Prison Architect: Going Green (2021) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Prison Architect: Going Green

Prepare to get your hands dirty Wardens! Prison Architect: Going Green brings agriculture to your compound, introducing farming, produce exports, and a whole bunch of contraband.

28 January 2021

What Prison Architect: Going Green is

Prison Architect: Going Green is an adventure game developed by Double Eleven and released in 2021. It was published by Paradox Interactive. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Fruits of Labor: Farming introduces a new type of Prison Labor, allowing prisons to grow potatoes, wheat, apples, and more. Produce can be exported or used as ingredients for inmate meals. Room to Grow: Three outdoor rooms facilitate farming: Fruit Orchard, Farm Field and Vegetable Allotment. But that’s not all, players can recruit staff Farm Workers, build a Pantry to store produce, and construct a Shed to house farming-related items. Best Buds: Inmates who enjoy nature’s beauty can grow flowers and other plants recreationally. Gardening affects inmates and gives them a positive recreation activity. Trouble is Brewing: With new crops comes new contraband. Prisoners can now secretly grow…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, business, non-fiction and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Prison Architect: Going Green launched on 28 January 2021, within three weeks of Little Nightmares II, Hitman 3, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury and The Medium. It arrived 8 years into the Xbox One's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Little Nightmares II, Hitman 3, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, The Medium.

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