Prison Architect

Prison Architect

Developers
	Introversion Software
Current	Double Eleven
Publishers
2019	Paradox Interactive
Release dates
Windows	October 6, 2015
macOS (OS X)	October 6, 2015
Linux	October 6, 2015

General information

Introversion forum

Developer wiki requires account

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website
Gamesplanet
GOG.com
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Origin		Included with Origin Access Basic.
Steam		Key unlocks DRM-free version

You can unlock a DRM-free copy, as well as access to the developer wiki, by following the instructions here.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Introversion\Prison Architect\
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/Prison Architect/
Linux	~/.Prison Architect/

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Introversion\Prison Architect\
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/Prison Architect/
Linux	~/.Prison Architect/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Graphical settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Windowed mode unavailable before Alpha 7.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use Borderless Gaming.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		MSAA and SSAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Always enabled.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		No frame rate or refresh rate cap.

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
64-bit executable

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz AMD 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	100 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8600 AMD Radeon equivalent

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	100 MB

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz AMD 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	100 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8600 AMD Radeon equivalent