Architect Life: A House Design Simulator

Architect Life: A House Design Simulator

Released Jun 2025

Create dream homes! From 3D plan modelling through to on-site decision-making, you must bring each project to life while giving free rein to your creativity, to take your architectural firm to the pinnacle of the profession.

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Evaluation

Architect Life: A House Design Simulator launched on June 19, 2025. All three DLC packs listed on the store — the Architect's Home Office Pack, the Sketch House Pack, and the Hobbies Pack — were released on launch day as part of the Supporter/Deluxe Edition bundle. No additional DLC has been announced or listed as unreleased. Following launch, the developer posted a thank-you message on June 30, 2025, stating they were reading feedback and preparing bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements. A stability patch followed on July 16, 2025. These communications focused on polish and fixing launch issues rather than announcing any new content. No roadmap, expansion plans, or future DLC have been communicated since release. The game has no history of post-launch major content drops — it launched as a complete package, with all listed DLC shipping on day one. The developer's post-launch communications describe maintenance work only, and the most recent developer post is dated July 16, 2025. There is no outstanding content commitment from the developer.
Evidence
Game launched on June 19, 2025. All three DLC packs (Architect's Home Office, Sketch House Pack, Hobbies Pack) released simultaneously at launch as part of the Supporter/Deluxe Edition.
news post · Jun 19, 2025 source content shipped
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Architect's Home Office DLC released on launch day, June 19, 2025.
dlc listing · Jun 19, 2025 source content shipped
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Content

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Details

Developer
Publisher
Nacon
Achievements
30
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game


Create dream homes! From 3D plan modelling through to on-site decision-making, you must bring each project to life while giving free rein to your creativity, to take your architectural firm to the pinnacle of the profession.

In Career mode, you set up your own architectural firm and take on the responsibility of managing a huge variety of contemporary home building projects from start to finish, through a series of key stages:

  • FIRST FIX – Model the walls, rooms, roofs, doors, windows, balconies, etc. according to the customer’s requirements, the terrain, the allocated budget and your creative ideas
  • SECOND FIX – Select the floor, wall and roof coverings to maximise the project’s personal touch, and then install the home’s heating systems to ensure a comfortable temperature even in winter
  • OUTDOORS – Swimming pools, garages, verandas and more, to wow your clients before they even have the time to walk through the front door!
  • LAYOUT – Get the most from every room through judicious placement of the key furniture, to enable your buyers to picture themselves in their future home
  • DECORATION – An option for the most creative players who want to try their hand at decorating their house down to the finest details, from a candle on a chest of drawers to the exact placement and colour of the cushions on the sofa!
  • CONSTRUCTION – Select the subcontractors according to your remaining budget, and supervise the site, while being ready to react to chance events – after all, construction work is notorious for never going exactly to plan!

Once the construction phase is complete, explore your home with the first-person view! Change the position of the sun to admire the rooms’ performance in different lights, and admire your creations in sublime rustic, urban or mountain landscapes.

Make the most of your vast creative freedom with a wide variety of materials, structures and items, and above all innovative construction tools which enable you to design your buildings with precision, from the shape of each room to detailed roof drawings.

Houses on stilts, green energies, more eco-friendly walls and partitions, etc. Boost your skills with every mission in Career mode and unlock new specialities, to take on ever more innovative home building projects!

Don’t feel like accommodating customer demands, limited budgets and the laws of physics? Or alternatively, are you eager to create your own personalised missions? Then free mode is just what you need! Choose your parameters with or without constraints, select a biome and one of the 60 available terrain types, then let your creativity run wild.

Of course, some aspects of the architect’s profession have been simplified – otherwise it would be impossible to play without undertaking many years of study beforehand! The game is intended to be accessible to the general public, and we hope that all players, whether they are simulation, design or architecture fans, will really enjoy taking on the challenges of Architect Life and expressing their creativity.

Last evaluated Jun 25, 2026
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