When does PC Building Simulator get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (22%); after 10h it's 1 in 20 (5%). The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.

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PC Building Simulator

Jan 29, 2019 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Started playing 66% of owners

Steam reviews 94% positive of 52,793

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (22%); after 10h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
Only 66% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

before it gets good opening up fully opened up

Based on all 53,206 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 11.3h for positive, 6.8h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (65.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.

All achievements (94)

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Easy to forget Forget to apply thermal paste to the CPU. 100%
You need to plug it in... Try to use the monitor without plugging in the PC. 98%
Back in the black $1,000 in the bank. 96%
That's what I'm talking about Complete 10 jobs in a single playthrough. 91%
The Best of Both Worlds Pair an AMD CPU with a NVIDIA GPU. 91%
Double trouble Buy the second workbench. 65%
Smashing it Complete 30 jobs in a single playthrough. 56%
Customer satisfaction Get a 4 star rating. 47%
Get your wings Complete How To Build A PC mode 45%
From humble beginnings... Get to level 6. 43%
But can it run Crysis? Build a PC with parts costing more than $10k and have it boot to desktop. 42%
Bending over backwards Get a 4.5 star rating. 31%
My favourite feature... Play some internet radio in the music player. 30%
Keeping things neat Buy the storage cupboard. 24%
Perfection Get exactly the requested 3DMark score. 21%
Seems you're pretty good at this $10,000 in the bank. 19%
Triple threat Buy the third workbench. 18%
Taking care of business Complete 100 jobs in a single playthrough. 17%
I'm broke, Uncle! Get into $3000 of debt. 14%
Things are under control Get to level 12. 13%
If you fail the first time... BSOD a computer 10 times from overclocking. 12%
Your music sucks Play some of your own music in the music player. 12%
Building isn't cheap! Get out of a $2500 debt. 11%
You rock at this! $100,000 in the bank. 9.9%
Show off Get a score of 5000 on your office PC. 9.7%
Free at Last! Leave your workshop for the first time. 9.1%
Overvolted Break your CPU. 9.0%
PC LOAD LETTER Fix 5 printers by hitting them. 9.0%
Maybe you should try something else? $1,000,000 in the bank. 7.8%
The Stuart Morton Award for Purpleness Make your office PC as purple as possible. 7.8%
Majority Shareholder Buy 51% of the company stock from Uncle Tim. 7.8%
Amazonian Get more than 50 items in a single delivery. 7.6%
Work ethic 101 Complete 200 jobs in a single playthrough. 7.6%
Calling in Sick Skip work 7 days in a row. 7.6%
Lead by example Get a score of 10000 on your office PC. 7.0%
Stars in your eyes (maybe try squinting) Add loads of lighting to your office PC. 6.8%
Customer's ALWAYS right. Get a 5 star rating. 6.8%
Building momentum Get to level 18. 6.5%
Owner Buy all of the company stock from Uncle Tim. 6.5%
Esports DLC: Remember Me Get your first gift from a player 6.4%
Esports DLC: Race to the Top Get your team to the top of the league! 6.2%
Treat yourself - RAM Install 128GB of RAM in your office machine. 5.2%
Hot TikkIT Complete 25 tickets yourself. 4.9%
Getting your feet wet Custom water cool your office PC. 4.9%
Mr big business Get to level 24. 4.6%
Making Money Sell a spare PC. 4.3%
Treat yourself - CPU Install a Threadripper CPU in your office machine. 4.1%
1920x1080 Install a Threadripper 1920x and a GTX 1080 or GTX 1080ti. 4.0%
Feeling Lucky...? Buy a Mystery Parts Pack from Uncle Tim's Bargain Basement. 4.0%
Esports DLC: Room to Grow Move into a bigger workshop 4.0%
Esports DLC: Friends in High Places Complete a side-job for the CEO 3.8%
Mister Big Get to level 30. 3.8%
Growth Strategy Upgrade to a bigger workshop. 3.6%
Golden TikkIT Complete 50 tickets yourself. 3.5%
So you're the reason why the prices are so high? Have 100 GPUs in your inventory. 3.5%
Blow 'em away Get a score of 20000 on your office PC. 3.5%
Retail Therapy Purchase an item from the DEKOR catalogue. 3.3%
Esports DLC: Hardware Conflict Play against a company you previously worked for 3.3%
Treat yourself - GPU Install a GTX 1080Ti in your office machine. 3.2%
Esports DLC: Clean Sweep Deal with a disaster in the Arena in 120 seconds or less 3.0%
Esports DLC: Setup Wizard Set up your whole team in the Arena in 120 seconds or less 3.0%
Esports DLC: Playing Favourites Receive 20 Likes from a single player 2.9%
Wow, you really like PCs Complete 500 jobs in a single playthrough. 2.9%
Going loopy Create a water cooling loop with 5 or more radiators. 2.9%
Stop it Make a PC with full tower case, AIO cooler, at least 1 RGB fan, Maximum RAM supported for the motherboard, any 1080 Ti (or even SLI), but use a Celeron. 2.9%
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained Buy 15 different Mystery Parts Packs from Uncle Tim's Bargain Basement. 2.7%
Esports DLC: Living the Dream Move into the elite workshop 2.6%
Esports DLC: Collector's Item Receive a signed gift 2.3%
Wow to build a PC! Get through HBPC mode in less than 150 seconds. 2.3%
Sitting on a fortune Have inventory worth $200,000 in career mode. 2.3%
Side Hustle Sell 10 PCs. 2.3%
TikkIT Master Complete 100 tickets yourself. 2.1%
Esports DLC: Team Player Work for every available company 2.1%
Esports DLC: Modest Collection Get 10 gifts from players 2.1%
Executive Suite Upgrade to an even bigger workshop. 2.1%
Esports DLC: Repair Rookie End your career with a bronze watch 2.1%
Esports DLC: PC Pro End your career with a silver watch 2.1%
Weeeee! Play on the slide. 2.0%
PCBS Fit Adventure Help launch the hit new game, Yoga Simulator. 2.0%
Esports DLC: Top Tier Technician End your career with a gold watch 2.0%
Esports DLC: System Failure Lose a match 1.8%
Esports DLC: Stable Configuration Stick with the Vandals through your entire career 1.8%
Hasta La Vista, Baby. Get to the year 2029. 1.7%
Hoarder Have every possible part in your inventory. 1.7%
Esports DLC: Emoji Whizz Send 100 emoji 1.7%
Reunion Tour Get Mangled Cabbage back together again for one last concert. 1.7%
Esports DLC: Serious Collector Get 15 gifts from players 1.5%
Esports DLC: The Complete Set Get all 26 gifts from the players 1.5%
Money to Burn Purchase 25 different items from the DEKOR catalogue. 1.5%
Esports DLC: Purist's Playthrough Complete the game without ticking any of the Difficulty Settings. 1.5%
Tim 2.0 Sell 20 PCs. 1.5%
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Play on the slide 3 times. Don't you have work to do? 1.5%
Matchmaker Play cupid for two sweethearts on the HypeReach project. 1.4%
Employee of the Month Complete all story jobs by yourself or with Natalia's help. 1.2%

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