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What it is for
Survive prison on your own terms
Hard Time is a prison-life simulation from MDickie for players who enjoy unpredictable systems, difficult choices, and a little chaos. You create an inmate, navigate daily life inside a sprawling prison, and try to finish your sentence without losing control of your health, mind, reputation, or freedom.
A prison that reacts to what you do
The prison contains 12 areas with interactive furniture and objects, alongside up to 100 other inmates. Wardens enforce rules, civilians exist beyond the prison, and ordinary actions can quickly turn into fights, punishments, or opportunities. You can work for money, trade items, join a gang, intimidate other prisoners, or simply try to keep your head down.
Manage your inmate
Your character has four attributes to develop: strength, agility, intellect, and reputation. Training, exercise, reading, completing tasks, and dealing with other inmates all affect how you get through the day. Health and mental state also need attention. Sleeping helps, but food, drink, reading, and television may be needed when rest is not allowed. If your inmate breaks down mentally, control can temporarily slip away.
Why it stays interesting
Hard Time is built around small problems that keep colliding: finding a toilet in time, earning cash, avoiding trouble, improving your abilities, and deciding who to trust. Its rating of 4.02 from 372,654 reviews and 10,000,000+ installs suggest a large audience for its rough-edged, systems-driven approach. It is listed in Adventure and includes an optional VIP upgrade with extra customization and an ad-free experience.