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Hardware Engineering

Hardware Engineering

Hardware Engineering is a simplified digital circuit design (currently online) game presenting an opportunity to dive into digital engineering with ease. Learn with tutorials and enjoy yourself with challenging designs, sandbox or competitive.

Released Sep 28, 2016 Developer Pb Studios Platforms Windows SimulationIndieEarly AccessEducationCasual
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

41.4%positive222 reviews
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“It does not work anymore...sad”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

25achievements
9.2%median completion
0.0%rarest: Please, Send Some Data
65.5% of players 63.3% of players 56.1% of players 38.8% of players 38.3% of players 27.8% of players 27.4% of players 26.7% of players 19.2% of players 18.0% of players 14.9% of players 10.4% of players 9.2% of players 7.1% of players 5.4% of players 4.5% of players 4.3% of players 3.0% of players 2.5% of players 1.9% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.1% of players 0.0% of players 0.0% of players 65.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
65.5%Order Shall Prevail — Perform more successful than unsuccessful step simulations
63.3%I've Had Enough — Completed a level using logic components only
56.1%Mastering The Topic — Have 3:1 ratio of successful tests
Rarest badges of honor
0.0%Please, Send Some Data — Used a microprocessor due to a shortage of storage capacity
0.0%EE Senior — Soldered 250 logic components
0.1%The Art of Programming — Used 250 words of executable code

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Feb 26, 2018
Temporary GUI Issue

Hello everyone, some of the players, especially the new one, may experience a minor GUI issue over today. The reason why we haven't spotted the issue before is that we had an older version of the game

Feb 26, 2018
Temporary GUI Issue

Hello everyone, some of the players, especially the new one, may experience a minor GUI issue over today. The reason why we haven't spotted the issue before is that we had an older version of the game

Feb 13, 2018
Maintenance Shutdown

There will be a maintenance shutdown today (Tuesday 13th February) due to an implementation of an update to the game and server migration. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Feb 13, 2018
Maintenance Shutdown

There will be a maintenance shutdown today (Tuesday 13th February) due to an implementation of an update to the game and server migration. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Jun 21, 2017
Summer Update

Following the last week's database update we are now happy to announce that a new game update will be rolling out in hours. Changes: - improved behavior of Cor-064, Cor-084, Cor-104, Cor-184 MCUs and

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation, Early Access
Player tagsSimulation · Indie · Early Access · Education · Casual · Programming (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Includes level editor · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements25
Official sitehttp://hwe-game.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 (SP1) with .NET 4.0 and Windows Media Player Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 or Equivalent Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics or Better DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 250 MB available space Sound Card: Optional Additional Notes: The game is ONLINE ONLY, and therefore requires a stable internet connection and WMP in order to be played