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Calling it a clone of Prison Architect is pretty weird. There's very little shared except for the graphics style. Even the basic "click to place walls" construction system is broadly different, given that in Prison Architect you have to lay down foundations and then build on top of that.

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In the past they were more similar, at least the NPC art style was. When they first started Rimworld they used a sort of Prison Architect art style for their NPCs as placeholders until they got their own art in (which they have now).

If anything, both Rimworld and PA are "clones" of Dwarf Fortress.

Except Dwarf Fortress has so many mechanics (not a complaint) that almost any game could be considered a "clone" of Dwarf Fortress!

Meh, Dwarf Fortress is just a clone of Dungeon Keeper with worse play-balancing. :p

I've never played Prison Architect. I got this "clone of prison architect" from the community.

The arty styles are very simple and it's practically the same genre so at first glance it seems like a clone.

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