The Prisoner

The Prisoner is a top-down strategy puzzle game about escaping a prison that seems to defy reality. You maneuver guards and other prisoners to activate pressure plates and magic buttons, using intellect as your only weapon, while uncovering the mystery behind your imprisonment.

Plan your escape

Each level has a new layout. You must arrange for all pressure plates and magic buttons to be pressed simultaneously to unlock the door and ascend to the next level. To solve each puzzle, anticipate how those around you will react and find a way past the challenges.

You can draw enemies close enough to make them follow you, while avoiding their attacks. Approach other prisoners to ally with them and take complete control of their actions. Once you begin an ally’s escape, they become your main character if the current one dies.

Face the Warden

As you make enough progress, the Warden is provoked into trying to stop your escape. Use what you have learned, along with any allies you have gained, to outsmart the prison system and seek freedom. Voices speak in your head, though what they mean is unclear.