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Space Prison
Developer Wooden Alien
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. From the Steam store page
171 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 5, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
83
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137 positive · 29 negative
95% range 76–88%
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| Steam reviews | 137 | 29 | 0 |
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
254 of 301 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 171 · most liked firstThe demo that I played of this game quite a while ago seemed like a good start. Unfortunately the full version seems like they didn't get very far past the demo, and it lacks the substance and balance it needs to be a good game. I played for about an hour and the promise that the game seemed to have in the demo just wasn't there anymore, and it wasn't really any fun to play. A big issue is that the game mechanics are pretty rudimentary and are not balanced well. One of the best examples of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun game, works at launch, extremely stylish, resource management where the people and yourself are resources in a way that's reminiscent of Darkest Dungeon. Been looking for a scifi game where you aren't a space cop/soldier and this is refreshing. Social elements are light so far but still interesting, makes relationships more about trying to get more minions and reputation than actually getting to know the characters and their stories. Which could be unsatisfying but feels very in line…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Man this one hurts. I wanted to love this one so badly. I’m going to preface this review with this – yes, I have an hour played, but I only have two hours to see if I like a game and I just don’t want to lose that window. Also, and this is important, the game is very competently made. It works phenomenally, no crashes, no bugs, just a functional game. If the reason I don’t like it sound like fun to you, please buy it. These people deserve the money. I’ll start by saying that the game is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →RANKING: AVOID | FLAWED | MAYBE | WORTHWHILE | COMPELLING | UNMISSABLE SYNOPSIS: ASSESSMENT: Space Prison delivers a familiar blend of adventure, RPG and turn-based tactical combat. Successfully capturing the distinct character of its sci-fi setting. Its filled with plenty of activities. The joy of exploring the space station cannot be overstated. Inventory and crafting are extensive. TBT combat may lack sophistication, but party setup is thought-provoking. There are bugs. More…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This isn't a bad game really, but it just doesn't quite hook me. The overall design is fine for a casual game but there are two main issues that prevent me from enjoying it. The first, and lesser issue, is that combat is a bit too simple for my taste. There isn't much to it strategically. It's fine for a casual game, and if this was my only issue, I'd probably keep playing to at least finish one playthrough and give it a thumbs up. The bigger problem for me is the inventory system. A lot of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is fun at first but as other reviews have said, quickly becomes repetitive with arbritary tasks to try and boost difficulty. I about lost it at the 'get a hacking chip 2.0' thing for the charge a battery quest. far too often did you show up at a place, certain you have all the tools you need to discover you need some specific thing and to get that specific thing you have to do who knows what. not sure where refined scrap comes from but i hate it. aesthetic was on point tho and i liked…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The combat feels unfinished grenades don't explode, weapons still show as your character using their fists WTF?!?! Knives when thrown just involve an animation where the player points their finger. When combat is half your game atleast try to make it better than just this basic sh!t! Audio has 0 effect during combat again WTF?!?! Sometimes the game bugs out and you can't speak to NPCs or go back to a room from the map. Very short game but a great premise, falls off after starting with great…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recommend this only with some caveats. On the plus side: the art is really good. The writing is decent. The characters are diverse. My critical thoughts: The loot/crafting mechanics as well as the combat are very simple. The mature content (racy posters and dialogue) feels at odds with the rudimentary mechanics. The game is very, very easy and the power curve doesn't scale alongside battle complexity/difficulty in away that keeps the player engaged. I had a fun 10 hours cruising…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wasn't sure what to expect from Space Prison, but I do enjoy a game that rewards careful planning ahead instead of fast reflexes. (Though, there are elements of this ingame too.) Personally, everything about this game appeals to me: the setting, the gameplay, the art style, the writing/humour... If I had one complaint, it would be that it ends. There's a decent replayability factor with the randomisation each playthrough, and you'll need at least 4 playthroughs to see everything. Having…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It starts off pretty strong but gets boring and repetitive quickly.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You are an unseasoned but scrappy inmate uncovering the weird nooks and corners of a large, hostile prison. This is a great set up, and is executed fairly well. There is a nice balance between repetitive actions and priority curve-balls to maintain the illusion of dull prison life, while still being interesting. The lite-RPG mechanics stay grounded and don't spin off into a power fantasy. Resources balancing feel tight, at first, though I found myself getting over the hump fairly quickly and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like the art and the concept. Core gameplay is just fine. The biggest problem is that the gameplay loop itself is way too tight, and there simply isn't enough there. It feels like it would work better as a board game, since then you could at least play it with friends and share a couple beers. Great effort, and absolutely buy it if you like to support indie games, but understand that this is more the idea for a game than a finished product.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There is no real customization. You get to pick between two factions and you grind relationship points till you move up to the next level. It tries to look like a rougelike but that's just to move resources around the 'map'. If you played a second runthrough of this game, it would be about the same. Boring overall.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its honestly really fun and unique... until you progress and unlock a few things. Then you realize it's just an endless loop with no carrot. Weapon balance is a joke too. You get a stun baton about half way through the game and it trivializes everything but the boss fights. I really wish they would add more content and address some concerns the community continually bring up. This game could be really good, but for now I cannot recommend.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Space Prison is an RPG with turn-based combat, in which you are a prisoner trying to escape from… well, a space prison. It’s an incredibly fun concept that’s rarely ever done, if at all, however, it does not feel like the game is taking full advantage of its premise. The prison doesn’t feel much like a prison and you’re not really doing anything to escape it. What you do is join one of two prison gangs and move up the ladder by completing jobs for fellow gang members to earn their respect, so…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very hard. No customization to player character. Cell customization feels bland. An option to build your own gang would be cool. I heavily suspect there is DEI at work here
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really want to like this game, but the combat is so basic and underwhelming. The sound design could use a bit of work; it lacks a certain punch to it that makes every hit feel empty. The concepts are interesting, like recruiting rats and gang members, but you're telling me in a massive prison there's only two gangs? There's also only three races to pick from, so there just isn't much variety. The art style is very nice, however. I just wish the game had a bit more to it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its fun for a couple of hours, but a at a point I would say near end-game where the time limit becomes a chore. It doesnt add anything to the game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's fun until you get caught in a loop of dying and having to go to medical Bay to get everything you lost and can't progress I think it needs to work out some more kinks to make it more accessible to everyone perhaps
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed my time with Space Prison, I'm kinda disappointed that there isn't any additional content for it on the way, but I guess that is just me being too used to games that arrive in an semi-incomplete state. Anyway the Pros and Cons Pros: -The Artstyle is pretty good, little details and movements really compliment the overall environment -The personal quest (at least the ones I completed) were written decently and had a good variety in theming -The combat system is simple enough to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Customisation is very small limited to about 9 cosmetics in total for 3 races. (there is no gender pick) Gameplay is nice and fun but the final boss is so weak I still beat it even when I forgot to repair my broken weapons and armour. Game is a linear story meaning your not gonna shape your own life in space prison, instead your characters only objective is escape. Some things I wish was in the game but is not is stuff like making your own Gang, Kidnapping Prisoners to obtain there…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unexpectedly purchased and completed this game. I'm actually not a huge fan of the prison theme, but I decided to check out their demo and here I am now :) It's a fun and entertaining turn-based RPG. You play as a convict who plans to escape the most guarded prison in the galaxy. You'll have to join one of the two main gangs onboard and fight you way to the top to do so. Every day you get some hours to travel around the prison corridors and locations (like bathroom etc), complete quests…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not for me, no customization from what I've seen, and combat feels meh. Talking to people just had me skipping dialogue, I don't usually do that the first time. recruits had no soul, though they did look damn cool. I liked the vibe but the game had me yawning. The grabber ain't grabbing me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello GOG, we have two games on the platform! 🚀 USC: Counterforce - turn-based squad tactics inspired by UFO/XCOM and Aliens store.steampowered.com/app/1574870/... 🚨 Space Prison - turn-based tactical survival game with deep strategy and social RPG elements store.steampowered.com/app/1865930/...
unlabelledView post →It's a fun game with a fun concept and a really cool setting. I had a lot of fun with it, especially in the beginning, but towards the end it tends to drag on a little as you're mostly going between the same locations fighting the same enemies over and over again. There are also a lot of little annoyances that add up over time, such as: There are no hotkeys to select attacks in combat, it gets pretty annoying when you're repeating the same attack several times and you have to go between the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's near exactly what it advertises and what you would expect! Definitely worth its price. Let's start with the positives! The artstyle is amazing, even though the animations aren't much, the style is more comicbook-like, so it doesn't lose much. The flavor is on point, just gritty enough, but doesn't take itself TOO seriously, which also goes into its playfully mature humor. The backgrounds are spectacular, I was never taken out of the experience. The collectibles must be the best ones I've…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would call this a parody of an open world survival game if it wasn't so gosh darn fun and competently made in its own right. Every open world is a prison when you get right down to it, so why not lean into that? Instead scouring for lumber planks, i'm crawling through shower drains to find tuffs of hair, but are the two activities so different? Also, pretty funny too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like the concept of this game, and I'm excited to see how the story goes. There is replayability at least two times due to the different faction quests, but I think it would be really neat if there was a game mode unlocked after completing both storylines. This game is definitely not a roguelike but I think it could really benefit from a roguelike mode, with procedural quests and possibly even characters. One negative I have to say would be the combat, it's just not really fun or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good game, nice artstyle, I'm having fun! :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is not an RPG; this is just a clicker with annoying food/hope mechanics. It's more of a survival game. Battles are plain as hell. Art is good, though, but the loop is boring.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This isn't a bad game, but it's not worth the price. It's just another in a long line of games that get released today that are shiny looking, and give the perception of involved and deep mechanics, but are ultimately very surface level and unsatisfying. The premise is great, and if the developers took another two years to flesh out the world, its interactions, its factions, and its combat, this could be an awesome game. As it is, everything is kind of thin. It's the kind of game you get…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Items i craft have very low durability and overall items i can carry is very low. So my stuff need to be stashed. I dont have patience to go forward and back for items...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Combat was slow, even for a turn-based RPG game. Just didn't feel fluid. The gameplay was pretty simple for the most part and plays a bit like Slay the Spire in terms of how you move from area to area. It's not supposed to be a straightforward game early on, but not a huge fan of the combat early, Have to try a lot of new things to figure out what's even going on. Minimal amount of slots for resources you can carry was a bit confusing with the whole contraband thing. Overall the biggest let…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There is no exp system its all based on story progression to get stronger, that being said.. you can take as long as you want with the exception of exploring. The further you dive deeper into the story the more shortcuts, items, and other interactions get unlocked. You can either challenge yourself by taking on the quests and gain reputation and progress the story. Or you can play it safe and do resource gathering and crafting to "somewhat" give you an edge in the next fights to come. I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall a fun game! Would recommend for the interesting setting, fun crafting, and awesome art. I found the combat serviceable and the social RPG elements very shallow. Would recommend overall.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a fun game to play, but who boy is the user interface terrible. For instance you have very limited inventory space, but after fighting a battle in a corridor, anything you can't immediately fit into inventory are lost, where as if you were exploring a room and had the same fight, anything you don't pick up is dropped on the floor and you can then shuffle some combat items off to your comrades. Speaking of which, how come your comrades can't carry anything other than combat items?…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game. The inventory management can be tedious at times, but once you get some followers, you can stack them with combat items and armor/weapons. Building items and upgrading comes at the cost of quests needing those same items, but you get infinite chances to do the quests. Repair for money is expensive, making new items is the better choice, especially at mid and endgame. Took about 30 hours to do everything I could manage, which made the endgame fights easy.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its not done yet no mater what they say its still in early access i will change it when there done makeing the game cuz at this point is trash and is not done yet its to empty with the ♥♥♥♥ that they say on the games page there shood be more. there r evan things you use at the start you never see agen. oooooooo and the ending ur a rat and nun of the ♥♥♥♥ you went throw didint evan happin. all so i never died 1 time evan as a new player its just to eazy i did brokin collor mode and it was not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the few games I have bought on Steam and actually finished. Ever since Neuromancer on the Amiga, I have been partial to these simple interaction/combat games where you work multiple story/quest lines to progress and unlock stages to completion and this one is very well done with art style and complimentary mechanics that are easy enough to play and don't become overly tedious
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Up front: Space Prison is a decent turn-based offering with an interesting setting and great atmospherics. It will probably keep you entertained for at least two playthroughs/thirty hours. This is an indie title that sort of looks like Darkest Dungeon was adopted as a tiny evil baby and raised jointly on a rusting space hulk by an insane survivalist who makes traps in bootleg workshop and a retired space pirate who has a tentacle mons...I mean "alien" in the basement so she has a convenient…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun ideas and decent gameplay, but so many bugs. Eventually my save game even got bricked so I would have to start over. Not an acceptable state for a full release game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Has some nifty ideas and concepts, though the game is very basic at the end of the day. Once you've done a few days in game you've basically seen all the game has to offer as far as gameplay goes; you get 8 hours every day to do what you want, which are usually spent traveling from one hub to the next. You'll be balancing keeping your health, hunger, and hope up while leveling up your equipment, stations, and rising in the ranks of your chosen gang. I'll get the negative out of the way…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun, good difficulty and with enough upgrade mechanics to keep me coming back for a while. Great value for what I paid and genuinely pretty funny.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i escaped!! 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a very fun game, exactly what it advertises. A lot of strange humour that I personally enjoyed, although a bit basic in its mechanics!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game scratched multiple itches I had. It has a an upgradeable base (your cell), is a grid based turn based rpg, and is replayable. I'm not good at writing reviews, but I can say I greatly enjoyed this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like the fundamentals of the game, but there are simply too many bugs for me to be able to recommend it. There are also quite a few spelling mistakes, but I can live with those.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very enjoyable game and more to it than you'd think. Also some weirdness to the characters and story, which adds to its charm. Took my time and didn't rush through, taking a good twenty hours to complete. There's also some replayability there with the 'Broken Collar' mode, if you wish for more. Definitely worth the full price tag in my opinion. A solid 9/10 for what the game offers for its price. Paid more for less in a lot of other games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Boring combat (basically just spamming the same ability every fight, no synergies, even poison/bleed-immune enemies to make "just always punch" the best strategy even if more abilities did exist), boring aesthetic (stabbing people with shanks and using litearl rats as party members, lame), boring constant inventory management. Just boring.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If anyone is on the fence, this is very very good. Will update more later.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I do enjoy this game and I think the creators did a great job, though I have some things I like less. Pros: The visuals are very fun and I enjoy all of the different characters you meet and relationships you can build. The limited time system really makes you have to plan carefully for each day which adds a really fun and addicting challenge to the game. I often found myself playing way longer than I meant to because I was motivated to get something done. Cons: There are some things that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Space Prison is a turn-based 'prison-break' space-opera game, where you play as a convict who, after having been pulled over for speeding on a hyperlane, are sent in what is basically space Guantanamo for a couple centuries by an overly expeditive and brutal justice complex (something that's been sorely missing in Europe those last few years). I was initially unsure about buying it after testing the demo because I usually am distrustful of single-save games ; those having have a tendancy to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very nice turn based survival game. It lacks some polish (oh irony) and QoL, but the core is fun and it carries from start to finish.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice game, interesting concept and deeper than it seems at first glance. I like that you procedurally unlock more and more areas of the prison as you work yourself up the chain of command and the quests.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The prison part is alright but the combat part is very very weak.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall, for the price of the game and the hours i did play it is worth it. Not sure if it was on purpose or not, but seems items left in the hidden stash or wall inventory stay for the next prisoner. This may of been fixed or is a feature. This was also for the normal version and not the one life play through. If their would be another class i wouldn't mind one leading towards robot companions like making an item to fix a bot from the basic work bench before getting to the danced drone…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oddly enjoyable. It's very simple in execution however in a game industry where all the old school sort of games i enjoyed aren't being make it scratches that itch. It's a game you can play, put down and get back into pretty easily. I want to say that it reminds me of "the captain" however it's nothing like it, however it's in the same universe i'd say. Erm if there's a demo try it.. you might find it to be that game you go and play when you've been burnt out on other things.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't recommend at the current price point $7 would be more of a fair value. Game seems rushed. My game crashed several times for one of the random encounters. Game play becomes repetitive.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bad progression and bad goals.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if you like a slow story with some rouge-like elements.
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