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House Builder
Become a one-man construction crew! Travel around the world and through the ages to build iconic designs! Beware of unpleasant temperatures and dangerous fauna!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “satisfying house-building mechanics” (23 of 88 reviews) and “many levels and construction projects” (7); the most common complaint is “glitches and broken interactions” (23). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
23 of the 88 reviews raise this.
7 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“lots of content, hours of gameplay. cannot reccommend”
“very fun and time consuming game”
6 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“Excellent Game, Very Easy To Play, Superb Graphics And Definitely A Good Way To Cure Boredom.”
“love this game I like how each location is different and its based off of the way different houses are like for that geographical area.”
5 of the 88 reviews raise this.
3 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“Edited: So originally I said this game was super buggy and I couldn't figure out how to use the ladder, but the developer answered right away with a tutorial on how to use the ladder, and I was able to play just fine…”
23 of the 88 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
13 of the 88 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“House Builder is a very straightforward cozy game- it has less mechanics than house flipper but definitely has its own charms. The achievements are very straightforward and easy to obtain (thanks to Clarise007 for their…”
“Feels to arcade:y. Like a remaster of a mobile game.”
“Repetitive gameplay, various bugs. It's a "background" game, but even in this genre there are better choices.”
6 of the 88 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Game has a ton of bugs. Normally I'd dismiss these as "quirky" but it gets extremely annoying when you bump into a nearby table for the 200th time on the log cabin level and it STILL makes a pop-up showing the tutorial.…”
5 of the 88 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Edited: So originally I said this game was super buggy and I couldn't figure out how to use the ladder, but the developer answered right away with a tutorial on how to use the ladder, and I was able to play just fine…”
4 of the 88 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 88 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 79.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“like building furniture in house flipper 2 :) but its buildings!”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Nice and cozy game, much better and more complex, than the joke of HB2!”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“In game tutorial sucks, nothing is really explained clearly and controls are janky at best.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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🛠️Plumbing DLC is out NOW!👨🔧
Hello Builders! Plumbing DLC is OUT NOW 👨🔧💙 Try it NOW on DISCOUNT ❗️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3392290/House_Builder__Plumbing_DLC/ It's best to buy it in a bundle : https://store.steampowe
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | 3D · Immersive Sim · Adventure · Building · Simulation · Design & Illustration · Casual · Sandbox · Education · Relaxing · First-Person · Destruction (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Playable without Timed Input |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Bulgarian, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Spanish - Latin America, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Norwegia… |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 63 |
| Official site | http://www.freemind.games |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i5 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVidia GeForce GTX 750 Sound Card: DirectX compatible