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Prison City

Prison City

Prison City is a dystopian, action-packed side-scroller with tight mechanics and intricate level design. Battle Techno-Terrorists with your chakram and grenades, eat hot dogs for health, and locate contacts to help take down bosses.

Released Aug 28, 2023 Developer Retroware, Programancer Publisher Retroware Platforms Windows AdventureSide Scroller2D PlatformerPlatformer2D
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

83.5%positive182 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Put Contra, Megaman, some traces of Robocop 3 between others, and some Kurt Russel into a blender and you may have this incredible piece of entertainment.”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.

27achievements
1.3%median completion
0.5%rarest: No Fill-Up (Modern)
17.3% of players 15.0% of players 10.3% of players 9.8% of players 5.7% of players 5.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 17.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
17.3%Car Smasher — Hidden achievement
15.0%Fighting Spirit — Complete the Game
10.3%Juggle? Oh! — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%No Fill-Up (Modern) — Hidden achievement
0.5%No Fill-Up (Classic) — Hidden achievement
0.6%Warden Rush (Modern) Master — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-28. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-09-28 23:18 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-28
US9.99 USD
EU7.15 EUR
UK6.75 GBP
Australia13.50 AUD
Canada11.25 CAD
Japan1,000 JPY
Brazil25.25 BRL
China36.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$4.9 China Japan Canada EU UK Australia US≈$10.0

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-28). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Feb 12, 2026
Version 1.0.4.0 is OUT NOW!

Dive back into the sinister citywide detention zone with the latest update to Prison City ! Input switching is now done on any press of a desired input. Meaning- at any time, if you want keyboard, use

Dec 25, 2025
Version 1.0.4.0 Beta Available!

Hey everybody! Programancer (the dev) here! Firstly- I'd like to thank everybody who's played Prison City since its launch in 2023. It was a lot of fun to make, and I'm glad it's resonated with people

Jul 08, 2025
Prison City Run in Games Done Quick (GDQ)!

Games Done Quick (GDQ) is back again this year and Prison City will be featured in a speedrun with DanTheVP at the ready! Hank Sinatra and Bobbeigh will be the couch commentators for the event, while

Dec 16, 2024
Status Report, Agents!

Attention all agents! A commendable milestone has been reached! Prison City has reached 100 total reviews! And this week, we wanted to take a look back at some of the features that defined Prison City

Jul 22, 2024
Prison City in the PixElated Festival!

Featured in the PixElated Festival, Prison City is 20% off starting on Monday, July 29th! As former agent Hal Bruzer take your chakram and infiltrate Prison City--a citywide jail for the most dangerou

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsAdventure · Side Scroller · 2D Platformer · Platformer · 2D · Post-apocalyptic · Story Rich · Controller · Linear · Action · Colorful · Pixel Graphics (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Full controller support · Gamepad Recommended · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements27
Official sitehttps://prisoncitygame.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-Bit Processor: Intel Core i5-4300 or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated GPU DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 300 MB available space