
A dark comedy about life behind bars. A random convict, a random charge, a random sentence. One goal: survive at any cost. Every decision opens new paths, or leads to death.
A choice-based survival game about surviving prison without ever making the “right” call.
Hoosegow: Prison Survival is a survival game with roguelike elements where everything depends on the decisions you make, and the goal is to survive brutal prison conditions. Every choice has consequences, every playthrough is unique, and a single mistake can cost you your life.
At the start of the game, you're given a randomly generated inmate with a unique set of stats, a crime they committed, and a sentence to serve. You'll need to balance survival, maintaining your reputation, and completing the objectives of your chosen game mode.
Permadeath roguelite: every sentence is a new character, a new cellmate, a new set of problems.
Hundreds of events, each presenting a moral dilemma with no right answer.
Deep meta-progression: a skill tree, cellmates with their own personalities and bonuses, and unique appearance sets.
A full crafting system: a stash, blueprints, and a prison economy.
Three modes, each with its own goals and ways to play.
Interface adapted for handheld devices like Steam Deck.

Get released without ever using an item

Max out your relationship with a cellmate

Use alcohol three times in one stretch

Meet all the cellmates

Use a shank 100 times

Spend a total of 10,000 coins


Serve a total of 100 years
Minimum Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 or later (x64) Processor: 2,0 GHz Core 2 Duo Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: nVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 (2GB+ of VRAM) Recommended Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Minimum Requires an Apple processor OS: macOS 26 Tahoe Processor: Apple M1 Memory: 8 GB RAM Recommended Requires an Apple processor
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