Prison Life RPG is more fun than the real thing

Prison Life RPG is a cartoonish mobile RPG in which you play the role of a new inmate in a prison filled with gangsters. To survive, you’ll need to earn money by doing jobs for mobsters while avoiding the attention of the guards and rival gangs. Your happiness, energy and health all go up and down depending on the activities you take part in; lose too much of any of them and you could be in trouble.

Surviving inside

There are four main areas: the yard, the cells, the dining hall and the showers. If you’re unlucky, you can also end up in solitary confinement or in the infirmary. Each area has a particular set of activities you can engage in, some of which interact with each other. For instance, you can pick up a cockroach in the yard, who will come in handy when you’re crafting items in your cell at night. Your ultimate goal is to escape by digging a tunnel and getting a contact to pick you up, but you’ll need to prepare carefully to have a chance of success.

Get locked up today

For all its cartoony art and off-color humor, Prison Life RPG is surprisingly deep and compelling in its gameplay. The many different tasks keep it varied, and the challenge of surviving and improving while behind bars quickly becomes addictive.