For you if...

+you enjoy team-based competition with different objectives for each side

Not for you if...

−you prefer solo play over coordinating with other players

What players say

78% of 3,400 reviews are positive

Players praise playing with friends. Recent complaints focus on guards camping exits or blocking them with traps, which players say can make escape impossible.

Screenshots and trailer

Prison Life system requirements

Minimum: 2 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

Can my PC run Prison Life?

The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 7, 8/8.1, 10, 11
Processor: 2.4 GHz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 500 MB available space

Does Prison Life have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op online; PvP online. There is no single-player mode. Crossplay with other platforms is declared.

Does Prison Life run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Steam features: Family Sharing, In-app purchases
Languages: Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Greek, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Hebrew, Finnish, Thai.

Does Prison Life use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam