Games Like Prison Life 2

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: Multiplayer 25.6%, Online Co-Op 22.8%, Co-op 22.3%, Strategy 16.9%, Simulation 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive prison-break experience that emphasizes crafting, routine, and strategic planning to escape.

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 55.1% ★, Multiplayer 13.8%, Team-Based 7.5%, First-Person 5.5%, Strategy 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It combines social deduction with investigation and first-person mechanics, closely matching the investigative feel of the seed game.

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 39.9%, Simulation 22.5%, First-Person 19.3%, Casual 16.3%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep dive into the guard's perspective, mirroring the role-playing elements found in the seed game.

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 42.5% ★, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Co-op 7.1%, Strategy RPG 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is a masterclass in social deduction and role-based investigation, perfect for fans of the detective elements in the seed game.

Perfect Heist 2 is a round-based online game, where robbers try to hide in plain sight while robbing a bank without being noticed by the cop team!

Why similar: Social Deduction 42.3% ★, Detective 24.4%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Strategy 8.2%, First-Person 5%

Why You'll Like It: This game features asymmetric multiplayer gameplay where strategy and stealth are essential for both the robbers and the police.

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

Why similar: Social Deduction 51.6% ★, Multiplayer 16%, Online Co-Op 13.6%, Co-op 8.6%, PvP 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: As the gold standard for social deduction, it provides the core experience of identifying traitors within a group.

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 55.5% ★, Team-Based 11.6%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Strategy 8.9%, PvP 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It blends survival and crafting with social deduction, forcing players to cooperate while watching for hidden traitors.

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 45.3% ★, Online Co-Op 11%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Co-op 6.7%, PvP 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on voice-chat-based social deduction and multiplayer interaction, similar to the core loop of the seed game.

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 25.5%, Co-op 22.2%, Multiplayer 21.7%, Casual 9.2%, Strategy 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic and humorous prison-themed co-op game that focuses on group coordination and escape.

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 51.7% ★, Online Co-Op 13.7%, Multiplayer 12%, PvP 4.8%, Strategy 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A social deduction game that expands on the classic formula with unique roles and varied game modes.

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 44.5% ★, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Multiplayer 9.7%, RPG 8.6%, Co-op 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A role-based social deduction game where players must use their unique abilities to uncover the truth.

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 32.5%, Simulation 21.5%, RPG 13.9%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Co-op 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: The original pixel-art classic that established the prison-escape genre with deep crafting and routine mechanics.

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 45.6% ★, Multiplayer 11%, Co-op 7.3%, Online Co-Op 7.1%, RPG 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A casual social deduction game that uses 3D environments to create funny and tense moments of betrayal.

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 47.1% ★, Co-op 14.3%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Strategy 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique mix of first-person shooter mechanics and social deduction where one player is a shapeshifting monster.

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 36.9% ★, Detective 21.8%, Online Co-Op 8.6%, Multiplayer 7.5%, Strategy 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A social deduction game that emphasizes real-time tactics and detective work in a medieval setting.

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 31.8%, RPG 24.6%, Strategy 19.5%, Simulation 18.1%, Indie 6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique strategy-RPG take on the prison setting, focusing on survival and faction management.

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 53.4% ★, Online Co-Op 12.9%, Co-op 11.8%, Multiplayer 10.6%, PvP 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Players must complete tasks while identifying hidden traitors in a stylish, social-deduction-heavy environment.

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 41.2% ★, Detective 17.9%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Multiplayer 8.2%, PvP 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward social deduction experience that focuses on multiplayer co-op and traitor identification.

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 32.7%, Strategy 23.9%, First-Person 18.8%, Casual 11.3%, Indie 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: While in VR, it captures the crafting and contraband-smuggling aspects of prison life perfectly.

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 32.4%, Multiplayer 28.5%, First-Person 18.7%, Casual 13.5%, Indie 5%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-focused game that emphasizes the exploration and immersive aspects of escaping a prison.

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 40.1% ★, Detective 21.5%, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Team-Based 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich social deduction game that focuses on psychological manipulation and role-based gameplay.

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: Co-op 16.4%, Online Co-Op 15.8%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Team-Based 11.1%, PvP 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer co-op game that focuses on survival and teamwork in a high-pressure environment.

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 38.6% ★, Detective 20.8%, Co-op 9.7%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Online Co-Op 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This survival-focused social deduction game forces players to manage resources while hunting for the killer.

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 28.7%, Multiplayer 28.2%, Simulation 17.4%, First-Person 12.3%, Co-op 10.1%

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 40.1% ★, Detective 16.7%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Co-op 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A social deduction game that emphasizes the paranoia of being trapped in a confined space with a traitor.

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 26.9% ★, RPG 14.5%, Strategy 11.8%, Simulation 11.2%, Casual 7.6%

An online game that you'll play with 3-11 players as a Prisoner or a Guard and will try to escape or prevent escapes. 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%

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

Why similar: Detective 39%, PvP 15%, Team-Based 13.1%, Casual 7.8%, Strategy 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A real-time tactics game that pits players against each other in a high-stakes heist scenario.

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 33.8% ★, Multiplayer 18.3%, Co-op 13.5%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, PvP 8.2%

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 43.2% ★, Multiplayer 10.5%, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Co-op 9.1%, PvP 6.5%

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 23.3%, Online Co-Op 18.8%, Co-op 18.6%, PvP 12.3%, Casual 7.6%

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 31.5%, Multiplayer 25.6%, PvP 19%, Cute 14.5%, Casual 9.4%

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: Detective 44.8%, Tactical RPG 20.3%, RPG 18.4%, Strategy RPG 15.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%

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: Detective 47%, RPG 22%, Strategy RPG 15.4%, Strategy 6%, Simulation 5.7%

Play solo or in up to 10-player multiplayer co-op! Flashing Lights is an open world police, firefighting and EMS simulator game with plenty of opportunity for role-play or more relaxed fun with friends. Become the law or save lives! Discover leagues of player-created mods!

Why similar: Co-op 28.8%, Multiplayer 25.4%, RPG 24.3%, Simulation 21.5%

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 46.9%, Strategy 26.1%, Multiplayer 11.8%, PvP 10.7%, Indie 4.4%

The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 36.7%, Multiplayer 29.3%, Simulation 23%, First-Person 6.6%, Casual 2.3%

First-person puzzler you can play solo or in an online co-op. Explore a set of highly interactive escape rooms. Move furniture, pick up and examine everything, smash pots and break locks! Play thousands of community-made rooms through the level editor.

Why similar: Co-op 34.4%, Multiplayer 23.8%, Online Co-Op 16.6%, First-Person 10.1%, Simulation 7.5%

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 69.9% ★, Multiplayer 14.8%, First-Person 5.8%, Casual 4.9%, Strategy 4.6%

Just Another Night Shift is a casual competitive 1v1 or 2v2 PvP stealth strategy game. Play as a Thief and as a Security Guard. Steal the valuable and try to prevent it in this 3D indie game. Grab a friend and work THE NIGHT SHIFT of your life. Join us for hours of fun gameplay with your friends!

Why similar: Strategy 28.4%, Co-op 20.4%, Casual 15.3%, PvP 13.1%, First-Person 9.9%

Sequel to the best-selling escape room game, brings a fresh take on first-person puzzles with a variety of new rooms to explore solo or with friends. Solve intricate puzzles, uncover hidden secrets, or craft your own escape rooms with Room Editor 2.0.

Why similar: Detective 43.7%, Online Co-Op 20.2%, Co-op 19.7%, First-Person 10.3%, Casual 5.1%

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 49.9% ★, Co-op 10.9%, Online Co-Op 10%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Team-Based 9%

Try to solve the puzzles of the 2 levels (apartment and office) alone or with your friends to escape from the rooms. Both levels are designed for 1 to 1.5 hours of play each. Can you beat this time?

Why similar: Online Co-Op 29.1%, Multiplayer 22.7%, Team-Based 21.2%, First-Person 11.5%, Casual 5.7%

Untrusted is an online multiplayer (10 to 16 players) hacking / social deduction game: as an hacker, hack your target - as an undercover agent, disrupt the operation. Follow your objective or kill everyone - the choice is yours.

Why similar: Social Deduction 65.5% ★, Multiplayer 14.1%, Online Co-Op 9.6%, RPG 6.2%, PvP 4.5%

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: Strategy 45.6%, Simulation 38.4%, Casual 14%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Take back your identity in Muffles’ Life Sentence, a darkly comedic narrative adventure set in a prison where inmates are remade to match their crimes.

Why similar: RPG 56.6%, Strategy 24%, Indie 16.2%, Singleplayer 3.2%

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 44.4% ★, Casual 13.6%, RPG 10.5%, Multiplayer 10.4%, PvP 9.5%

How 2 Escape is an escape-simulation game where two players will need to cooperate on asymmetrical gameplay and devices. "Talk together. Help each other." will be your new motto to survive in How 2 Escape.

Why similar: Co-op 24.4%, Multiplayer 18.7%, Online Co-Op 16.9%, Team-Based 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%

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 47.1%, First-Person 47.1%, Singleplayer 5.8%

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 32.3%, Strategy 32.1%, Multiplayer 25.1%, Indie 5.6%, Casual 3.2%

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 47.8%, Casual 28.7%, Indie 20.7%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Of Guards and Thieves is a multiplayer stealth game in which high-powered guards face off against fast and elusive thieves in a contest of wits. Outsmarting the enemy and shooting your way through to the goal are equally valid strategies. Simple rules, emergent gameplay and high replayability.

Why similar: Multiplayer 34%, Co-op 26.9%, Team-Based 14.4%, Strategy 11.3%, Casual 6.8%

Perfect Heist is a round-based online game, where the robber team tries to execute a bank robbery without getting noticed, and the cop team tries to prevent it. Robbers hide in plain sight and try to slowly infiltrate the bank while the Cops try to figure out who is a normal customer, and who is a robber!

Why similar: Multiplayer 34.1%, Strategy 26.2%, First-Person 17.4%, Casual 13%, Indie 9.2%