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title: "Hard Time - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | 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 — United States
> 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:** 4.0/5 (4,276 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** HardTime
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**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/us/app/app/id718021930)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/united-states)

## 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 United States
- 5 stars: 2,648 (62%)
- 4 stars: 540 (13%)
- 3 stars: 270 (6%)
- 2 stars: 178 (4%)
- 1 stars: 640 (15%)

## Hard Time Reviews in United States

### ***** "Please update"
Please update the game
-- lel matt o, 2025-08-29

### *---- "Not working"
The app is not working as it should be other games have been updated recently, but this one has not in years for some reason it has a glitch if you switched the prison uniforms
-- Rey22800, 2025-08-24

### ****- "Update please!!!"
I want to know why I can't manage my expiration date when I purchase a VIP membership. Maybe I want to set a weekly or lifetime expiration date, which is very strange. Please add the ability to manage expiration dates.
-- Andrew_1917, 2025-08-23

### *---- "Controller"
I love the game a be way better if I could use controller
-- TraTra77, 2025-08-06

### ***** "中文"
如何设置成中文？
-- peelLshjs, 2025-07-20

### ***** "Access to more areas"
This game is already amazing…however I woukd love to have more access to places like in Extra Lives.
-- Qahg_256, 2025-07-10

### *---- "Trash"
Has 1/8 of health for no reason he falls down and dies or you get ganged up on by 5 cops or inmates for no reason if I could rate it zero stars i would!
-- 97flareside, 2025-07-03

### *---- "IT WAS BETTER BEFORE"
Everything now a days just gets worse and worse this game used to be free of ads and you could customize your character but of course now they added ads and wanna charge to customize your character it was better before just like life was.
-- Madatlife300, 2025-06-26

### *---- "Worst game I’ve played!"
Wow this game is trash. I played for 10 seconds and uninstalled after. Very laggy, too many buttons, feels like a really terrible wwf game on n64. Good thing this trash is free, devs should pay you to play this, it’s like an autistic person made this for their baby.
-- Aka_kojis, 2025-06-15

### ***** "We need Chinese！！！"
We need Chinese！！！
-- dujunjjjjj, 2025-04-30

### ****- "Cannibalism please"
Good game but please add cannibalism
-- pulling out of Mañana, 2025-04-15

### ***** "Good old times !"
Me and my brothers grow up by playing this game , and it still has nostalgia
-- Tyler min, 2025-03-11

### ****- "Idea"
I’m a huge fan of the game, but however I believe Dickie can make the game feel more real, cuz imagine if this game was on Xbox, PS5,and Pc this game wold be a almost as big as gta possibly 🔥🔥🔥👍🏾
-- Pop SmokoGuwap, 2025-01-20

### ***** "Why no Chinese"
I love this game , just need Chinese
-- Bao Yan Rui, 2025-01-08

### ***** "My childhood"
I played this maybe when I was 11 or 10 but I loved the game so much I would play it when I’m bored and I still play it.
-- TheQuack1, 2025-01-01

### ***** "Classic"
This is back when the game logic made sense and the developer clearly had a passion for development. It’s sad to see how far gone he’s become now and how he’s destroying classics like this. Hopefully Matt can look back at these classics and read the reviews of his recent games and finds that spark he once had. If all the recent games he’s made seem unreasonably frustrating and awful, I’d encourage you to check out this classic because his recent terrible work isn’t indicative of all his capability. Plus this is before he got greedy, you can still buy this game.
-- Ceelows663, 2024-12-21

### ***-- "Hard time"
It’s not a bad game kind of boring he has not updating anymore if you did, or Winterfest winter update it would be cool, but he has not updated no more. I think he has quit for ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever never never never never never never never never never if he makes any more contact I will be playing, but for now, this would be reading two out of five psych three out of five.
-- My guys are in the back, 2024-12-21

### ***** "Hard Time, Best Time"
By far one of the best prison sims ever. Maybe the only one this good, have it on mobile and steam and both are super fun!
-- S3T lord, 2024-12-19

### ****- "Controller support"
I would like to see this game be played with a controller
-- L. Haley, 2024-12-16

### ***** "Hard Time"
It’s a very good game, although it’s annoying when I get beat up up it’s really fun if you escape or something like that.
-- Fix this some Roblox, 2024-12-06

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## Hard Time In-App Purchases
| Item | Price |
|------|-------|
| VIP Upgrade | $2.99 |


## Hard Time Discovered Keywords
- jailbreak iphone
- prison break
- hard
- jailbreak
- jail days
- prison simulator
- prison days
- jail app
- the hard
- jail-break

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## Hard Time Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/united-states)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/united-kingdom)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/canada)
- [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/russia)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/saudi-arabia)
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- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/australia)
- [India](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/india)
- [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/turkey)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/germany)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/brazil)
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/philippines)
- [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/south-africa)
- [Sweden](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/sweden)
- [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/vietnam)
- [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/mexico)
- [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/italy)
- [Ireland](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/ireland)
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- [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/kuwait)
- [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/netherlands)
- [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/ukraine)
- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/new-zealand)
- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/nigeria)
- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/pakistan)
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- [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/colombia)
- [Belgium](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/belgium)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/japan)
- [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/norway)
- [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/israel)
- [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/denmark)
- [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/azerbaijan)
- [Portugal](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/portugal)
- [Finland](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/finland)
- [Czechia](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/czechia)
- [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/egypt)
- [Kazakhstan](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/kazakhstan)
- [Bahrain](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/bahrain)
- [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/hard-time-mbe/dominican-republic)
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