Games Like Prison Life

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: Online Co-Op 32.2%, Multiplayer 31.5%, Co-op 19.2%, Strategy 11.8%, Simulation 4%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers the definitive prison escape experience with deep crafting and multiplayer cooperation mechanics.

An online and local party game of teamwork and betrayal for 4-15 players...in space!

Why similar: Social Deduction 44.8% ★, Multiplayer 17.1%, Online Co-Op 16.7%, PvP 6.6%, Co-op 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: As the quintessential social deduction game, it shares the core loop of completing tasks while identifying hidden threats.

Goose Goose Duck is a game of social deduction for up to 16 players. Players are separated into different groups that are each assigned a different objective. Complete your team’s objective to win!

Why similar: Social Deduction 47.7% ★, Online Co-Op 17.9%, Multiplayer 13.6%, PvP 8.1%, Co-op 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: It expands on the social deduction formula with a wide variety of unique roles and chaotic multiplayer interactions.

A multiplayer online social deduction game for 7–15 players. Use deception, strategy, and teamwork to find the truth—or get away with murder.

Why similar: Social Deduction 37.2% ★, Online Co-Op 11%, PvP 10.5%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Strategy RPG 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic social deduction game that focuses on investigation, role-based strategy, and identifying liars.

A first person social deduction game, combining real time action and communication, playable up to 16 players. While most players will cooperate to complete objectives to ensure victory, a small portion of dissidents will try their best to stop them at all cost, without being caught.

Why similar: Social Deduction 57.2% ★, Multiplayer 17.6%, PvP 10.1%, Cute 4.2%, Stylized 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes investigation and conversation-based social deduction in a high-tension environment.

Escape prison with your friends by equipping tools, evading guards, and executing your breakout plan. Destructible environments, proximity chat, a multitude of escape routes, 10 player lobbies, and a full custom map editor!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 29.3%, Multiplayer 21.6%, Co-op 15.5%, Cartoony 9.5%, Colorful 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous multiplayer escape game that captures the frantic energy of trying to break out of a facility with friends.

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: Social Deduction 26.2% ★, Detective 17.2%, Online Co-Op 8.5%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Strategy RPG 6%

Why You'll Like It: The direct successor to the seed game, offering refined mechanics and expanded role-playing opportunities.

Project Winter 2.0: Cabin Fever is an 8-player survival and social deception game where teamwork is vital, but betrayal is inevitable. Face the wilderness, uncover traitors, and survive paranoia in this streamlined yet chaotic multiplayer experience.

Why similar: Social Deduction 51.6% ★, PvP 14.9%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Stylized 7.2%, Strategy 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This survival-focused social deduction game requires players to cooperate to escape while identifying traitors in their midst.

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 51%, Casual 27%, Simulation 22.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides the guard perspective, allowing you to manage a prison and deal with unruly inmates in a simulation setting.

Welcome to Feign, an intriguing role-based game that blends mystery, strategy, and deception. Step into a quirky, small town where Innocents, Impostors, and Neutrals navigate suspenseful gameplay. Your mission unfolds under the cover of night - then it's up to the village by day to vote someone out!

Why similar: Social Deduction 39.7% ★, Online Co-Op 14.6%, Multiplayer 10.7%, PvP 7.6%, Co-op 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This social deduction game adds a unique twist with distinct roles that can change the flow of information during the game.

Hello Neighbor Multiplayer. Secret Neighbor is a Multiplayer Social Horror Game where a group of intruders try to rescue their friend from the Neighbor's creepy basement. Only problem is one of the intruders is the Neighbor in disguise.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.4%, Multiplayer 20.2%, PvP 19.5%, Co-op 14.9%, Cartoony 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: It features an asymmetric multiplayer dynamic where players must infiltrate a house while one person secretly plays as the antagonist.

A fun hidden role game where you backstab your co-workers and get mad at your co-workers for backstabbing you. (6-10 players)

Why similar: Social Deduction 44.4% ★, Online Co-Op 14.8%, Multiplayer 13.3%, PvP 12.2%, Co-op 8%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, voice-chat-focused social deduction game that emphasizes quick rounds and funny interactions.

Castle of Blackwater is a 2D, action-packed, social deduction game with a magical twist. In this intense game of trust and betrayal, up to 10 strangers are trapped in a castle of danger and deception, with a mission to complete tasks and escape with their lives.

Why similar: Social Deduction 35.9% ★, Detective 15.8%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, PvP 10.1%, Multiplayer 9%

Why You'll Like It: A real-time social deduction game that focuses on tactical decision-making and detective work.

Deceit 2 is an online social deduction horror game. Inspire fear as the Infected, investigate as the Innocent, or create mayhem as the Cursed. Trapped with friends and strangers: who can you trust to help you escape?

Why similar: Social Deduction 73.4% ★, Multiplayer 19.1%, Casual 4.1%, Strategy 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: This horror-themed social deduction game forces players to work together while managing the constant threat of infected traitors.

An online multiplayer game about shapeshifting deception and betrayal! As a hapless, brave spaceman employed by The Company you'll work diligently to defend and be rescued from failing outposts, but not everyone around you is who they claim to be...

Why similar: Social Deduction 43.1% ★, Online Co-Op 15.5%, Multiplayer 12.9%, PvP 12.2%, Co-op 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: It combines social deduction with first-person action, where one player is a shapeshifting monster hunting the crew.

First Class Trouble is a party game where players must work together and against each other to survive a disaster. The goal is to shut down a deadly A.I. Some players are impostors, secretly playing as human-looking killer robots intent on betraying the other players.

Why similar: Social Deduction 48% ★, Online Co-Op 16.5%, PvP 11.9%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Co-op 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Players must work together to survive a failing ship while identifying the saboteurs hiding among them.

An 10 player online social deduction game inspired by games like Among Us & Town of Salem, where the stowaway is tasked with killing the crew before they reach land!

Why similar: Social Deduction 40.7% ★, Online Co-Op 15%, Detective 12.6%, Multiplayer 10.8%, PvP 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous multiplayer social deduction game where players must identify the imposter before it is too late.

Welcome to join the multiplayer social deduction game - Super Sus! Engage in intense gameplay with global players, as you strategize to safeguard your spaceship from the cunning Impostors determined to sabotage the mission and eliminate everyone aboard!

Why similar: Social Deduction 45.7% ★, Online Co-Op 17.4%, Multiplayer 12.9%, PvP 8.5%, Co-op 8%

Why You'll Like It: A social deduction game that incorporates survival elements and diverse map objectives similar to Prison Life.

A free-to-play Single-and-Multiplayer social deduction game in which role-based play rewards those who rely on strategy and their creative instincts. Also features full cross-play, cross-progression, and a story-rich experience. Supports up to 8 players with any combination of humans and AI.

Why similar: Social Deduction 42% ★, Detective 16.7%, Online Co-Op 15.2%, Multiplayer 10.5%, PvP 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a psychological approach to social deduction with a focus on story-rich interactions and hidden roles.

This is a casual online first-person game for 4-10 players in which you have to identify the infected and cured him or be infected and infect everyone!

Why similar: Social Deduction 38.3% ★, Detective 15.3%, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Multiplayer 10.6%, PvP 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the paranoia of being trapped in a space station with an infected player hiding among the crew.

Do you have the intuition and cunning to successfully save yourself from the purges of a paranoid dictator? Prove your loyalty to the Tyrant in this social deduction game designed for 5-10 players.

Why similar: Social Deduction 43.8% ★, Online Co-Op 14.4%, Multiplayer 11.5%, PvP 10.9%, Co-op 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological social deduction game that pits players against each other in a high-stakes survival scenario.

Horror hide-and-seek for up to 6 players. One of you is the killer in a haunted castle — Reaper, Vampire, Scarecrow, and more. The rest sneak, finish tasks, and escape. Die, and come back as a Ghost.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 32.3%, PvP 25.4%, Multiplayer 22.7%, Co-op 19.5%

Why You'll Like It: This multiplayer hide-and-seek game features social deduction elements and a lighthearted, cartoonish aesthetic.

Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!

Why similar: Multiplayer 42.1%, Co-op 40.9%, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: While more complex, it features intense traitor mechanics and role-based cooperation in a high-pressure submarine environment.

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: Strategy 33%, Multiplayer 24.3%, Simulation 14.8%, RPG 12.5%, Co-op 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: The original title that established the prison escape genre, focusing on pixel-art strategy and crafting.

Your new favorite Werewolf game! Seat around the fire with friends, play a villager, a werewolf or another type of character and use strategy to win!

Why similar: Social Deduction 43.2% ★, Multiplayer 16.5%, Online Co-Op 15.7%, Strategy 10.9%, Co-op 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic social deduction experience that focuses on the core mechanics of voting and identifying the threat.

A proximity voice chat social deduction game where criminals must commit secret crimes while a Supervisor hunts them, and a hidden Snitch betrays them from within.

Why similar: Social Deduction 29.2% ★, RPG 9.7%, Strategy 9%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Online Co-Op 8.5%

Impostor Online is a 4–16 player social deduction game of murder, lies, and paranoia. Every match you're dealt a secret role: investigate, heal, deceive—or kill. Someone at the table wants you dead. Find them first, or make sure they never find you.

Why similar: Social Deduction 41.5% ★, Online Co-Op 14.1%, Detective 13.4%, PvP 10.8%, Multiplayer 10.1%

Online (6v2) social deduction game that will ruin your friendships. 6 crew members, 2 murderous shape-shifting aliens. Trust No One.

Why similar: Social Deduction 50.7% ★, Online Co-Op 18.1%, PvP 13.8%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Casual 3%

Why You'll Like It: This game features hidden roles and social deduction in a fast-paced, action-oriented multiplayer setting.

Scam Line is a 4–8 player social deception game where your party will face different challenges. Become a liar, a manipulator, a cheater, or find your own path to victory

Why similar: Social Deduction 32% ★, Multiplayer 21.3%, Online Co-Op 14.3%, PvP 14.2%, Co-op 11%

Crashed on a strange island, survivors must forage, craft, and complete objectives to stay alive. But ferocious beasts, harsh weather, and secret saboteurs seek to make sure they never escape. Betray your friends or survive the island in Betrayal Beach, a 4-8 player social deduction survival game.

Why similar: Social Deduction 51.2% ★, Online Co-Op 16.2%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Co-op 7.4%, PvP 5.9%

An online role-playing action game that can be played by up to 16 players, offering a constantly varied gameplay experience with its different game modes.

Why similar: Social Deduction 36.5% ★, PvP 14.3%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Casual 8.9%, Stylized 8.8%

A fun sus-like game where you backstab your co-workers and get mad at your co-workers for backstabbing you. (up to 16 players)

Why similar: Social Deduction 46% ★, Online Co-Op 15.8%, PvP 11.9%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Co-op 5.9%

You're the world's softest criminals in an island prison with mandatory nap rooms. Your escape plan? Eat bread, poop until the gates open, and pee on the robots chasing you. Break out with three friends, or play the robots tucking them back in. A wacky 4v2 prison break in quick 10-minute matches.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.8%, PvP 21.7%, Multiplayer 19.6%, Cartoony 10.8%, Cute 9.7%

Who Do Voodoo is a multiplayer party game of real-time combat and social deduction for up to 16 players. Collect and craft cards, cast spells to deal damage and defeat opponents, or deceive your friends using proximity voice chat.

Why similar: Social Deduction 34% ★, Detective 15.2%, Online Co-Op 13.2%, PvP 9.8%, Multiplayer 9.3%

Fetch some friends for fun, fast online multiplayer. One of you is the baddie! Everybody else is trying to find the baddie. The baddie is invisible. At least, most of the time...

Why similar: PvP 25.2%, Social Deduction 13.8% ★, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Cute 10.6%, Multiplayer 10.3%

A game of cooperation and betrayal. Gather your party of 4-10 players, but trust no one. Heroes and Villains plot against each other in quick, highly intense matches. Deception is your greatest weapon, and secrecy is the ultimate defense.

Why similar: Social Deduction 46.6% ★, Online Co-Op 14.3%, PvP 12.1%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Cute 5.3%

Dive into this multiplayer online experience set in a sketchy bar where the games are as dangerous as the patrons. Join a table of 4 and test your skills in Liar's Dice and Liar's Deck, where lying and bluffing are key to victory. Ready for a night at Liar's Bar?

Why similar: Multiplayer 26.8%, Online Co-Op 25%, PvP 21.1%, Co-op 15%, Casual 5.7%

Dive into The Prison, a modern reimagining of the classic late 90's game. Experience a vividly detailed prison world and strategic multiplayer gameplay. Customize your inmate, follow a gripping storyline, and discover new items and secrets. Will you escape or rule from within?

Why similar: RPG 34.8%, PvP 23.5%, Strategy 22%, Multiplayer 17.4%, Indie 2.2%

Deadly Trick is a social deduction game playable with up to 8 players. Survive the death game unfolding at school under the name "Special Class." Depending on the situation or your own choices, you could become the White or the Shadow! Cooperate… or betray.

Why similar: Social Deduction 47.5% ★, Detective 18.7%, Multiplayer 11.7%, PvP 9.6%, Cute 6%

Betray your friends- and lie your way to victory. Inspired by popular multiplayer social-deduction party games such as Werewolves and Among Us, this is a new take on the concept with realtime gameplay and interaction.

Why similar: Social Deduction 35.2% ★, Online Co-Op 15.6%, PvP 13.5%, Co-op 9.3%, Multiplayer 9%

Wolvesville is a multiplayer game for up to 16 players. Each game has different teams such as villagers or werewolves all fighting to be the last team standing. Use special abilities to uncover the roles of other players and convince your fellow players to work with you.

Why similar: Social Deduction 50.9% ★, PvP 14.3%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Cartoony 6.3%, Cute 5.6%

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: Multiplayer 55.3%, Simulation 24.3%, Casual 17.1%, Indie 3.2%

SpyHunt is a multiplayer game for up to 8 players. Spies must complete missions without getting caught. One player is the Detective who must find the spies. Each map has different characters and tasks.

Why similar: Social Deduction 49.8% ★, Online Co-Op 14.1%, PvP 13.1%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Co-op 9.3%

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: Strategy RPG 46.4%, Stylized 15.4%, RPG 14.5%, Strategy 13.1%, Simulation 8.2%

A co-operative multiplayer "Thieves vs. Guards" game about halting, catching and make it out with the loot!

Why similar: Detective 32.6%, PvP 31%, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Casual 7.1%

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: Detective 48.4%, Strategy RPG 35.2%, RPG 16.5%

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: Online Co-Op 43.7%, Multiplayer 37.1%, Co-op 9.3%, Simulation 8.8%, Indie 1%

In "Dale & Dawson Stationery Supplies," play as a Manager, Specialist, or Slacker in an office setting. Slackers blend in, mimicking Specialists to avoid the Manager's suspicion. Uncover or cause deception to win.

Why similar: Social Deduction 50.4% ★, Multiplayer 15%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Co-op 6.9%, PvP 5%

Enter a chaotic courtroom where socks play lawyers, prosecutors, and judges! Use absurd evidence, craft wild arguments, and deliver verdicts in this hilarious online party game. Improvise, strategize, and shout "Objection!"—because in Guilty as Sock!, chaos always wins!

Why similar: Multiplayer 36.3%, Online Co-Op 23.2%, Cartoony 11.6%, PvP 11.3%, Simulation 5.5%

Everyone knows the mafia, but with the ability to choose a role, a large community, many roles. Clan battles every week.

Why similar: Social Deduction 50.7% ★, Detective 16.6%, PvP 13.6%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Strategy 4.3%

At this table, cheating is the game. Hide your power cards up your sleeve or down your pant leg, then strike when the time is right. But stay sharp - a scratch isn't always a cheat. This table is full of traps...

Why similar: Social Deduction 46.2% ★, Online Co-Op 16.9%, PvP 13.8%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Strategy 4.5%

Produce your soldiers, Improve your equipment, Battle and Win in a chaotic castle! Build your team for 1-4 Online Co-op and PVE mode options! Determine your strategy with over 40 Rune options and be the first to destroy the opposing tower.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 31.3%, Multiplayer 21.5%, RPG 10.3%, Cute 9.8%, Strategy 8.7%

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: Online Co-Op 25.8%, PvP 22.6%, Multiplayer 18.8%, Co-op 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%

Wise Guys is a ruthless, high-stakes social deduction game where trust is a weapon and betrayal is just survival. Up to 12 players race against time to clean up their criminal operation and get out before the raid hits. Meanwhile, a Rat is quietly sabotaging the crew at every turn.

Why similar: Social Deduction 55.5% ★, PvP 8.8%, Online Co-Op 8%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Co-op 5.8%

In this short visual novel, four prisoners on death row are cleared of all charges. But the prison has a quota to meet. The four are put in a room and asked to decide among themselves over the course of an hour... who will be the one to die?

Why similar: Cartoony 57.9%, Stylized 42.1%