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Demolish & Build 2017

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2016

Should you play it?

Become a boss of Demolition & Build company. Destroy small wooden huts and huge concrete buildings. Manage your workers. Invest earned cash in your own land properties and rent them for profit in open sandbox world. Use various hand tools, buy new machines and customize their parts.

What works

  • Relaxing and casual gameplay
  • Variety of vehicles and tools
  • Progression system with upgrades
  • Satisfying demolition mechanics
  • Good value on sale

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive and short campaign
  • Limited building creativity
  • Poor graphics and audio quality
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Some bugs and control issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Deconstruction Simulator

  • Deconstruction Simulator: Prologue

  • Demolition Company Gold Edition

  • Construction Simulator 2 US - Pocket Edition

  • Ship Graveyard Simulator 2: Prologue

  • Train Station Renovation

Less violent

Games that feels like Demolish & Build 2017 but with less combat and destruction

  • Gold Mining Simulator

  • Giant Machines 2017

  • House Builder

  • WW2 Rebuilder

  • Lumberjack's Dynasty

  • Recycling Center Simulator

More expressive

Games that feels like Demolish & Build 2017 but with more self-expression and customization

  • Instruments of Destruction

  • Teardown

  • Builder Simulator

  • Sunset Motel

  • Above Snakes

  • Gunsmith Simulator: Prologue

More social

Games that feels like Demolish & Build 2017 but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Construction Simulator 2015

  • RoadCraft

  • Construction Simulator

  • Out of Ore

  • Demolish & Build 2018

  • Hydroneer

More fantastical

Games that feels like Demolish & Build 2017 but with more imaginative fiction

  • Blossom: The Seed of Life

  • Disney•Pixar WALL-E

  • How to Make an Atomic Bomb in Your Garden

  • Asterix & Obelix XXL: Romastered

  • Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue

  • SteamWorld Build

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Demolish & Build 2017: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Exploration, Creativity, Story, Expression. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival.

Last update: 03/08/2026