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House Flipper

House Flipper is a unique chance to become the one-man renovating crew. You've got to earn it around here before you purchase your first property. No worries though! Luckily, there's plenty of work at your…

62 17 May 2018

House Flipper is an indie developed by Empyrean, released 17 May 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Mac.

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What House Flipper is

House Flipper is an indie game developed by Empyrean and released in 2018. It was published by Frozen District. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity 2019.

The premise, in the publisher's words

House Flipper is a simulation game developed by Empyrean and published by Frozen District and PlayWay for macOS, Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. It was initially released on 17 May 2018. A mobile version, entitled House Flipper: Home Design, was released for Android and iOS in October 2020. A sequel, House Flipper 2, was released in December 2023.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, business, non-fiction and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 96 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

House Flipper holds a critic score of 62 out of 100. That places it above 20% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 7 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 65, across 111 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 60 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3 3,20GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 955 3,2 GHz, 4 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 560 / AMD R7-260X. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 6GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

House Flipper launched on 17 May 2018, within three weeks of Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered and Vampyr. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered, Vampyr.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for House Flipper yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

House Flipper — frequently asked questions

When did House Flipper come out?
House Flipper was released on 17 May 2018 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for House Flipper?
At minimum, House Flipper needs Intel Core i3 3,20GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 955 3,2 GHz, 4 GB RAM, GeForce GTX 560 / AMD R7-260X graphics, 6 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is House Flipper?
The PC version needs about 6 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("6 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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