Dig out of Prison
New
- Genre Puzzle games
- Players 1
- Session 8 min
- Price Free
- Updated
An escape game played as a schedule rather than a chase. Prison life runs on a routine, and your tunnel has to be dug inside the gaps in it — which means the real game is knowing when you are unobserved, how long the window lasts, and how much of the evidence you can hide before it closes. The economy is the other half. Tools come from trading with other inmates, trading needs something to trade, and everything you acquire is contraband that an inspection can find. So progress is a series of small risk decisions: acquire the better shovel and dig faster but carry something incriminating, or stay clean and take twice as long. It is patient, systemic and genuinely tense in a way that has nothing to do with reflexes, and the failure states are all consequences of your own planning rather than bad luck.
| Mouse or WASD | Move around the prison |
|---|---|
| Click or E | Interact, dig, trade and hide |
| Menu | Inventory and schedule |
How to play Dig out of Prison
- Learn the routine before digging anything; the schedule is the map.
- Hide the spoil every time. An unhidden tunnel is found at the next inspection.
- Trade for the tool that saves the most time rather than the most impressive one.
- Keep contraband to a minimum before inspections, even at the cost of a day's progress.
- Dig in short sessions within known windows rather than pushing until someone arrives.
Tips
- The safest window is rarely the longest one; it is the one nobody checks.
- Inmates who want something are more useful than inmates who have something.
- A day spent doing nothing suspicious is sometimes the correct move.
Questions about Dig out of Prison
Is it action or strategy?
Strategy and timing. There is no combat or chase.
What ends a run?
Being caught, usually by an inspection finding what you did not hide.
Where do tools come from?
Trading with other inmates, which costs you something in return.
Does it get harder?
Yes, scrutiny increases as you progress.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes, with tap controls.
Does it need installing?
No, it runs in the browser.
Is it patient?
Very, and it is better for it.
