Model Builder: Complete Edition
Skip · Strategy · 2022
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 36, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 17.6h
- Value
- $1.14/hr
- Reviews
- 74% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, 4GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050Ti / AMD Radeon RX 570, or higher, 20 GB of storage. Windows only.
Become a master model maker in the Complete Edition of this beloved crafting simulator, featuring all DLCs. Assemble, customize and display your creations, whether you’re a veteran or a novice. Get building, and get creative!
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
June 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $3.99. 29 discounts in the 5 years on record. They run about 50 percent off, roughly 8 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 35 percent on value. It is pricier than 90 percent of its genre. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Flyout ($19.99, scores 40) and Sprocket ($19.99, scores 51) both outscore it.
This site sampled 572 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 10 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written February 2022 to September 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 7 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 2,725 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 711 have a larger share. In its first 30 days on sale, 2 of 105 sampled reviews came from refunders. Inside the two-hour refund window, 64 percent of the 326 reviews written there were positive, against 74 percent overall, and those are 31 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
90% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
1 players online when we last checked, on Sep 29, 22:50 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
The game idea seems nice. I like to build models, but since I don't have space now, building them digitally seemed a good alternative. But the bugs totally broke the game. Got stuck in one mission in the carreer mode and can't get past it, not even if I reload an old save game. It just don't track the mission and, even if I finish the model, I can't finish the project. Tried a lot of things but none worked. New...
Played it for 2 hours before saving for another time. Now the game doesn't get past the "In partnership with" screen without crashing. Tried verifying files, deleting ini, but nothing helps. The game itself is as tedious as real life building, but with how the devs have left the crash bug for years without a response, better skip this even with a discount.
While a decent idea the game has the most frustrating controls. It is almost like this was made for Tablets. Everything defaults to "Pen pressure controls" strength or size. The masking tools will make you want to punch your screen. Just some horrible UX/UI choices made here. With the Dev team dropping it cold turkey in this unpolished state I will pass on their other games. The model selection is extremely limited...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
Model Builder: Complete Edition scores 36/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1164250/model-builder-complete-editionReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 1.
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