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House Builder

FreeMind S.A. · PlayWay S.A. · 2024-01-15

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jan 15, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 19, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 15, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Jun 24, 2022 (Xbox One), Jun 24, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 16, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

From traditional huts to modern homes of the future - become a one-person crew! Gather resources, use tools, and build brick by brick across history. Discover architecture secrets and create your dream homes!

House Builder is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2024, priced at $19.99, with a Mostly Positive sentiment (80% of 2578 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000.

15
playing now
80%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
3.62★
PlayStation Store rating (429 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 109 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 52k–117k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,595 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.49-35%
GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Fanatical (2023-11-07) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 91 of 133 observed days · $13.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23023020212026Week of 2021-11-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4252026-09-15 15:00 — 30 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 22 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 20 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 15 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 23 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 22 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 18 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 30 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 15 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 36 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 17 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 20 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 31 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 18 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 30 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
26921Nov 2021Aug 2026Nov 2021 — avg 269 · peak 762Jan 2022 — avg 129 · peak 457Mar 2022 — avg 72 · peak 231May 2022 — avg 81 · peak 271Jul 2022 — avg 67 · peak 165Sep 2022 — avg 42 · peak 123Nov 2022 — avg 34 · peak 96Jan 2023 — avg 32 · peak 73Mar 2023 — avg 26 · peak 73May 2023 — avg 52 · peak 116Jul 2023 — avg 39 · peak 87Sep 2023 — avg 28 · peak 60Nov 2023 — avg 35 · peak 103Jan 2024 — avg 86 · peak 376Mar 2024 — avg 49 · peak 107May 2024 — avg 37 · peak 88Jul 2024 — avg 30 · peak 71Sep 2024 — avg 47 · peak 204Nov 2024 — avg 40 · peak 101Jan 2025 — avg 29 · peak 74Mar 2025 — avg 41 · peak 182May 2025 — avg 32 · peak 79Jul 2025 — avg 27 · peak 61Sep 2025 — avg 45 · peak 136Nov 2025 — avg 25 · peak 59Jan 2026 — avg 56 · peak 212Mar 2026 — avg 21 · peak 63May 2026 — avg 31 · peak 85Jul 2026 — avg 28 · peak 77Aug 2026 — avg 31 · peak 76
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$5.992021-11-112026-10-152021-11-11 — best price $13.492022-06-23 — best price $11.992022-12-13 — best price $14.992023-02-20 — best price $14.992023-04-21 — best price $14.992023-06-11 — best price $11.992023-08-10 — best price $14.992023-10-13 — best price $8.242023-12-06 — best price $6.742024-01-29 — best price $6.742024-04-18 — best price $11.982024-05-22 — best price $12.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-08-15 — best price $19.992024-09-11 — best price $10.002024-10-02 — best price $11.992024-10-30 — best price $12.992024-11-27 — best price $10.992024-12-20 — best price $11.992025-02-02 — best price $19.992025-03-19 — best price $9.992025-05-02 — best price $19.992025-06-28 — best price $19.992025-08-14 — best price $8.992025-09-15 — best price $8.992025-10-09 — best price $9.992025-11-04 — best price $19.992025-11-22 — best price $6.642026-01-18 — best price $19.992026-02-28 — best price $8.992026-03-30 — best price $7.992026-05-02 — best price $16.842026-06-24 — best price $7.992026-08-12 — best price $19.992026-09-02 — best price $7.992026-09-12 — best price $19.992026-09-22 — best price $7.992026-10-02 — best price $7.992026-10-12 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
86.7%
earned "Sprinter Beginner"
55.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopCamera ComfortCustom Volume Controls#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputSave Anytime10 DLC

34 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Bulgarian, Traditional Chinese, Czech…

Post-launch support: 10 DLC released, first 2024-04-18, latest 2026-09-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,4955%63
PS4 (PlayStation)62467%55
Xbox One (Xbox)59442%54
PS4 (PlayStation)27857%55
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DCasualPuzzleSandboxBuildingRelaxingAdventureEducationSimulationDestruction

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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