# Life Sentence

> Life Sentence is a first-person prison escape game for Windows and Mac by Visora VGS. You are Cole Mercer, inmate #24-0917, serving life at the invented Cold Creek State Penitentiary in the rainy Pacific Northwest for a robbery-homicide he didn't commit. Learn the daily routine, find and craft tools, hide contraband, deal with guards and inmates, and escape. Single player. Rated Mature 17+ for violence and strong language.

Key facts:

- Developer and publisher: Visora VGS, Washington State, USA (a trade name of Visora LLC). Studio site: https://visoravgs.com/
- Price: free.
- Platforms: Windows 10/11 (64-bit, Vulkan) and macOS 11+ (Apple Silicon or Intel). Plays offline; internet only to check for updates and for the optional VGS account. Both platforms always ship the same version.
- Controls: keyboard and mouse, or an Xbox controller for everything; all controls rebindable.
- Modes: story "The Long Way Out" (ten chapters with choices and three endings) on 3rd Degree (easy), 2nd Degree (medium) or 1st Degree (hard); and Life Sentence, a randomized sandbox with no story, markers or hints, where the prison adapts each time you're caught.
- Gameplay: a full daily routine (counts, meals, work, yard, lights-out), six prison jobs, 17 crafting recipes, stashes, heat, guards with vision and hearing, searchlight towers, cameras and dogs, inmates and gangs, fights and takedowns, rain and fog. Six escape routes: The Tunnel, Over the Wall, The Laundry Truck, Walk Out, Through the Fence and Medical Transfer.
- Content: Mature 17+: violence (fists, shivs, takedowns; no gore close-ups) and strong language. Nothing sexual, no slurs; all people, places and organisations are invented.
- Updates: the title screen offers Update now when a new version is out; the game installs it and reopens.
- Support: team@visoravgs.com

## Links

- [Life Sentence official site, downloads and changelog](https://life-sentence.visoravgs.com/)
- [Install help](https://life-sentence.visoravgs.com/#install)
- [FAQ](https://life-sentence.visoravgs.com/#faq)
- [Life Sentence on visoravgs.com](https://visoravgs.com/games/life-sentence/)