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title: "Hard Time - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in New Zealand | Apple App Store"
description: "Create your own inmate and attempt to survive in a prison where every sentence is a "death" sentence! Rub shoulders with up to 100 fellow inmates in a sprawling facility of 12 unique areas, each fille"
---

# Hard Time — New Zealand
> The toughest sim in the yard!

![Hard Time App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple114/v4/57/81/aa/5781aa43-dc01-d62a-1c96-4eec2c433c17/AppIcon-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-85-220-7.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [MDickie](https://apptail.io/developer/mdickie-HZn) (United Kingdom)
**Category:** Games
**Rating:** 4.1/5 (24 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** HardTime
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** New Zealand
**Version:** 1.4.4 (released 2020-11-17)
**Original Release:** 2013-10-11
**Languages:** English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek (modern), Hebrew (modern), Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/nz/app/app/id718021930)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/new-zealand](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/new-zealand)

## Hard Time Description
Create your own inmate and attempt to survive in a prison where every sentence is a "death" sentence! Rub shoulders with up to 100 fellow inmates in a sprawling facility of 12 unique areas, each filled with fully interactive furniture and props. Plus a life beyond the gates populated by real civilians, with wardens enforcing dozens of different laws to keep you as far away from it as possible.

Each day, you will find your health and mental state slipping away. Both can be restored by sleeping - which is also a good way to pass time. You won't always be permitted to sleep, though, so consuming food and drink bridges the gap. These, along with many other activities such as reading or watching TV, can also help to improve your mental state. If you "lose your mind" you will temporarily lose control of your character - and will almost certainly get into trouble!

Your character also has a set of attributes that you are challenged to improve:
- STRENGTH indicates how much damage you can inflict or absorb. You can improve it by fighting or lifting weights.
- AGILITY determines how fast you move. You can improve it by jogging in the yard or scoring baskets.
- INTELLECT reflects your knowledge - including fighting skills such as counters. You can improve it by reading books.
- REPUTATION is how much other prisoners respect you. It can be improved by accomplishing tasks or intimidating others.

There are also opportunities to earn money - whether you work for it with a broom, trade items at a profit, or run with a gang. Having money increases your opportunities to grease the wheels and make your life inside easier.

You may find that you need to go to the toilet from time to time, in which case you must race to the bathroom! Alternatively, you could find a toilet to sit on or grab some toilet paper to spare your blushes. Failing to do so will damage your reputation and mental state.

I regret that there is more to this game than I could ever explain here, so I hope you enjoy figuring some things out for yourself!

Upgrade to "VIP" to enjoy the full experience without ads - plus access to the editor that allows you to customize your character and every other.

BASIC CONTROLS:
(*Look out for tutorials within the actual game)
A = Attack (on its own to kick, with a direction to punch)
G = Grapple / Throw weapon
R = Run
P = Pick-Up / Drop
T = Taunt (interact with handheld props)

OTHER CONTROLS
- Press ATTACK and RUN together to launch a powerful attack.
- Press any button with any direction (or none) in a grapple to trigger different moves.
- Press RUN and PICK-UP together to set fire to a small object (which can then be used to set fire to a large object).
- Touch the clock to pause the game and bring up options to exit.
- Touch any speech bubble to speed through conversations.

PERFORMANCE
- If you find your device struggles to display lots of characters, considering keeping the "Population" option low.
- "Speed Up Frame Rate" sleeping will require good performance at the default frame rate.
- Head to the "Display" options to tone down other features.

## Hard Time Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/aa/64/50/aa6450c8-2779-e57d-e2b9-2f6fc4082ff9/mzl.gobcgdxr.jpg/960x640.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/77/f3/a5/77f3a5d3-da9b-faea-10d1-350fa77ff7e5/mzl.jtiwfdox.jpg/960x640.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/4f/41/b9/4f41b9bc-4318-a841-1661-d7b799812db7/mzl.ohtoybki.jpg/960x640.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/95/94/a6/9594a64a-dc9b-0a9d-b4c2-89aede0a327b/mzl.laqjvgvv.jpg/960x640.png)

## Hard Time Rating Breakdown in New Zealand
- 5 stars: 16 (67%)
- 4 stars: 2 (8%)
- 3 stars: 2 (8%)
- 2 stars: 0 (0%)
- 1 stars: 4 (17%)

## Hard Time Reviews in New Zealand

### *---- "👎👎👎"
So stupid that you have to pay to create your own character now. Dumb.
-- slwilo, 2022-03-15

### ***** "Best prison game ever"
The fighting is so realistic. But there is a bug somebody kill a guard and the alarm went of and I got arrested but it was not me please fix this.
-- robloxriccardo, 2021-01-25

### ***** "Great game"
Great game
-- Hungry Native, 2019-09-14

### ***** "update"
please do a update!!!!!🥺
-- jdgdieneudjdvsu, 2019-05-18

### ***** "Great"
Great game
-- Pebble45, 2016-07-04

### ****- "Pretty good"
Great but get rid of the adds they get in the way and make the game lag more but you probably won't because you want us to get the full version so you get more money cause the full version has no adds probably
-- Kman191, 2014-08-14

### ***** "Best game i have and i have alot"
As the title says i have 25 games and this is the best i mean what's better name it except maybe the V.I.P version
-- Bannana13, 2014-04-21

### ***** "Awesome"
Really cool and fun game, only problem is that it lags a tonne at some points. You should be able to choose which cell you start in as well.
-- Danny long legs123, 2013-10-26

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## Hard Time In-App Purchases
| Item | Price |
|------|-------|
| VIP Upgrade | $4.99 |


## Hard Time Discovered Keywords
- school days
- gangster
- wwe supercard
- wwe network
- wwe champions
- wrestling
- hard time
- wwe
- mdickie
- wrestling revolution 3d

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- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/united-states)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/united-kingdom)
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