Read the line board reflections, pick the right rod or glue tab, and push dents out without touching the paint. Start with a budget kit in your home garage, take jobs from the board, and build your own dent repair shop. Push too hard and you'll crack the paint.

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Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“The game is mostly finished but needs important development with players feed back.
Major updated will come as they are ready.
-Full vehicle bodies, more shop decoration, shop problems even disasters will be added with the updates. With your players feedback and help ofcourse.
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Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“Planning to develop the new features and updates will take about 6-9 months.
Hoping to finish before Next fest in 2027.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“-Full vehicle bodies : Instead of vehicle parts/panels full vehicle will drive into garage.
-More shop decoration and tool items: I will add more items to decorate your shop.
-More shop problems : Light will go off, tools will break, theft and other events to fix.
-Natural disasters : Flood, storm, earthquakes will damage shop and your job. ”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“It has full playability with many damaged vehicle panels and variations, some shop problems and fixes available right now. You can decorate your garage with some furniture and objects already. So mostly mechanics are finished working.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“Depending on feedbacks and requirement price might go up on final release to reflect new cost of extra development. Early access players keep what they have and get everything to come with no cost. ”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“I will communicate with comments and will have a discord channel for discussion and feedback. ”
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Planned Release Date: Nov 12, 2026

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About This Game

You've watched it a hundred times. Now do it yourself.

A crumpled door, a line board, a technician working from behind the panel until the reflection runs perfectly straight. PDR Simulator puts the tools in your hands. Read the board, choose your tool, push, check, push again, and watch the dent disappear without touching the factory paint.

Made for everyone who loves PDR

  • If you watch PDR videos, this is the satisfying part, done by you. Every ring that shrinks and every stripe that snaps straight is yours.

  • If you're learning the trade, practice reading the board and working in the right order: edges before the center, small pushes, knock down your highs. Make the expensive mistakes here, not on a customer's car.

  • If you already do this for a living, it's the craft you know, with real consequences. Over push and you get a high, rush and you crack the paint, and aluminum won't forgive you. Show your apprentice how it's done, or see how fast you can clear the board.

  • If you just like a good job sim, start with a budget kit in your home garage and build your own shop, one dent at a time.

Read the board

Just like the real thing, the line board's stripes reflect in the paint and bend around the damage. Lows pull the lines in, highs push them out, and a deep dent swirls them into rings. Reading that pattern is the main skill of the game, and it gets sharper the more you play.

Real tools, real technique

  • Rods push from behind and you control the pressure.

  • Knockdown taps down the highs you made.

  • Glue pulling from start to finish: clean the panel, glue the tab, let it cure, pull with a mini lifter or slide hammer, release with isopropyl.

  • Heat gun for cold paint and plastic bumpers, and trim tools to get access.

Every panel is simulated. The metal flexes while you push and keeps only what goes past its limit, so pressure and patience matter. Push too far and you'll leave a high, stretch the metal or crack the paint, and the customer will see it.

Learn it step by step

Training in three chapters: the tools, the materials and the dents. Every lesson is a real repair on the bench. Stuck? Press "Show me" and a technician demonstrates the move. Then practise on free-play dents as often as you like.

  • Arcade mode gives the metal a helping hand when you push in the right direction. Great for learning and for a relaxing session.

  • Realistic mode gives you nothing but your eyes and your tools.

A dent for every day

Door dings, creases, large soft dents, hail damage, dents on body lines and behind braces. Mild steel, high-strength steel, aluminum and plastic all behave differently. Doors, roofs, hoods, fenders and bumpers in every paint colour, on hot days and cold mornings. The job board never runs dry, so there's always another dent waiting.

From the garage to your own shop

Start at home with a budget kit, flickering lights and a cold floor. Take jobs from the board or turn them down, beat the clock, and get paid for the quality of your work. Picky owners tip for perfection; cheap ones haggle. Upgrade to pro and master tools, service them before they wear out, keep up with rent and bills, and move into bigger, better shops.

Make it your shop

Decorate in a full 3D editor: tool chests, shelves, lamps, LED strips, mats and more, placed exactly where you want them. Pour an epoxy floor in your colour. Some props do real work: LED strips stop the flicker, a heater fights the cold, and the line board on your wall can become your working board.

[CLIP: 04_decorate — decorating the garage and painting the epoxy floor]

Features

  • Line board reading that works like the real thing

  • Simulated metal: flex, set, highs, stretch and paint cracks

  • Rods, knockdowns, glue tabs, mini lifter, slide hammer, heat gun and trim tools

  • Steel, high-strength steel, aluminum and plastic panels

  • A training course with demonstrations, plus unlimited free practice

  • Arcade and Realistic modes

  • Endless jobs, customers and conditions

  • Career from home garage to your own shop, with tool wear, rent and bills

  • 3D shop decorating and epoxy floors

PDR Simulator is a game. It's great practice for reading the board and thinking through a repair, but it doesn't replace hands-on training with real tools on real panels.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Parts of the game’s code and shaders, the in-game text translations into other languages were written with the help of an AI assistant. The developer reviewed and tested this content.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel - AMD (2 GHz)
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: GTX 1050 Ti
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel - AMD (3 GHz)
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: GTX 1060 / RX 580
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