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38+ hardware games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Singleplayer, Indie, Simulation, Software.

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  1. #1 Data Center
    74% matchMostly Positive77% of 705 reviews2026
    Developer: Waseku
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.1hMean: 7.8h≥1hr: 74%

    Build, cable, and automate. Assemble racks, servers, and switches, connect enough capacity for each app, earn money from processed data, and unlock gear and bigger customers with XP and reputation. Follow colored data packets as your center comes to life.

  2. #2 Computer Tycoon
    72% matchVery Positive85% of 1,000 reviews2017
    Developer: Progorion
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 4.9hMean: 16.4h≥1hr: 76%

    Computer Tycoon is a fairly complex Business Grand Strategy game about Computer Evolution. Start in the 70s, invent until 2034, create the best computer systems, upgrade your infrastructure, lead a team, and alter computer history! It is time to "Think Different"

  3. #3 Hardware Engineers
    71% matchVery Positive84% of 298 reviews2019
    Developer: Green127
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.3hMean: 6.5h≥1hr: 69%

    Hardware Engineers is a simulation game where you have to manage a IT business. In a world where technology expands every day, you will need to learn how to be competitive.

  4. #4 Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator
    65% matchVery Positive84% of 324 reviews2022
    Developer: Bigosaur
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.9hMean: 15.9h≥1hr: 82%

    Build rigs to mine Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrency. Trade on the market to grow wealth. Expand your business into new offices. Hire skilled employees and assign tasks. Use cash from your mega farms to research new technologies and reach the goal of each scenario.

  5. #5 Make Me LAG
    62% matchVery Positive93% of 251 reviews2020
    Developer: 4H StudioLab
    Platforms: Windows

    Make Me LAG is the first game that features a revolutionary new control scheme: your character actions are determined by the game frame count! Use external softwares and other tricks to lower the FPS count and control your character to defeat evil monsters and save the world!

  6. #6 PC Virtual LAB
    58% matchMostly Negative37% of 120 reviews2022
    Developer: XRAI LABPublisher: Universidad de Burgos
    Platforms: Windows

    PC Virtual Lab is a video game to improve learning in basic computer concepts.

  7. #7 PC Store Simulator
    54% matchMixed44% of 36 reviews2026
    Developer: CS Forge
    Platforms: Windows

    Run your own PC Store! Repair computers, build & sell custom PCs, purchase goods and stock shelves with all kinds of gaming equipment. Expand from a local shop to a giant tech store!

  8. #8 SysAdmin Odyssey - Back to the office
    53% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2026
    Developer: Molodoy-GameDev
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

    The SysAdmin simulator is a sandbox in which you can try on the role of a system administrator. Every new game day you will face different tasks and problems in the office where you work.

  9. #9 Head Tracker
    53% matchMixed54% of 26 reviews2026
    Developer: Yusuf Kurt
    Platforms: Windows

    Control games using only your head movements. This innovative virtual joystick application tracks your head using a webcam or external camera, allowing you to control in-game cameras with ease.

  10. #10 Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+
    50% matchVery Positive95% of 22,797 reviews2022
    Developer: SEGA
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 6.1hMean: 43.5h≥1hr: 88%

    Take center stage in Hatsune Miku’s premier rhythm game starring the world’s #1 virtual pop star! With a stunner setlist and enormous wardrobe to style, it’s Miku’s ultimate tour—all it needs is you.

  11. #11 PC Building Simulator
    50% matchVery Positive94% of 52,512 reviews2019
    Developer: Claudiu KissPublisher: The Irregular Corporation
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.8hMean: 38.2h≥1hr: 86%

    Build and grow your very own computer repair enterprise as you learn to diagnose, fix and build PCs. With real-world licensed components and comprehensive hardware and software simulation, you can plan and bring your ultimate PC to life.

  12. #12 Wireworks
    50% matchVery Positive89% of 393 reviews2026
    Developer: JJJ
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 2.5hMean: 5.1h≥1hr: 70%

    Design your defenses, build your module board, and manage your wires. Combine signals and create synergies to empower your weapons and survive in this base-defense roguelike auto-battler.

  13. #13 Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator Starter Edition
    50% matchVery Positive88% of 1,347 reviews2023
    Developer: Bigosaur
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 54mMean: 2.5h≥1hr: 47%

    Start in your bedroom in year 2010. Build rigs to mine Bitcoin, Ethereum and other crypto coins. Trade on the market to grow wealth. Expand your business into new offices. Hire skilled employees and assign tasks. Use cash from your mega farms to research new technologies.

  14. #14 Gamestonk Simulator: Gone Rogue
    50% matchVery Positive85% of 123 reviews2026
    Developer: simsum
    Platforms: Windows

    Gamestonk is the first roguelite shop simulator. Manage the last videogame store in town, keep up with the latest releases, trade smuggled retros, select your modifiers strategically, hire workers, and deal with pesky shoplifters.

  15. #15 Elevator Programmer
    51% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
    Developer: Alice Studio
    Platforms: Windows, Linux

    Learn programming by implementing an elevator through a guided tour

  16. #16 IT Specialist Simulator
    50% matchMostly Positive76% of 368 reviews2025
    Developer: Pixel Team RED
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.0hMean: 3.3h≥1hr: 73%

    Step into the world of IT! Diagnose network issues, manage servers, and repair devices while handling tasks under strict SLAs. Choose your career path, from HelpDesk to IT Project Manager. Develop real IT knowledge and climb the ranks in this realistic IT simulation!

  17. #17 HYPERVOX
    50% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
    Developer: Stagnant Water Games
    Platforms: Windows, Linux

    HYPERVOX is a music video game where players perform the vocal melody of songs. When notes reach the judgement line, press the corresponding key to hit the note and recreate the vocal melody in real-time. Aim for the highest score possible by hitting each note with precise timing and accuracy.

  18. #18 CPU Clicker
    50% matchNo user reviews0% of 4 reviews2026
    Developer: Valter Negreiros
    Platforms: Windows

    Click to generate cycles and power up your processor. Upgrade attributes to boost your production, push your CPU to its limits, and manage overheating before your system overloads and crashes.

  19. #19 Mawthorne
    50% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2022
    Developer: CrazyGroupTrio Games
    Platforms: Windows

    Explore the ancient underground of this strange, alien world in this metroidvania platformer! Navigate your way through 9 different areas of the underground and encounter powerful bosses that make you stronger, open paths, or alter other areas of the world!

  20. #20 OrbRider
    50% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
    Developer: Orbjeff LLC
    Platforms: Windows, Mac

    OrbRider makes indoor cycling fun! You ride and explore up to 7 different tracks and biomes as you take on multiple challenges, gather resources, and unlock new and undiscovered areas. Personal ANT+ USB hardware dongle and ANT+ enabled speed sensor or smart trainer equipment required.

  21. #21 Star Impact
    50% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2019
    Developer: Me Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac

    Star Impact screams with nostalgic gaming fun! Classic Vibes √ Challenging Platforming Indie Gameplay √ 80s Synth Soundtrack √ Play as Interstellar Pilot Stella Striker. Similar to great classics like Mario, Sonic, and Super Donkey Kong.

  22. #22 Last Farewell
    50% matchMixed68% of 79 reviews2022
    Developer: Flat Tail Studios ABPublisher: Flat Tail Studios AB
    Platforms: Windows

    Last Farewell is a Survival Co-op game where you are tasked to work together with others (or solo) in order to ensure your own survival for as long as possible. Gather supplies and craft during the day in order to protect yourself and the sanctuary, the Town Hall, during the night.

  23. #23 WAVER: A Typing Adventure
    50% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2021
    Developer: Buried Things
    Platforms: Windows

    WAVER is the world's greatest typing adventure game. Control a passionate crowd of 26 characters as they follow their favourite sports team around the world. Love your keyboard.

  24. #24 PC Creator - PC Building Simulator
    50% matchMixed65% of 218 reviews2021
    Developer: CREATY
    Platforms: Windows

    Try yourself as a PC builder and build your dream PC from 200+ real components!Complete different PC building and PC repair orders to upgrade your business: build a PC from zero, install popular OS', upgrade computers, install different programs and games, fix PC parts, and much more.

  25. #25 Evil Tag
    50% matchMixed67% of 867 reviews2017
    Developer: HFM Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.3hMean: 7.0h≥1hr: 86%

    Four teenagers have to pass the rite of student initiation. To do this, they must read a spell from the ancient book in the basement of the abandoned house and spend a night there. They thought it would be fun...

  26. #26 Hamstr Protocol
    50% matchNo user reviews2026
    Developer: MoonBag Studio
    Platforms: Windows

    From a single hamster wheel to a full bio-mining operation — set up rigs, manage heat, feed your runners, and turn HAM into real in-game profit. Expand your setup, optimize your operation, and never let the hardware overheat.

  27. #27 GuitarSesh
    50% matchNo user reviews
    Developer: SongCreatorVision
    Platforms: Windows, Mac

    A real-time guitar performance tracker that gamifies practice with visual feedback, career progression, and detailed analytics. Plug in any guitar, load tablature files (.gp3, .gp4, .gp5, .gpx, .gp), and watch your accuracy improve through data-driven insights and dynamic difficulty adjustment.

  28. #28 PC Versus
    50% matchNo user reviews
    Developer: IMPAKT Games
    Platforms: Windows

    PC Versus is the first ever Competitive PC Building game. Settle every 'my build vs your build' argument once and for all. Build the best rig, overclock for an edge, but push too hard and your build crashes. Free-to-play.

  29. #29 Highway Builder
    50% matchNo user reviews
    Developer: Detalion Games S.A.
    Platforms: Windows

    Manage a construction company and plan, build or repair highways around the globe in a realistic simulator - Highway Builder

  30. #30 Quadruped Match
    50% matchNo user reviews2024
    Developer: Lucas Fernandez
    Platforms: Windows

    Your quadruped robot has an incredible ability to navigate the most challenging terrains. Just give it a target, and win the race!

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