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Hard Time
The toughest prison sim in the yard has been locked back up to serve another sentence in 2D!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“Boring critics hate it, gamers love it. Seriously, Mat is getting too much criticism nowadays. Here's the thing: this is a banger and a massive improvement from hard time 2006. More items, a lot of sick wrestling moves, very rude NPCs, low quality but charming graphics, and…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“i have a "hard time" getting an errection”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“This review is more or so directed towards the pc port. It's a decent game in most aspects but in my opinion, the best experience is on mobile.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedLatest official news
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Hard Time III
Thanks to everybody who supported this little 2D revival, Hard Time is back to serve its 3rd consecutive sentence! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3009850/Hard_Time_III/ It combines classic moments
Multiplayer Multiplier
While adapting the game for Steam Deck, I also managed to fine-tune the desktop experience. You should find it can now recognize multiple controllers instead of just one, and even does a better job of
Cell Dimensions
Although the game bumbled its way to being "Playable" on Steam Deck as it was, this is the 1st time I've updated it after seeing it with my own eyes. It now makes better use of the 1280x800 resolution
Cops & Robbers
Multiplayer isn't quite as good a fit for the adventure games, but it will at least be possible for other controllers to help or hinder the star player. In this context, "Versus" casts your friends as
Cops & Robbers
Multiplayer isn't quite as good a fit for the adventure games, but it will at least be possible for other controllers to help or hinder the star player. In this context, "Versus" casts your friends as
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation |
| Player tags | Violent · Action · Simulation · Indie · Adventure · RPG · Gore · Character Customization · Funny · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Full controller support |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.MDickie.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: XP Processor: 1gHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 100 MB available space