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House Builder

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!

Released Jan 15, 2024 Developer FreeMind S.A. Publisher PlayWay S.A., FreeMind S.A. Platforms Windows 3DImmersive SimAdventureBuildingSimulation
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-09-10)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

79.9%positive2,592 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“like building furniture in house flipper 2 :) but its buildings!”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Nice and cozy game, much better and more complex, than the joke of HB2!”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Not recommended · 4 found this helpful

“In game tutorial sucks, nothing is really explained clearly and controls are janky at best.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

762all-time peak
0 250 500 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 269 avg · Nov 2021

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.

63achievements
53.5%median completion
1.3%rarest: Resourceful survivor
86.7% of players 85.4% of players 84.6% of players 84.1% of players 83.7% of players 82.6% of players 80.5% of players 80.4% of players 78.0% of players 77.5% of players 77.1% of players 76.8% of players 76.3% of players 75.8% of players 75.7% of players 75.4% of players 75.2% of players 67.8% of players 66.1% of players 65.1% of players 65.0% of players 64.4% of players 63.7% of players 63.1% of players 62.5% of players 62.1% of players 61.6% of players 61.0% of players 59.5% of players 58.1% of players 55.0% of players 53.5% of players 49.9% of players 49.3% of players 49.2% of players 48.6% of players 48.5% of players 48.5% of players 46.5% of players 46.2% of players 45.6% of players 45.6% of players 43.8% of players 43.5% of players 40.2% of players 39.7% of players 37.4% of players 34.8% of players 29.4% of players 29.0% of players 19.6% of players 14.6% of players 11.5% of players 6.3% of players 3.5% of players 3.0% of players 3.0% of players 2.6% of players 2.3% of players 1.5% of players 86.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
86.7%Sprinter Beginner — Hidden achievement
85.4%Beginning Igloo Builder — Hidden achievement
84.6%Gym Beginner — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
1.3%Resourceful survivor — Finish House on the Raft level under 18 minutes.
1.4%Perceptive builder — Find the secret item located on the Cowboy House level.
1.5%Resourceful discoverer — Find the secret item located on the Roman House level.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-09-10 20:53 UTC
$7.79lowest since tracking began2026-08-13
US19.99 USD
EU19.50 EUR
UK16.75 GBP
Australia29.50 AUD
Canada25.99 CAD
Japan2,300 JPY
Brazil59.99 BRL
China76.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$11 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$23

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-10). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-22 08-03 08-16 08-29 09-10

Latest official news

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

Sep 10, 2026
PROGRAMMING FEST IS LIVE! 💻

The Programming Fest is now live on Steam! 🎉 September 10 to September 14 , dive into a selection of games all about programming, IT, computers and everything that happens behind the screen. We're tak

Sep 10, 2026
New game and a new bundle

Hi builders, Our friends from CreativeForge Games have just launched their long-awaited game " Black Gold: Oil Drilling Simulator ". Here you can see the trailer: If interested, you can get it cheaper

Aug 24, 2026
Community Challenge and Giveaway

🎮 FreeMind Community Challenge is LIVE! The FreeMind Publisher Sale has started — and we’re turning it into a challenge! 🔥 From now until September 7 at 7 PM CEST , play FreeMind games, join the commu

Aug 24, 2026
Publisher Sale is Live!

Full Releases. Best Discounts and Community Challenge - Today. Today is a pretty big day for us at FreeMind. Publisher Sale is officially LIVE , and at the same time, our games are leaving Early Acces

Aug 20, 2026
HOTFIX for Cardboard House

Hi Builders! Today we fixed bug on Cardboard house, what happened exactly? I paste the explanation by Elizabeth (House Builder player), what helped us very much: In the Cardboard House map when placin

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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.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation
Player tags3D · Immersive Sim · Adventure · Building · Simulation · Design & Illustration · Casual · Sandbox · Education · Relaxing · First-Person · Destruction (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Playable without Timed Input
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Bulgarian, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Spanish - Latin America, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Norwegia…
ControllerFull support
Achievements63
Official sitehttp://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