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PC Building Simulator

Claudiu Kiss · The Irregular Corporation · 2019-01-29

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 13, 2019 (Xbox One), Aug 13, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 13, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Jan 29, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build and grow your very own computer repair enterprise as you learn to diagnose, fix and build PCs. With real-world licensed components and comprehensive hardware and software simulation, you can plan and bring your ultimate PC to life.

PC Building Simulator is an Indie, Simulation game released in 2019, priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a Very Positive (93% of 52752 reviews) sentiment.

112
playing now
93%
positive of 53k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (78 ratings)
229
Nexus mods (537k downloads)
4.34★
PlayStation Store rating (1,538 ratings)
70/100
opencritic · fair · 33% recommend · from 12 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

112 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

PC Building Simulator is a simulation-strategy video game produced by The Irregular Corporation and Romanian independent developer, Claudiu Kiss. The game is centered around owning and running a workshop which builds and maintains PCs, mainly gaming-oriented ones.

Trailer

PC Building Simulator trailer thumbnail

PC Building Simulator Launch Trailer

≈439,460 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 112 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,070 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~134/week).
  • · Review velocity up 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 49,346 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 1.3M–3.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 52,752 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.49 at IndieGala Store (2024-01-17) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 17 of 81 observed days · $16.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.4k2.4k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 601 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1,214 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 482 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 874 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 814 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2,435 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,277 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 906 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 539 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 665 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 940 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 555 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,127 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 844 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,113 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 527 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 557 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,074 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,174 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,100 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 843 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 603 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 564 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,308 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 961 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 984 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 718 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 910 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 586 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 617 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 634 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

197742026-09-14 20:00 — 146 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 104 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 129 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 159 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 128 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 117 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 151 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 115 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 112 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 192 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 104 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 93 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 171 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 119 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 92 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 147 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 92 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 86 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 159 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 133 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 132 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 130 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 158 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 112 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k0Jul 2017Aug 2026Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5May 2018 — avg 459 · peak 868Aug 2018 — avg 385 · peak 1,574Nov 2018 — avg 325 · peak 1,004Feb 2019 — avg 985 · peak 2,788May 2019 — avg 845 · peak 3,586Aug 2019 — avg 564 · peak 2,005Nov 2019 — avg 554 · peak 1,045Feb 2020 — avg 551 · peak 987May 2020 — avg 628 · peak 1,034Aug 2020 — avg 1,035 · peak 3,326Nov 2020 — avg 866 · peak 2,162Feb 2021 — avg 981 · peak 1,920May 2021 — avg 1,048 · peak 3,883Aug 2021 — avg 552 · peak 847Nov 2021 — avg 943 · peak 2,809Feb 2022 — avg 628 · peak 1,112May 2022 — avg 462 · peak 919Aug 2022 — avg 426 · peak 667Nov 2022 — avg 401 · peak 1,132Feb 2023 — avg 443 · peak 1,187May 2023 — avg 302 · peak 720Aug 2023 — avg 289 · peak 579Nov 2023 — avg 254 · peak 555Feb 2024 — avg 240 · peak 400May 2024 — avg 204 · peak 349Aug 2024 — avg 211 · peak 334Nov 2024 — avg 227 · peak 473Feb 2025 — avg 288 · peak 673May 2025 — avg 186 · peak 321Aug 2025 — avg 179 · peak 312Nov 2025 — avg 160 · peak 289Feb 2026 — avg 176 · peak 310May 2026 — avg 150 · peak 248Aug 2026 — avg 150 · peak 235
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.792018-03-272026-10-142018-03-27 — best price $17.992018-08-02 — best price $19.992018-12-03 — best price $19.992019-02-14 — best price $19.992019-05-14 — best price $13.992019-08-03 — best price $18.992019-11-04 — best price $13.392019-12-19 — best price $13.392020-02-05 — best price $19.792020-04-14 — best price $11.382020-06-30 — best price $16.612020-08-26 — best price $19.992020-11-25 — best price $9.992021-02-10 — best price $9.992021-04-25 — best price $8.992021-07-15 — best price $8.002021-10-14 — best price $19.992021-12-11 — best price $19.992022-02-18 — best price $7.992022-04-15 — best price $7.992022-06-08 — best price $19.992022-08-12 — best price $19.992022-10-10 — best price $19.992022-12-10 — best price $19.992023-02-04 — best price $19.992023-04-18 — best price $4.802023-06-12 — best price $4.992023-08-04 — best price $4.992023-10-09 — best price $19.992023-12-18 — best price $4.512024-03-13 — best price $19.992024-07-12 — best price $19.992025-02-10 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-07-24 — best price $4.992026-09-18 — best price $19.992026-10-13 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

41102026-06-02 — 36 pageviews2026-06-06 — 18 pageviews2026-06-10 — 26 pageviews2026-06-14 — 22 pageviews2026-06-18 — 20 pageviews2026-06-22 — 36 pageviews2026-06-26 — 39 pageviews2026-06-30 — 30 pageviews2026-07-04 — 23 pageviews2026-07-08 — 32 pageviews2026-07-12 — 21 pageviews2026-07-16 — 31 pageviews2026-07-20 — 14 pageviews2026-07-24 — 26 pageviews2026-07-28 — 21 pageviews2026-08-01 — 14 pageviews2026-08-05 — 27 pageviews2026-08-09 — 37 pageviews2026-08-13 — 32 pageviews2026-08-17 — 23 pageviews2026-08-21 — 36 pageviews2026-08-25 — 25 pageviews2026-08-29 — 35 pageviews2026-09-02 — 26 pageviews2026-09-06 — 30 pageviews2026-09-10 — 24 pageviews2026-09-14 — 26 pageviews2026-09-18 — 23 pageviews2026-09-22 — 27 pageviews2026-09-26 — 19 pageviews2026-09-30 — 30 pageviews2026-10-04 — 30 pageviews2026-10-08 — 19 pageviews2026-10-12 — 21 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
65.9%
earned "Easy to forget"
5.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing11 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Polish

Post-launch support: 11 DLC released, first 2019-01-29, latest 2021-06-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)45,4961%94
PS4 (PlayStation)4,8482%52
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)3,2352%51
Switch (Nintendo)340%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

3DFunnyCasualSandboxBuildingHardwareLife SimRelaxingEducationRealistic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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