Games Like Hard Time

The toughest prison sim in the yard is back to serve its 3rd consecutive sentence - combining classic moments from the OG with the best aspects of 2D, while putting out a few hits of its own! Tackle crime from either side of the prison fence, while a larger world beyond it makes life worth living.

Why similar: Simulation 100%

Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel to the seed game, offering expanded mechanics and the same signature MDickie physics-based chaos.

The original 2D wrestling sim brings the revolution to your desktop - where it now includes BOTH sides of the business in one epic universe!

Why similar: Simulation 39.1%, RPG 28.4%, Action 17.4%, Indie 15.1%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same creator, this title shares the exact same engine, UI, and quirky, physics-driven combat style.

The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!

Why similar: Simulation 40.9%, RPG 17.7%, Action 15.6%, Indie 13.6%, Adventure 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic prison survival game that focuses on crafting, planning, and navigating the daily routines of prison life.

Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.

Why similar: Simulation 85.1%, Indie 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: While focused on management, it provides a deep, systemic look at prison life and the consequences of inmate behavior.

Get a taste of prison life! Become a prison guard and deal with dangerous convicts. Prison management, lots of daily activities. Will you become the best guard in history? Or maybe you'll turn into the worst scumbag this Prison has ever seen?

Why similar: RPG 43.7%, Simulation 36.9%, Action 19.4%

Why You'll Like It: Allows players to experience the prison environment from the perspective of a guard, offering a different take on the same setting.

See how long you can survive in a world full of brainless zombies and heartless humans! Find your place among hundreds of other characters spread across several warring factions, and battle to reclaim every corner of a sprawling city in real-time.

Why You'll Like It: Another MDickie title that utilizes the same engine and character customization systems, but shifts the focus to a zombie survival setting.

Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.

Why similar: RPG 52.3%, Simulation 20.8%, Adventure 15.6%, Indie 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A modern, story-rich RPG that captures the feeling of surviving and navigating the complex social hierarchy of a prison.

Get ready to enter the 2nd Dimension! Thrust into a bizarre and unfamiliar city and find your place among strange citizens. Work, Fight, Study, Eat, Drink, Gamble, Train, Sleep, Quest, Collect, Invest, Repeat.

Why similar: RPG 51%, Simulation 24.7%, Action 9.6%, Adventure 7.8%, Indie 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similar absurdist, low-fi aesthetic and life-simulation mechanics that emphasize humor and character progression.

Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?

Why similar: Simulation 58.3%, Indie 22.7%, Action 19%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the original with multiplayer support and more complex crafting, maintaining the core prison-break loop.

《学生时代》是一款可自由构筑的校园人生模拟器。你将在高度还原的中国校园中，从入学一路走到高考，与多个性格鲜明的同学一起成长，互相陪伴。你的养成和选择，不但会决定你的人生，也会影响到朋友们的未来。

Why You'll Like It: This simulation game uses the same engine as Hard Time to recreate the social dynamics and chaotic violence of a high school environment.

The lightweight champion of wrestling comes full circle with higher resolution visuals and a smoother frame rate - whilst still retaining the retro style that puts the fun first! Now featuring whole other booking & roaming modes at no extra cost for the biggest Triple Threat in wrestling.

Why similar: Simulation 100%

Why You'll Like It: While in 3D, this game captures the same chaotic, over-the-top wrestling simulation spirit that fans of the seed game enjoy.

A highly customizable virtual stressball and physics sandbox about mutilating ragdolls in various ways using an overwhelming amount of weapons and tools.

Why similar: Gore 41.6%, Violent 34.7%, Simulation 17.9%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A pure physics sandbox that appeals to the same desire for chaotic, consequence-free destruction found in the seed game.

It's 3am and you just want to get some sleep. Welcome back to Party Hard! Stop parties using hundreds of new ways, incidentally destroy a drug syndicate, and save the Earth from an alien invasion. May the chickens be with you!

Why similar: Violent 49.6%, Gore 15.5%, Simulation 12.3%, Action 9.2%, Indie 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down game that focuses on chaotic, violent, and stealthy approaches to clearing out a location, similar to the seed's combat.

Welcome to Kindergarten 2, which takes place on Tuesday! After the events of Monday, you'll find yourself in a new school with new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.

Why similar: Violent 40.5%, Gore 37.8%, Adventure 9.3%, Indie 6.3%, RPG 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the same dark, absurdist humor and violent, school-based social simulation found in MDickie's work.

Prison Boss VR is a crafting and trading game turning your VR space into a jail cell! Craft cigarettes, alcohol and cookies for other inmates! Customize your cell as your reputation grows! Earn cash until you can’t store it anymore and become the Prison Boss!

Why similar: Simulation 75.8%, Indie 24.2%

Why You'll Like It: A unique, immersive take on prison life that focuses on the illicit crafting and trading economy within the walls.

Take back your identity in Muffles’ Life Sentence- a darkly quirky RPG set in a prison where inmates are remade to match their crimes.

Why similar: RPG 56.3%, Indie 24.2%, Adventure 19.6%

Why You'll Like It: An indie RPG that blends dark humor and prison themes with unique card-battler mechanics.

Play as a Prisoner or a Guard with up to 12 players(or alone) in an online prison game. Loot, Craft, and make your way to the exit, or investigate and arrest wanted players as a guard!

Why similar: RPG 43.4%, Simulation 41.5%, Indie 15.1%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy title that emphasizes the detective and survival aspects of navigating a prison sentence.

The recent events in a state prison, involving Jake from Team Hot Guns was a perfect moment for some prisoners to escape - you are one of them.

Why similar: Action 61%, Indie 39%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, retro-styled action game that focuses on the escape aspect of the prison genre.

Fat Prisoner Simulator - a soccer simulator where you play the role of a prisoner. The jail managers have noticed that some prisoners, who really like to eat a lot, can hardly go through the doors, including those of their cells. So they decided to arrange a soccer game between them.

Why similar: Simulation 71.7%, Indie 28.3%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based simulation game that leans into the absurd and comedic aspects of prison life.

Hardcore, bloody platformer with a simple dude.

Why similar: Violent 42.7%, Gore 36%, Action 12.4%, Indie 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action game that features the same kind of indie, gore-filled, and chaotic gameplay as the seed.

Too long in this prison, time to get out of here. Pull the carpet and start digging with a teaspoon. Watch out for the guard, sell him the junk you find. Trade toilet paper with the prisoners. Get better items and improve your stats. Expand the tunnel, use glow sticks and dynamite. Will you escape?

Why similar: Simulation 63.1%, Action 21.4%, Adventure 15.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the immersive-sim elements of planning an escape through exploration and resource management.

Use the glitch you have discovered to break out of jail!

Why similar: Simulation 43.5%, Action 28%, Adventure 22.3%, Indie 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A prison-themed action game that focuses on exploration and platforming within a confined, hostile environment.

A brand‑new bundle from the creators of the short‑form horror hit Violent Horror Stories. This time the collection revolves around one chilling theme: confinement.

Why similar: Simulation 60.1%, Action 29.4%, Indie 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy title that leans into the dark, atmospheric, and violent themes of the seed game.

Wanna find out what a prison riot looks like? Check a free stand-alone prologue for Prison Simulator. A story that is not available in the full game! Be warned: Police baton might not be enough to bring order to the prison halls.

Why similar: Simulation 44%, Action 30.8%, Adventure 25.2%

Why You'll Like It: A standalone introduction to the prison guard experience, focusing on the daily tasks and interactions of the job.

Relive your school days in 3D, where old school graphics bring back timeless fun! Create your own star student and attend a schedule full of classes in time to gather the knowledge you need to thrive, while an equally important popularity contest challenges you survive...

Why similar: Simulation 28.8%, RPG 26.9%, Adventure 23.9%, Action 20.4%

Why You'll Like It: A life-simulation game that uses a retro aesthetic to explore the daily grind and social interactions of a school setting.

Draw Rider is back! Meet the long awaited continuation of the legendary hardcore racing game

Why similar: Simulation 29.1%, Gore 25.1%, Action 18.7%, Adventure 14.1%, Indie 13%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based game that relies on the same kind of unpredictable, ragdoll-style movement found in MDickie's titles.

Together with the old prisoner, go on a hard and big trip to find the legendary land where there is no plague and darkness

Why similar: Violent 32.9%, Gore 27.8%, Simulation 11.3%, RPG 10.5%, Action 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: An indie RPG that shares the violent, gritty, and low-budget charm often associated with the seed game.

When a mysterious beam from space transforms the world into a game, the Angry Video Game Nerd must return to put the "ASS" in ASSimilation. Utilize new mechanics, power-ups, abilities, and collectible armor pieces to defeat your most powerful foe yet, and save the world!

Why similar: Violent 30.6%, Gore 27.1%, Action 17.4%, Adventure 13.4%, Indie 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A high-energy, gore-filled platformer that matches the chaotic, indie-spirited energy of the seed game.

Survive the galaxy's toughest prison and rise to the top of a space gang! Explore, fight, craft, trade and learn convicts' stories to escape the facility. Space Prison is a turn-based tactical survival game with deep strategy and social RPG elements.

Why similar: Simulation 44.8%, RPG 40.4%, Indie 14.8%

Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

Why similar: Gore 42%, Violent 41.4%, Simulation 11%, Action 3.2%, Indie 2.4%

The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer – now in 3D!

Why similar: Gore 55.8%, Action 26.1%, Violent 15.7%, Indie 2.4%

Fat Prisoner Simulator 2 is a fighting simulator with realistic physics where you are going to play the role of a prisoner during a jailhouse riot. All you can see around is crazy prisoners attacking everybody there.

Why similar: Simulation 41.2%, Action 23.8%, Indie 17.8%, Adventure 17.2%

Hard Times is an extreme urban survival game where you have to put yourself into the shoes of a homeless man, taking on all the challenges that daily survival places in the great metropolis of indifference.

Why similar: Simulation 51.6%, Action 28%, Indie 20.4%

He is back. Once again take control of mass serial killer John Wade. Six years later, the infamous Pale Grin resurrects from the grave to terrorize the broken town of Happyhills. This time he has more on his mind than simple killing.

Why similar: Action 100%

Psi Project Legacy - is a new part of the hardcore 2D shooter with elements of horror. It all starts again. You have to go back to the very unfortunate complex to endure the horror.

Why similar: Violent 31.7%, Gore 26.7%, Simulation 15.8%, Action 9.9%, Adventure 8.7%

"With your trusty shank and die hard will to survive, you've successfully broken out of your Prison Cell. How many other prisoners can you set free on your way to Freedom? Take down as many Guards as possible while avoiding traps and hazards along the way! From Knives, to Guns, and Mines to Bombs!"

Why similar: Violent 38.4%, RPG 25.8%, Action 21.6%, Indie 14.1%

Trapped in a prison hell, a desperate orange will play a deadly game in the hopes of getting shipped to safer markets. Can he survive what his captors have freshly squeezed for him?

Why similar: Simulation 30.7%, Violent 27.4%, Gore 23.1%, Action 18.8%

The boys are back , and they look better than ever! Oh…Sir! The Hollywood roast is a brand new spinoff to the surprise indie hit 0f 2016, Oh…Sir!! The Insult Simulator. This time around we’re taking tinsel town down a few notches, whilst classing up the joint.

Why similar: Simulation 51.7%, Adventure 25.2%, Indie 23.1%

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.

Why similar: Violent 45%, Gore 42.1%, Action 8.6%, Indie 4.3%

Get ready to massacre monsters, race your rivals, and combat corpses of your fellow guards as you race to escape Black Iron Prison in the critically acclaimed roguelike, [REDACTED].

Why similar: Action 100%

Imagine that you are in prison. Not everyone can escape from the hands of justice, you need to have an IQ above average. Blow up, destroy, hide, kill, evolve - all this can be done in the game Outside the Grid. But do not forget about Kerbalai, help him finally find peace!

Why similar: Violent 57.9%, Simulation 22.8%, Action 10%, Indie 9.2%

Turnip Boy is back! This time he’s teaming up with the fearsome Pickled Gang to plan and execute the weirdest heist of all time. Shake down hostages, steal precious valuables, battle the fuzz, and use wacky tools bought off the dark web to move further into the vaults of the Botanical Bank.

Why similar: Action 45.8%, Adventure 35.7%, Indie 18.5%

Immigration Enforcement Case #112: You are under arrest. Unless your friends can cross a broken America, retrieve your identifying documents and stay out of trouble... this is the end of the American dream for you.

Why similar: Simulation 40.3%, RPG 34.4%, Indie 13.1%, Adventure 12.1%

The original 3D wrestling sim takes you either side of the curtain in one epic shared universe - where you can either take shots in the ring as a wrestler or call the shots backstage as a booker!

Why similar: Violent 42.5%, Gore 26.9%, Simulation 16.1%, Action 8.6%, Indie 6%

The girl Mei is framed to kill, become the inmate of X prison. The player plays a girl in the prison to survive and eventually try to escape the prison.

Why similar: RPG 47.3%, Simulation 45.2%, Indie 7.5%

The rave goes on! 14 years after his first rave, the elephant has returned for monumental challenge: avoiding very, very deadly beams of light

Why similar: Action 44.9%, Indie 30.2%, Adventure 24.9%

Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn't nailed down.

Why similar: Gore 43.2%, Violent 40.8%, Action 8.6%, Adventure 3.9%, Indie 3.5%

Far into the future, a galactic super prison known as "The Prisom" keeps the Galaxy's most dangerous criminals within it's colorfully crystalline walls. Escape this superstructure by blasting down prison staff, other criminals, and even... yourself.

Why similar: Action 39%, Adventure 32.6%, Indie 28.4%

Prison Notes is a RPG with text-based ADV and cultivation elements. You act as a young migrant worker, wrongly imprisoned in the prison known as "The Coral Reef".What challenges and adventures are awaiting? Will you finally find a way out? Your choices and actions will decide the end of your story.

Why similar: RPG 100%

Experience an original cartoon reality. Quick Reactions based SIM. Have you got the weapon drawing skills to cope in pressure situations? Set at 1 Disturbance address. Toughest Police SIM Game you'll play!

Why similar: Violent 50.7%, RPG 15.9%, Simulation 15.3%, Action 10.5%, Indie 7.7%

Dude Simulator 2 is an open world sandbox game. This is a life simulator. The main objective is to enjoy what you are doing.

Why similar: Violent 29.4%, Simulation 22.3%, Gore 18.6%, Action 11.2%, Indie 9.3%

Meet the continuation of the hardcore platformer Project: R.E.B.O.O.T!

Why similar: Action 52.4%, Adventure 27.5%, Indie 20.2%

Fat Prisoner Simulator 3 - a hockey simulator where you are going to play the role of a prisoner. Each team consists of three players. Your have to score as many goals in the opponent’s net as you can in order to win the match.

Why similar: Simulation 95.8%, Indie 4.2%

SLUDGE LIFE 2 is the grimiest first-person vandalism sim since the first SLUDGE LIFE—but, like, twice as dense. Explore a huger, weirder, gnarlier open world loaded with secrets, weirdos, jokes, and, of course, plenty of spots to tag.

Why similar: Adventure 77.3%, Indie 22.7%

The fan-favorite 2D brawler is back as ex-mob hit man Shank returns to action in Shank 2. With those closest to him under attack, Shank is once again forced on the offensive. Now he must put his trusty arsenal of handguns, shotguns, automatic weapons, chainsaws, machetes, grenades, plus all-new weaponry and moves to use in order to...

Why similar: Gore 36.4%, Action 26.5%, Violent 14.9%, Indie 11.3%, Adventure 11%

You’re out of jail, but the debt isn’t gone. Sneak, steal, and break into houses solo or in 4-player co-op. Use lockpicks, sleeping gas, and brute force to complete jobs, outsmart security, and make enough money before time runs out. Will you pay back what you owe, or lose everything?

Why similar: Simulation 66.1%, Action 25%, Indie 8.9%

LIGHTNING STRIKES AGAIN!! XENOTILT, the sequel to the cult hit, DEMON'S TILT. Get ready for another PINBALL FANTASY. XENOTILT shreds the envelope with face-melting gameplay & graphics.

Why similar: Simulation 62.2%, Action 37.8%

Build an intricate prison, hire the best staff, and pamper your prisoners to create the perfect rehabilitation facility in Prison Tycoon: Under New Management

Why similar: Simulation 100%

Welcome to the laboratory! Here tests are taken upon highly durable human clones using newest weapon technologies. Your goal is to head these tests.

Why similar: Violent 38.6%, Gore 34.4%, Simulation 16%, Action 6.9%, Indie 4.1%

Control "The Nerd" in a retro-inspired action platformer! It's two games in one, remixed and rebalanced to bring you the ultimate experience of Nerd Rage. Featuring stylized pixel art inspired by classic games, a highly energetic soundtrack, and challenging levels -- plus a special NEW chapter!

Why similar: Violent 41.8%, Gore 34.1%, Action 10.5%, Adventure 8.8%, Indie 4.7%