Can I Run Prison Simulator?
Prison Simulator is an action adventure game from Baked Games, released in 2021. Baked Games both developed and published it. It offers a single player campaign. Workshop content is supported, so the published requirements describe the unmodded game only. Over 2 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Controller support is partial, so some input still falls back to the keyboard. Steam lists support for 18 languages. Its 5 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. There are 84 achievements to chase.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3 |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 960 / AMD R9-380 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 6 GB HDD |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5 |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 960 / AMD R9-380 or better |
| RAM | 12 GB |
| Storage | 6 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 64 bit |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Prison Simulator places its action in an open sandbox, and the player works through spaces built to be avoided rather than cleared. The publisher supplies 15 storefront screenshots of these environments. Play is presented from a first person view.
Why Prison Simulator is demanding
The graphics requirement for Prison Simulator is light. Hardware around GeForce GTX 960 / AMD R9-380 is enough, so Prison Simulator runs on machines never bought for gaming. The install is small at roughly 6 GB. Prison Simulator needs 64 bit Windows. Prison Simulator needs only 12 GB of RAM.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Prison Simulator?
Prison Simulator is light on hardware. Its minimum, GeForce GTX 960 / AMD R9-380, 8 GB RAM, about 6 GB free, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 2.83x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.59x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.71x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Prison Simulator's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Can my PC run Prison Simulator?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Prison Simulator?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3; GPU: GeForce GTX 960 / AMD R9-380; 8 GB RAM.
How much storage does Prison Simulator need?
Prison Simulator needs about 6 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Prison Simulator?
The RTX 3060 runs Prison Simulator comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Prison Simulator?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Prison Simulator is the GPU.