Interior and exterior designing games

While series creator Will Wright describes SimCity as " a guilt driven experience ," Curbed can only describe it as an experience that can inspire others to immerse themselves in interior design and cityscapes like never before. Those who play Calvino Noir must wander through complex rooms and towers enveloped in shadows that become illuminated when the player journeys through them.

With stunning visuals relying on architectural realism, this point-and-click adventure game, a game we previously christened " the ultimate architecture video game ," was inspired by the noir genre and and the works of 18th-century architect Charles de Wailly. Creator Dan Walters, an architect himself, told Wired that the visuals of the game were most influenced by architectural perspective drawings due to their "diagrammatic, sculptural quality.

New York City. This sweet, minimalist video game offers M. Escher-inspired puzzles built into structures that resemble Islamic minarets and Scottish castles. She wrote, "As I played along, I felt that the game's designers had, both intentionally and unwittingly, absorbed many lessons of modern architecture.

But I also came to feel that architects could learn a great deal from playing the game about how people move through space, about which options our instincts scream out against, and about impossible moves real buildings can only suggest. For those who may be intimidated to jump into the world of video games, UsTwo Director of Games Neil McFarland told Curbed that he wanted Monument Valley to be a game for non-gamers, a game with no punishment and no time limits.

Arguably the most famous video game on our list, Minecraft is an independent video game, which means that it was created by an individual without a video game publisher's financial support. Because this award-winning video game is a sandbox game, players are able to freely interact with the world without having to follow a restricting, linear format.

If there is one objective to the game, that is the player must create. While cubes may seem fairly simple as building blocks, players have been able to create massive structures that rival the complexity of real world architecture. The popular iOS and Android mobile game is the ultimate virtual home decor adventure—with a competitive twist.

Players can choose furniture and decor from real brands to design all kinds of rooms, and compete and vote in daily design challenges. If you fall in love with what you created virtually, you can also click to buy the pieces right from the app. Polygon ranked Gone Home as the Game of the Year. In this video game, the player follows the typical haunted house formula where the protagonist must explore a mansion she inherited from her late great-uncle, Oscar.

Inside, the player finds cassette tapes and notepads, postcards and letters, learning not only about the house's inner workings, but the inner inhabitants' secrets. In comparison to games like SimCity and Cities: Skylines, Gone Home might at first seem too simple and too singular; rather than create, the player instead discovers.

But what this game reminds us is that a single room can be powerful enough to move one's senses and emotions. In The Tenants players get the chance to become landlords, buying up old and ruined apartments, renovating them, finding suitable people to fill the properties, and taking charge of the day-to-day management.

The game is currently still in Early Access - meaning players could encounter some bugs - but it's due for a full release within the next year or so. Interior design is only part of the gameplay here, and players can decide what kind of landlord they want to be - the kind that puts in the latest, highest spec appliances or the sort that just throws on a new lick of paint and calls it a day - but it's a thoroughly enjoyable experience nonetheless.

Home Design 3D wasn't created with casual gaming in mind. In fact, it's a home design software allowing people to plan renovations in their own homes. But that doesn't mean that it isn't great fun.

In fact, once players get stuck in it can allow for huge amounts of imagination and creativity. It's a flexible tool with a realistic art style, perfect for those who want to stay away from anything highly stylized or cutesy. Players can create a 3D render of their own home to carry out hypothetical re-designs or let imaginations run wild to create the ultimate house of their dreams. Animal Crossing is a charming simulation game where players get to move to a quaint village populated by adorable anthropomorphic animals - but if that alone is not enough to get players hooked in, one of the biggest draws is the home building and customization aspect of the game.

In it, players can not only decorate their own home but find new clients to design for too. The style is definitely more cartoon-esque than realistic but there's plenty of inspiration online for players looking for interior design ideas and tips in AC:NH. Players who love a more cutesy art style are sure to fall for the mobile game Kawaii Home Design. The premise of the game is simple - the player's family runs a home decor showroom on the brink of bankruptcy, and it's up to the player to keep it afloat by doing interior design jobs for clients.

Kawaii Home Design has the added selling point of having no minigames or puzzles to complete, and there are even public polls where users can vote on each other's designs.

This might not be the kind of game that players think of when they're after an "interior design game" but anyone who has played Fallout 4 will agree that designing and building the settlements is one of the most fun parts of the game. Players get the opportunity to deck out their base with all manner of apocalyptic features, and there are more than a few places around the open world where a settlement can be built.

Outfits for a character can also be unlocked and public polls exist where other gamers can vote on whose showroom they think is the best. Everyone has an idea of what their dream home would look like if they had the unlimited funds to make it happen.

While these aspirations are usually unattainable, luckily this game exists to allow gamers to create it in the virtual world. Players will help wealthy clients realize their dreams as they flip, renovate, and redecorate various homes and rooms. Players are required to play match 3 levels that will grant them coins and allow them to unlock even more in-game rewards. This mobile game combines a love for word puzzles with interior design as players must complete them in order to earn better rewards.

Players can explore various renovation styles and deal with a wide variety of client requests. The game is updated often so there is always something new as it provides an endless supply of fun.

Players who are looking for a game without mandatory puzzles to solve will enjoy the relaxing atmosphere that this one has to offer. Players become an interior designer and are tasked with designing various rooms in order to improve their payment rate. It involves a voting system for the best designs, as well as daily challenges that players can partake in to improve their final designs.

The magic of this game is that it features actual brands of furniture that can serve as inspiration for a person's actual home. These pieces can even be bought online through the game and delivered right to their door. A player can partake in daily challenges where they are tasked with designing a room and there are plenty of ways to customize so they can make it their own.

When they reach a certain level gamers can unlock personal homes that they can decorate to their liking. If remodeling is a player's passion than they will love this game that features Chip and Joanna Gaines.

Players are responsible for buying houses and flipping them with limited funds in order to make a profit on the market.

They not only control the renovations but are also responsible for the buying process as well so they can attempt to obtain the best deal. This game isn't as realistic as some others on this list, but that doesn't make it any less fun to play. It doesn't involve solving puzzles in order to move onto the next levels, although, the cute designs entice players to become addicted to it. The game is constantly updated as they add new styles and pieces of furniture that players can't help but want for their own homes.

The last game to make it onto our list is none other than The Sims 4 , where players can live an alternate life in a virtual world.