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- Deck Verified
- 2019
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- Released: 2019
- Developer: Green127
- Price: $7.49−50%checked Nov 7
- 83% of 149 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Simulation
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Bitcoin mining for passive income
- Build and sell custom pcs
- Os installation and disk cloning included
- Challenging
- Contemplative
- Retro
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About Hardware Engineers
The closest matches to Hardware Engineers: PC Building Simulator, Software Inc., Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator, Data Center, and Mad Games Tycoon. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Hardware Engineers is your kind of game, the closest matches are PC Building Simulator, Software Inc. and Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, contemplative and retro, and single out its bitcoin mining and customer diagnosis. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Hardware Engineers: Hardware Engineers is a simulation game where you have to manage a IT business. In a world where technology expands every day, you will need to learn how to be competitive.
Is Hardware Engineers worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 83% of 149 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- On sale: 50% off, now $7.49 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 10 h when they wrote their review.
- Not supported on Steam Deck.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Bitcoin mining for passive income
- Build and sell custom pcs
- Os installation and disk cloning included
- Overclocking leaderboard adds competition
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“It's a no for me, this is a fairly recent game that looks like something from the early 2000's and plays like a flash game. If you want something better go for pc building simulator.”
People who play it also play: PC Building Simulator, Software Inc., Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator
Frequently asked about Hardware Engineers
Can I run it?
Does Hardware Engineers work on Steam Deck?
Hardware Engineers is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Hardware Engineers cost?
Hardware Engineers is listed on Steam at 7.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Hardware Engineers?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hardware Engineers are PC Building Simulator, Software Inc., Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator.
Who developed Hardware Engineers?
Hardware Engineers was developed by Green127.