Prison Architect AlternativesOnly apps categorised as City Building Games

The best City Building Game alternative to Prison Architect is RimWorld. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Dwarf Fortress. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Prison Architect and five of them are City Building Games so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting City Building Game alternatives to Prison Architect are Frostpunk, A Game of Dwarves and Towns.

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Build and manage a Maximum Security Prison. As the sun casts it’s early morning rays on a beautiful patch of countryside...

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    RimWorld

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    RimWorld follows three survivors from a crashed space liner as they build a colony on a frontier world at the rim of known space. Inspired by the space western vibe of Firefly, the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, and the epic scale of Dune and Warhammer 40,000.

    23 RimWorld alternatives

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    Country of Origin

    • CA flagCanada

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
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    RimWorld Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Moddable
    3.  Base building
    4.  Endless gameplay
    5.  Strategy planning

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    Comments about RimWorld as an Alternative to Prison Architect
    Guest
    Positive •May 11, 2017
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    Very similar graphics, engine, and mostly anything else.

    Userb
    Positive •Mar 31, 2020
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    Very similar tileset and movement patterns

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    • Almost everyone thinks RimWorld is a great Prison Architect alternative.

    • RimWorld is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Prison Architect.

    • RimWorld is the most popular commercial alternative to Prison Architect.

    • RimWorld is Paid and ProprietaryPrison Architect is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Dwarf Fortress

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    Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy simulator. You can control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated, persistent world. The world is procedurally generated with distinct civilizations spanning centuries of detailed history, multitude of towns, bodies...

    26 Dwarf Fortress alternatives

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    • Free • Proprietary

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Dwarf Fortress Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Building game
    3.  Infinite hierarchical depth
    4.  Terraforming
    5.  Battle simulation
    6.  Squad based

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    Comments about Dwarf Fortress as an Alternative to Prison Architect
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    Positive •Jun 25, 2015
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    PA was inspired by Dwarf Fortress

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    • Most users think Dwarf Fortress is a great Prison Architect alternative.

    • Dwarf Fortress is the most popular free alternative to Prison Architect.

    • Dwarf Fortress is Free and ProprietaryPrison Architect is Paid and Proprietary
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    Frostpunk

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    As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and its infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?.

    10 Frostpunk alternatives

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    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
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    Properties

    1.  Atmospheric

    Features

    1.  Endless gameplay
    2.  Single player

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    A Game of Dwarves

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    A Dwarven Prince on a quest to reclaim his people’s stolen land will take you on a great journey. Explore a continent filled with buried treasures and unearth mysteries that have laid hidden since the Great War.

    12 A Game of Dwarves alternatives

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    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    A Game of Dwarves Features

    1.  Single player

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    Towns

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    In Towns you manage a settlement on top of an active dungeon. Instead of playing the hero who delves deep into the dungeon, how about playing the town that houses and caters to the hero's needs?

    21 Towns alternatives

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    Discontinued

    The game seems to be no longer updated and it was never finished. Last version, v14, released in September 2013, can be still bought from the official website and Steam

    Towns Features

    1.  DRM Free

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