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Best Prison Apps & Games

250+ iOS apps & games curated and reviewed

4.3 avg rating
19 free apps & games
Updated August 2026

Out of 250+ prison apps and games on iOS, 19 are free and the rest sit in the paid tier. This page sorts them so you can compare both sides before you commit.

Compare top Prison Apps & Games (August 2026)

#AppPriceRatingAdsIn-App PurchasesUpdated
1Prison Empire Tycoon－Idle GamePrison Empire Tycoon－Idle GameFree4.6★ (87K)YesYesAug 2026
2Hard TimeHard TimeFree4.0★ (4.3K)NoYesAug 2026
3Hard Time IIIHard Time IIIFree4.3★ (1.1K)YesYesAug 2026
4Prison Escape Simulator 3DPrison Escape Simulator 3DFree4.6★ (5.3K)YesYesAug 2026
5Prison Life: Idle GamePrison Life: Idle GameFree4.4★ (4K)YesYesAug 2026
6Hoosegow: Prison SurvivalHoosegow: Prison SurvivalFree4.7★ (1.1K)YesYesAug 2026
7Lands of JailLands of JailFree4.8★ (24K)NoYesAug 2026
8Prison Real SimulatorPrison Real SimulatorFree4.3★ (559)YesYesAug 2026

Top Picks for Prison

Prison Empire Tycoon－Idle Game#1

Prison Empire Tycoon－Idle Game by Codigames

Manage jails, help prisioners
Editor's Choice
🎮 Games
4.6😐(87K ratings)
FreeAdsIn-App Purchases
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Build and manage your own prison empire. Start small and grow your facility by meeting resident and staff needs, investing in upgrades, and maintaining order. Earn profits through successful rehabilitation and expand your business to become a renowned prison tycoon.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Love the game
  • 👍 Addictive and fun
  • 👍 Great concept and gameplay
  • 👍 Exceptional quality

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Constant crashing and freezing issues
  • 🐛 Glitches with ads and double money feature
  • 🐛 Prisoners not getting fed properly
Hard Time#2

Hard Time by MDickie Limited

The toughest sim in the yard!
Strong Contender
🎮 Games
4.0😊(4.3K ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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Simulate life as an inmate in a challenging prison environment. Manage your health, mental state, and attributes while interacting with other inmates and guards. Earn money, improve your skills, and try to survive.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Unique prison simulation experience
  • 😊 Nostalgic and memorable
  • 🎮 Great mobile game

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🤖 Annoying AI behavior
  • 💰 Monetization issues
Hard Time III#3

Hard Time III by MDickie Limited

Get behind these bars...
Worth Considering
🎮 Games
4.3😊(1.1K ratings)
FreeAdsIn-App Purchases
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Experience a challenging prison simulation with real-time survival, intricate relationships, and a deep combat system. Explore an expanded world, craft weapons, and even switch roles to enforce the law. Customize your experience with an editor and enjoy enhanced visuals.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Good game
  • 👍 Brings back childhood memories
  • 🚀 Constantly updated
  • 👍 Enjoyable experience

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Buggy
  • 🐛 Camera issues
  • 🐛 Glitches

More Prison apps to explore

4
Prison Escape Simulator 3D
Prison Escape Simulator 3D
Prison Escape Simulator 3D
Dig, find items, trade, break
Free

Secretly dig tunnels to escape a prison. Manage tools, trade with inmates and guards, and avoid detection by patrolling guards. Every choice impacts your path to freedom in this immersive simulation.

Immersive digging simulationDynamic trading systemTool progression
🎮 Games
(5.3K)
free with in-app purchases
5
Prison Life: Idle Game
Prison Life: Idle Game
Prison Life: Idle Game
Rule Chaos, Manage Escapes
Free

Manage every aspect of a prison, from prisoner needs and facility upgrades to staff management and expansion. Build your ultimate prison empire in this engaging simulation tycoon game.

Manage prisoner needs and daily livesUpgrade diverse prison facilitiesExpand your prison empire
🎮 Games
(4K)
free with in-app purchases
6
Hoosegow: Prison Survival
Hoosegow: Prison Survival
Hoosegow: Prison Survival
Adventure in a prison.
Free

Engage in a choice-based survival adventure within a maximum-security prison. Gather resources, craft tools, and build relationships to outwit guards and inmates. Navigate a challenging narrative with unique survivor skills and strategic decision-making to achieve freedom.

Choice-based survival gameplayResource gathering and craftingBuild relationships with prisoners
🎮 Games
(1.1K)
free with in-app purchases
7
Lands of Jail
Lands of Jail
Lands of Jail
by SINGAPORE JUST GAME TECHNOLOGY PTE.LTD.
Free

Take charge of a penal colony on a remote island, managing prisoners, tracking fugitives, and ensuring order. Strategically balance stability and profit while upgrading facilities and maintaining authority as the Warden.

Manage prisoner lives and schedulesTrack and recapture fugitivesUpgrade facilities and manage budget
🎮 Games
(24K)
subscription
8
Prison Real Simulator
Prison Real Simulator
Prison Real Simulator
Justice is in your hands
Free

Build and manage your own prison empire. Oversee inmates, upgrade facilities, and manage staff to ensure security and profitability. This simulation game offers idle mechanics for continuous progress.

Manage inmate needs and securityUpgrade prison facilitiesDirect staff and departments
🎮 Games
(559)
free with in-app purchases
9
Prison Break-Out
Prison Break-Out
Prison Break-Out
Dig your way to freedom!
Free

Help an innocent prisoner dig their way to freedom. Balance daily prison chores with risky nighttime escape attempts. Strategize carefully to avoid guards and obstacles, and progress even when idle.

Dig tunnels at nightComplete daily prison choresFour challenging prison blocks
🎮 Games
(7.3K)
free with in-app purchases
10
Idle Prison Empire Tycoon
Idle Prison Empire Tycoon
Idle Prison Empire Tycoon
Rule your jail as a manager!
Free

Build and manage your own prison empire in this idle simulation game. Make strategic decisions to expand your facility, maintain order, and keep inmates content to prevent escapes and ensure productivity.

Build and expand prison facilitiesManage inmate behavior and prevent escapesUpgrade security systems and staff
🎮 Games
(2.3K)
free with in-app purchases
11
Grand Prison - Gangster Escape
Grand Prison - Gangster Escape
Grand Prison - Gangster Escape
Hard Time Prison Breakout Game
Free

Plan and execute a daring prison escape in a challenging environment. Outsmart guards, hack security systems, and fight rival gangs to break free. This game offers stealthy missions and intense survival challenges.

Prison escape missionsStealth and survival gameplayHack security cameras
🎮 Games
(1.7K)
free with in-app purchases
12
Room Escape: 50 rooms I
Room Escape: 50 rooms I
Room Escape: 50 rooms I
Can you escape the 50 rooms I
Free

This classic puzzle game challenges your observation and judgment skills to escape 50 unique rooms. It offers humane tips to help you overcome obstacles and achieve successful escapes. If you enjoy challenging puzzle games, this experience is designed for you.

50 unique escape roomsClassic puzzle gameplayObservation and judgment challenges
🎮 Games
(98K)
free with in-app purchases
13
Warden Tycoon: Prison Manager
Warden Tycoon: Prison Manager
Warden Tycoon: Prison Manager
by Lars Ghezzi
Free

Build and manage a correctional facility, balancing resources, staff, and inmate needs. Make strategic decisions to expand your prison, handle crises, and develop your unique warden style.

Build and expand prison facilityManage money, staff, and inmatesIssue daily Warden Orders
🎮 Games
(3)
free with in-app purchases
14
Obby Prison Escape
Obby Prison Escape
Obby Prison Escape
Barry's Prison Run
Free

Navigate a challenging prison obstacle course as an inmate trying to escape. Avoid deadly traps, falling hazards, and the vigilant guard Barry to reach freedom. Test your agility and timing in this thrilling escape adventure.

Navigate obstacle coursesAvoid deadly trapsEvade the prison guard
🎮 Games
(5K)
free with in-app purchases
15
The Escapists: Prison Escape
The Escapists: Prison Escape
The Escapists: Prison Escape
Craft & Breakout To Freedom
$4.99

Experience life behind bars in this unique prison escape sandbox game. Use strategy and cunning to craft tools, bribe guards, and plan your breakout from various themed prisons. Survive the daily routines and outsmart your captors to achieve freedom.

Craft tools and weaponsSteal and trade itemsBribe and fight guards
🎮 Games
(3.3K)
paid
16
Prisoner Jail Escape Chapters
Prisoner Jail Escape Chapters
Prisoner Jail Escape Chapters
Jailbreak Survival Fun 2020
Free

Execute a daring escape plan step-by-step in this intense prison break game. Navigate challenging environments, forge alliances, and uncover a dark conspiracy to prove your innocence and achieve freedom.

Strategic escape planningAlliance building with charactersNavigating challenging prison environments
🎮 Games
(4)
free with in-app purchases
17
Prison Escape Games Simulator
Prison Escape Games Simulator
Prison Escape Games Simulator
Prison break escape sim games
Free

Embark on a challenging prison break adventure as a wrongly accused inmate. Plan your escape meticulously, navigating security systems and guards. Explore hidden tunnels and solve puzzles to achieve freedom.

Prison breakout planningStealth and evasion gameplayPuzzle solving
🎮 Games
(1.2K)
ad-supported
18
Escape Prison : adventure game
Escape Prison : adventure game
Escape Prison : adventure game
Survival games, Jail room life
Free

Navigate a high-security prison, outsmarting guards and bypassing computer systems. Discover hidden codes, combine objects, and collaborate with fellow inmates to find your escape route in this suspenseful adventure game.

Prison escape gameplayPuzzle solvingItem combination
🎮 Games
(11K)
free with in-app purchases
19
Tiny Prison
Tiny Prison
Tiny Prison
by Two-Bit Titans, LLC
Free

Manage your own correctional facility as the Warden. Assign prisoners to jobs, construct new facilities like infirmaries and gyms, and conduct cell searches for contraband. Experience the full game with an optional one-time purchase.

Warden simulationAssign prisoners to workBuild new prison floors
🎮 Games
(4.2K)
free with in-app purchases
20
Prison Escape 3D Break Games
Prison Escape 3D Break Games
Prison Escape 3D Break Games
Prison & Escape Digging Games
Free

Plan and execute a daring prison break by navigating hidden corridors, digging tunnels, and outsmarting guards. Collect items, upgrade tools, and uncover secrets to achieve freedom in this immersive 3D adventure.

Digging and tunnelingSneak past guardsUpgrade tools and collect items
🎮 Games
(2)
free with in-app purchases

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FAQ about Prison

What are the best prison apps & games for iPhone?
Prison Empire Tycoon－Idle Game tops our prison apps & games ranking as of August 2026, with a 4.6-star average from 87K App Store ratings, and it's free to download.
Yes — 19 of the top prison apps & games we rank are free to download, including Prison Empire Tycoon－Idle Game and Hard Time.
Prison Empire Tycoon－Idle Game shows ads and offers in-app purchases, according to its App Store listing as of August 2026.
We track 250+ prison apps & games on the iOS App Store as of August 2026, ranked by rating, recency, and analysis of real user reviews.
Prison Empire Tycoon is an idle simulation game where you build and manage your own prison. You start with a small facility and work to expand it, meet the needs of your residents and staff, and maintain order and security to become a successful prison tycoon.
Key features include managing prison facilities, meeting the basic needs of residents like food and entertainment, hiring and managing various staff members, investing in upgrades for both residents and staff, maintaining security, and rehabilitating citizens to earn profits.

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