Games like PC Building Simulator
If PC Building Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are House Flipper, Blacksmith Simulator and My Recycling Center — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hardware troubleshooting feels authentic, atmospheric and chill. 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.
Get personalized picks →PC Building Simulator is a 2019 indie simulation that lets players manage a computer repair business while learning real-world PC building skills. Players diagnose hardware issues, swap components, and benchmark systems using a database of real licensed parts. The progression system rewards grinding through increasingly complex builds. Reviewers highlight the authentic hardware troubleshooting, and players describe the experience as atmospheric, nostalgic, and relaxing with satisfying tangible rewards. The custom-build sandbox unleashes creativity in planning dream systems. Available on Steam Deck as Verified, the game holds a 94% positive rating from nearly 20,000 reviews at $19.99.
About PC Building Simulator: 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.
Players who liked PC Building Simulator also play
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House Flipper
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with PC Building Simulator.
Top pick for PC Building Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with PC Building Simulator.
House Flipper is a unique chance to become a one-man renovation crew. Buy, repair and remodel devastated houses. Give them a second life and sell them at a profit!
Blacksmith Simulator
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for PC Building Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with PC Building Simulator.
Become a Medieval blacksmith in this interactive blacksmithing simulator. Upgrade your forging equipment, unlock new exotic crafting materials, grow your business, and manage your customers - in addition to engaging forging mechanics. Strike while the iron is hot and hop in front of the forge now!
My Recycling Center
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with PC Building Simulator.
Third-strongest match for PC Building Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with PC Building Simulator.
Operate, configure and expand your own recycling center in this first-person simulator! Work fast and sort the trash. Use the compactors to destroy the bulky waste. Earn satisfaction and cash to buy new containers and unlock new trash types. Use the second hand shop to sell re-usable items.
Arena Renovation
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for PC Building Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with PC Building Simulator.
Take on the role of a one-man renovation team tasked with restoring various sports facilities to their former glory. Many of them have been destroyed as a result of time or lack of care. Don't let them go into complete oblivion - roll up your sleeves and breathe new life into them!
Pumping Simulator 2
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with PC Building Simulator.
Ranked #5 for PC Building Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with PC Building Simulator.
A gas station management game, start by selling a car to raise funds and invest in an abandoned plot of land. Build, expand, and upgrade your gas station, diversify services, customize and manage time efficiently during peak hours. And maybe you will become rich
Construction Simulator 4 - Pocket Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for PC Building Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with PC Building Simulator.
Experience Construction Simulator 4 across three beautiful regions with unique campaigns and challenges. Over 100 missions and 80 detailed vehicles and machinery deliver a varied gameplay experience for your growing construction company.
Card Shop Simulator Multiplayer
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with PC Building Simulator.
Ranked #7 for PC Building Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with PC Building Simulator.
Open a card shop with your friends, you can cooperate in a shop or compete with individual shops on the same street! Collect nice cards with different elements and play card dual with your friends to win their cards from their collection!
The Dream Office
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for PC Building Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with PC Building Simulator.
Renovate and manage a ruined office building. Clean, repair, and furnish rooms, rent them to picky tenants, fix printers and coffee machines, enjoy an exaggerated office joke system, and survive daily chaos. Turn neglect into profit — money doesn’t print itself, even if the printer tries.
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Sunshine Heavy Industries
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with PC Building Simulator.
Reviewers of PC Building Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with PC Building Simulator.
Welcome to Sunshine Heavy Industries! As the new spaceship engineer, solve increasingly tricky design puzzles with your own personal style. Manage customer demands, juggle budget and ship performance, and survive the questionable decision making skills of your business partner.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with PC Building Simulator.
Reviewers of PC Building Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
Children of a Dead Earth
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PC Building Simulator.
Reviewers of PC Building Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with PC Building Simulator.
The most scientifically accurate space warfare simulator ever made. Now with Steam Workshop!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below PC Building Simulator at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under PC Building Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with PC Building Simulator.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PC Building Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PC Building Simulator.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PC Building Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with PC Building Simulator.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under PC Building Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PC Building Simulator.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under PC Building Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PC Building Simulator.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Kerbal Space Program
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PC Building Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with PC Building Simulator.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with PC Building Simulator.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with PC Building Simulator.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with PC Building Simulator.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with PC Building Simulator.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with PC Building Simulator.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with PC Building Simulator.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Frequently asked about PC Building Simulator
- Is PC Building Simulator verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — PC Building Simulator is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does PC Building Simulator cost?
- PC Building Simulator is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to PC Building Simulator?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PC Building Simulator are House Flipper, Blacksmith Simulator, My Recycling Center.
- Who developed PC Building Simulator?
- PC Building Simulator was developed by Claudiu Kiss, The Irregular Corporation and published by The Irregular Corporation.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on PC Building Simulator.
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