Prison Life RPG for iPhone

Quick snapshot

Prison Life RPG turns prison life into a cartoon-style mobile role-playing game. You arrive as a fresh inmate surrounded by gangs and must balance survival with ambition: take on assignments from mob bosses to earn cash while steering clear of guards and hostile factions. Your mood, stamina and health rise and fall with your choices — let any fall too far and you’ll face consequences.

Staying alive and getting ahead

Activities affect three core meters — happiness, energy and health — and managing them is essential. Jobs for criminal contacts bring money but can attract dangerous attention. Routine actions and social interactions can boost or drain your stats, and some choices open up new opportunities while others close doors. Plan your days so you can keep improving without ending up in trouble.

Where you’ll spend your time

• Dining hall — routines and social encounters happen here.
• Showers — a place for certain short activities and interactions.
• Cells — crafting and personal routines take place in your cell.
• Yard — you can find items and run into people here; for example, a cockroach found in the yard can be useful later for crafting at night.

You can also be sent to solitary or to the infirmary if things go wrong. Each location offers distinct actions, and many activities interact with one another across areas.

The long-term plan

Your ultimate objective is to break out: dig a tunnel and arrange for someone to pick you up on the outside. That plan requires careful preparation — gathering tools, improving stats and making the right contacts before you attempt the escape.

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If you want something different, consider Where Winds Meet (paid) as an alternative.

Final impression

Despite its bright, irreverent art and crude jokes, Prison Life RPG has deeper systems than it first appears. The variety of tasks and the challenge of surviving and progressing under incarceration make it surprisingly engaging and habit-forming.