Prison Forever (2020)

Developer: Revmatek
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Rating: 4.3 of 5, 46 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 23 minutes
Where to get it: Steam

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

a meditative yet oppressive sit-in where you do nothing but inhabit a cell with real-time daylight shifts.

claustrophobicstaticacceptancemundanepointlessreal-timeminimalpassive

What players say

Players split on whether this is a brilliant joke or a boring non-game. A handful embrace it as a true prison experience and praise a developer who added a tree after a forum request, while many found a silent cell with nothing to interact with except changing sky outside the window.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.