
Architect Life: A House Design Simulator
Release Date: June 5, 2025
Simulation, FPP, economic, construction, indie games, singleplayer
A simulation game about designing various houses and overseeing how they're built. Architect Life: A House Design Simulator allows us to become the titular architect. We can decide on things like the room layout and how they're furnished. It's also possible to view our finished projects from the first person perspective.
Architect Life: A House Design Simulator is a simulation game that allows us to test ourselves in the role of an architect overseeing the creation of houses - from the foundations to the final decorations. This product was developed by the French studio Shine Research, which creates not only video games, but also applications and tools for developers. The company Nacon took care of its release.
Gameplay
In Architect Life: A House Design Simulator, everything related to designing houses rests on our shoulders. The whole process was presented in a somewhat simplified way, so that a degree in architecture is not required to play the game.
Designing houses
We start the fun by designing the future house from scratch, deciding on the placement of doors, windows and balconies, as well as the layout of the rooms. Next, we can choose the finish for the floors and walls, and decide on the type of heating that will be installed.
Additionally, if we have enough space, we can expand the house with a garage, veranda or swimming pool. We have nothing left to do but choose furniture for each room and fill them with various decorations.
Construction and final effect
After successfully completing the house design phase, we can hire subcontractors who will realize our plans. Given that the construction process is often full of surprises, we must be prepared to face unexpected problems.
When everything is already done, we can walk around the house we designed ourselves and view it from the first person perspective (FPP). Different landscapes can spread out beyond his windows and the game also allows us to decide on the position of the sun.
Campaign and free mode
In Architect Life: A House Design Simulator we can test ourselves in a story campaign, where we run our own architectural firm. Throughout subsequent missions, we improve our architectural skills, designing not only classic buildings, but also stilt houses and environmentally friendly structures using eco-friendly solutions.
There is also a free mode, where we can decide what restrictions will be imposed on us (or completely turn them off), choose a biome and terrain formation, and then proceed to stress-free designing.
Videos and Screens
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Architect Life: A House Design Simulator Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X/S
Developer: Shine Research
Publisher: Nacon / Bigben Interactive
Age restrictions: none
Architect Life: A House Design Simulator System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core i7-2600 / AMD FX-8350, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 4 GB GeForce GTX 760 / Radeon RX 560, Windows 10 64-bit
Recommended: Intel Core i5-4570 / AMD Ryzen 3 1300X, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 8 GB GeForce RTX 2070 Super / 16 GB Radeon RX 6900 XT, Windows 10 64-bit