Hard Time - Prison survival simulation

The most challenging prison simulation available - now reaching over 10 MILLION downloads!!!

Develop your own inmate and try to endure in a facility where every sentence could lead to "death." Interact with as many as 100 other inmates in an expansive prison featuring 12 diverse zones, each equipped with fully functional furniture and items. Additionally, there’s a life outside of the prison populated by real citizens, with guards implementing various rules to prevent you from escaping.

As each day passes, you'll notice a gradual decline in both your health and mental well-being. Getting enough rest will help restore these states, and it can also serve as a way to kill time. Keep in mind that sleeping isn't always an option, so consuming food and beverages can fill this need. Engaging in different activities such as reading or watching TV is another way to enhance your mental condition. Should you experience a mental breakdown, you risk losing control of your character temporarily, which almost certainly leads to trouble!

Your character possesses specific traits that you are encouraged to enhance:

- STRENGTH shows how much damage you can deal or withstand, improved by fighting or weightlifting.

- AGILITY affects your movement speed, enhanced by jogging in the yard or shooting hoops.

- INTELLECT measures your knowledge, including combat skills like counters, which can be developed through reading.

- REPUTATION indicates how respected you are by other prisoners, increased by completing tasks or intimidating others.

You’ll discover various ways to earn money—whether you work for it by cleaning, trading items for profit, or associating with a gang. Having funds makes it easier to navigate prison life.

Occasionally, you may find yourself needing to use the restroom, prompting a rush to get there! Alternatively, you might locate a toilet to use or grab some toilet paper for discretion. Neglecting this need can harm your reputation and mental state.

This game offers much more than I can explain here, so I hope you have fun discovering its intricacies on your own.

Consider upgrading to "VIP" for an ad-free experience and access to an editor that allows you to customize both your character and others.

What’s new

- Exclusive link to pre-register "Hard Time III" coming soon!

- Improved controller support for paying customers.

- No longer supported by ads.

- Higher resolution as standard.

- Enhanced compatibility with the latest versions of Android.

BASIC CONTROLS:

(*Look for tutorials within the game itself)

The game utilizes controls symbolized by letters akin to GTA:

G = Grapple / Throw weapon

T = Taunt (interact with handheld props)

A = Attack (kick when alone or punch with direction)

R = Run

P = Pick-Up / Drop

OTHER CONTROLS

- Combine ATTACK and RUN for a powerful strike.

- Use any button with a direction (or without) during a grapple to perform various moves.

- Press RUN and PICK-UP together to ignite a small object (which can then ignite a larger one).

- Tap the clock to pause the game and access exit options.

- Tap any speech bubble to speed up conversations.

PERFORMANCE

- If your device struggles with displaying numerous characters, consider lowering the "Population" setting.

- Keep in mind that "Speed Up Frame Rate" while sleeping requires solid performance at the default frame rate.

- Visit the "Display" settings to reduce other features for better performance.

Game Guide

1. Remember your cell number

When you first join the prison, the warden tells you your cell number – make sure you remember it, because that’s where you have to be over the night.

If you somehow fail to remember it, try to interact with other cell mates and some of them will address you by the cell number. Also, pay attention to the dialogs because every now and then you will be moved to a new cell.

2. Sleep a lot

You do have to sleep a lot to regenerate your stats and sometimes the whole night is not enough. So make sure that you get enough sleep during the day too.

3. Use the toilets

Try to learn where the closest toilet is and always be ready to go there. Your character will have the need to go to the toilet once per day and if you fail to get there, things will get messy and you will lose reputation. In order to use the toilet, simply walk next to it and tap the up button until you sit on it.

4. Use weapons

Fists and combos might be great, but they are difficult to use. A lot easier is to get a sword or other long, sticky object and use it as a weapon to send your opponents to the other world. It lacks the finesse, but it does the job.

5. Make money easily

The easiest way to make money is to get cigarettes on the floor and walk around near other prisoners.

Eventually, one will make an offer to purchase it. Just make sure no warden sees you – you’re not allowed to have cigarettes in the prison and you might get extra jail time.

6. Learn the combos

It takes time to learn them and master them, but there are actually a ton of kicks and grabs and attacks that you can perform.

Run and hit the A button for a super attack, and try attacking while pressing different directional arrows. You will have different attacks each time – learn to use the best of them.

7. Stay away from gangs

A golden rule of thumb is not to mess with the prison gangs at first because they will seek revenge and destroy you.

If you happen to attack a cell mate and he says that he’s from whatever gang, go to a different room to get rid of him.

You need gangs on your side – to join them. In order to do so, attack adversaries of the gangs and eventually you will be invited to join.

8. Eat constantly (but not too much)

Every day you can go to the mess hall and eat. However, there is all sort of food scattered around the prison, so you don’t really have to go there to do it. Just make sure that you don’t eat too much or you will puke, lose all the benefits of being well fed and some reputation.

9. Correction in front of everyone

The easiest way to gain reputation is to start beating the living hell out of a person (preferably warden) while other prisoners are watching.

This will quickly increase your reputation, but make sure that if you start a job, you complete it especially when it comes to wardens. And make sure there are no other guards around to tackle you and increase your sentence.