10 Best Games That Let You Escape From Prison


Prison Architect: Escape Mode
If you get bored with being the manager of the prison, you can always select the Escape Mode from Prison Architect and see how life is on the other side of the bars and test the security of the facility that you’ve just built. As a prisoner you are able to take part of specific inmate activities such as contraband, digging tunnels, fighting guards and last but not least: managing to successfully escape from jail. The game can have two possible endings: you manage to break out together with your squad or you end up dead.

Resistance 3
After he is captured by a group of survivalist humans, Joe Capelli is taken to Graterford Prison and he must turn towards Chimera, his arch enemy, to help him escape. In the confusion created by the attack, you’ll be able to pick up guns and fight for your life and freedom in some of the most epic action scenes ever encountered in Resistance 3. This escape from prison episode is probably one of the most spectacular instances of this kind.

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Thrown into a damp detention cell after being submitted to skin crawling torture methods, such as dreadful electroshocks, Snake has to pass through hell and worse to finally make his way out of Coldman’s Prison Facility. Pulling out a razor wire stitched into his chest and using it as a makeshift lockpicking device, Snake must wait for the right moment to sneak out of his cell and take on the guards bare handed and chested, like the fearless hero he is!

Saints Row 2

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Everything in Saints Row must start and end with a boom and this prison escape scenario is no exception to the rule. Starting out in the infirmary building, you have the choice to either sneak to the upper level or to take out the whole guard crew guns blazing and everything; but regardless of your choice, the outcome will be as explosive as you can imagine. This prison break is even more exciting thanks to the fact that the camp is on a remote island so you’ll have your fair share of adrenaline inducing rowing.

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion
The very story of Oblivion starts with the player-character being imprisoned in a cell for an unknown crime. The way out of this tight situation will prove to be through a secret entrance that leads to a part of the city’s sewer system; and escaping through it is really a piece of cake once the emperor is in need of using this secret passage way to escape from his pursuers. Due to this lucky situation, you’ll manage to get yourself a royal pardon, as well as a free “get out of prison” card, as a bonus!

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
After being accused of the heinous and unpardonable crime of kingslaying, Geralt of Rivia is apprehended and locked up in a dark and murky cell. Fortunately for him, the white wolf was somehow slipped the key necessary to unlock the chains around his wrists, from here on the situation becoming only easier because we all know how charming yet relentless he can be. Thus, by either sweet talking or intimidating his guards, Geralt is able to break out and render himself free.

The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay
 Escape From Butcher Bay is one long prison break scenario where the iconic hero Ridick is constantly moved to different sections of the penitentiary, each of them with heavier security than the last one. From max security he goes to second max and even to third max, if you can imagine that such a thing is even possible, but in a game that has a plot based entirely on how to break out of prison, it surely is. After numerous plans and attempts of, well… breaking out of prison, Ridick manages to come out as victorious as ever!