Prison Simulator Prologue similar games & best alternatives

Prison Simulator Prologue

2021

Should you play it?

Wanna find out what a prison riot looks like? Check a free stand-alone prologue for Prison Simulator. A story that is not available in the full game! Be warned: Police baton might not be enough to bring order to the prison halls.

What works

  • Unique prison guard simulation concept
  • Customization of prisoners and gangs
  • Engaging riot and combat mechanics
  • Free prologue with replayability
  • Immersive atmosphere and humor

Things to keep in mind

  • Optimization and performance issues
  • Clunky combat and ai behavior
  • Lack of save/load in prologue
  • Some repetitive tasks and minigames
  • Limited polish and bugs present

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Old School

  • Hard Time III

  • Drug Dealer Simulator

  • Prison Simulator

  • Hard Time

  • Drug Dealer Simulator: Free Sample

Less dominating

Games that feels like Prison Simulator Prologue but with less domination over others

  • Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days

  • Slitterhead

  • Wicked Seed

  • Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

  • Lethal Company

  • School 666

More competitive

Games that feels like Prison Simulator Prologue but with more competition against others

  • Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals

  • Get Stuffed!

  • Kingpin — Life of Crime

  • Beholder 2

  • DOOM + DOOM II

  • The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire

Choose your own criteria ->

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Prison Simulator Prologue: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Competition, Intimacy.

Last update: 03/08/2026