Prison Architect/Similar games
Games like Prison Architect
24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like Prison Architect” means here
Colony SimCapitalismCity BuilderBase-BuildingManagementBuilding
Matches come from the tags Steam players vote on each game, weighted so a rare tag counts for far more than one that sits on half the store. A game's popularity never moves it up this list.
1
Academia : School Simulator
Colony Sim · Capitalism · City Builder · Base-Building
86% of 3,050 reviews positive
98%
match
2
Another Brick in The Mall
Management · Building · City Builder · Base-Building
83% of 2,442 reviews positive
95%
match
3
93%
match
5
Kingdoms and Castles
Colony Sim · City Builder · Building · Base-Building
94% of 31,275 reviews positive
92%
match
7
RimWorld
Colony Sim · Base-Building · Management · City Builder
98% of 243,436 reviews positive · 34,709 playing now
91%
match
8
91%
match
9
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Colony Sim · City Builder · Base-Building · Building
91% of 26,638 reviews positive
90%
match
10
90%
match
11
Planetbase
Colony Sim · City Builder · Base-Building · Resource Management
80% of 10,382 reviews positive
90%
match
12
90%
match
13
90%
match
14
Empires of the Undergrowth
Colony Sim · City Builder · Base-Building · Building
94% of 18,469 reviews positive
90%
match
15
Oxygen Not Included
Colony Sim · Base-Building · Resource Management · Building
97% of 142,808 reviews positive · 9,478 playing now
90%
match
16
89%
match
17
89%
match
18
88%
match
19
Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
Colony Sim · Base-Building · City Builder · Resource Management
81% of 2,261 reviews positive
88%
match
20
88%
match
21
88%
match
23
Banished
Colony Sim · City Builder · Resource Management · Sandbox
90% of 43,221 reviews positive · 693 playing now
88%
match
24
Life is Feudal: Forest Village
Colony Sim · City Builder · Resource Management · Building
66% of 6,006 reviews positive
88%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to Prison Architect?
The closest matches to Prison Architect on Steam are Academia : School Simulator, Another Brick in The Mall, Settlement Survival, Ratopia, Kingdoms and Castles. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with Prison Architect's — shared tags include Colony Sim, Capitalism, City Builder.
How are games like Prison Architect chosen?
Every game is described by the tags Steam players vote on it. Rare, specific tags such as Colony Sim, Capitalism, City Builder count far more than catch-all ones like "Indie" or "Singleplayer", and each game is scored on how closely its whole tag profile matches Prison Architect's. Popularity never affects the ranking.