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PC Building Simulator

PC Building Simulator lets players get to grips and experiment with building their very own gaming PC, without the associated risks and costs. With tutorials to help master the basics and an array of accurate…

65 29 January 2019

PC Building Simulator is an indie developed by The Irregular Corporation, released 29 January 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What PC Building Simulator is

PC Building Simulator is an indie game developed by The Irregular Corporation and released in 2019. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

PC Building Simulator is a simulation-strategy video game produced by The Irregular Corporation and Romanian independent developer, Claudiu Kiss. The game is centered around owning and running a workshop which builds and maintains PCs, mainly gaming-oriented ones.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 94 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

PC Building Simulator holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 4 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 70, across 81 votes.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Athlon X4 740 (or equivalent), 4 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 660 (2048 MB) or Radeon R9 285 (2048 MB) - Integrated GPUs may work but are not supported.. 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 30GB.

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What it launched against

PC Building Simulator launched on 29 January 2019, within three weeks of Metro Exodus, Kingdom Hearts III, Resident Evil 2 and Slay the Spire. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Metro Exodus, Kingdom Hearts III, Resident Evil 2, Slay the Spire.

Cheats and codes

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

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Quick answers

PC Building Simulator — frequently asked questions

When did PC Building Simulator come out?
PC Building Simulator was released on 29 January 2019 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for PC Building Simulator?
At minimum, PC Building Simulator needs Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Athlon X4 740 (or equivalent), 4 GB RAM, GeForce GTX 660 (2048 MB) or Radeon R9 285 (2048 MB) - Integrated GPUs may work but are not supported. graphics, 30 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is PC Building Simulator?
The PC version needs about 30 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("30 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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