Data Center
Server management simulation with manual cabling and visible network traffic
Waseku · Released Mar 31, 2026
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 76% of 1,002
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 73% of 67 in 30 days
- Players
- 54
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 2 weeks ago
- Oct 11, 2026
What is Data Center?
A building and management simulation set in a data center. You buy and arrange racks, servers, and switches to meet customers’ app requirements, earning money to expand and experience to unlock better hardware. Growing your reputation attracts more demanding clients, while aging equipment requires replacement and alternate network paths to keep services running.
For you if...
- +you enjoy organizing computer hardware and refining equipment layouts
- +you like incremental business growth through upgrades and contracts
Not for you if...
- −you expect a networking simulator with extensive technical depth
- −you dislike repeating hardware setup for new customers
What players say
76% of 1,002 reviews are positive · 73% of 67 in the last 30 days
Players praise cable routing, rack building, and the visible packet simulation. Recent reviews criticize connection bugs and cumbersome interactions, while some players also find progression poorly balanced.
Screenshots and trailer
Data Center system requirements
Minimum: GTX 960, 8 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Data Center?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10+
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 - 4670 or AMD equivalent
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GTX 960 or AMD equivalent
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 11 64 Bit
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 - 6600k or AMD equivalent
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GTX 1070 or AMD equivalent
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Does Data Center have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: co-op online. It also has a single-player mode.
Does Data Center run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 14
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish, Polish, Thai, Traditional Chinese.
Does Data Center use AI-generated content?
Yes. The developers disclose AI-generated content on the game's Steam page:
Some of the company logos and application logos in game are AI generated
The statement mentions: Art
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Simulation
- Automation
- Hardware
- Logic
- Job Simulator
- Incremental
- Management
- Economy
- Sandbox
- Time Management
- Resource Management
- Building
- Programming
- Science
- First-Person
- Strategy
Recent updates
- Oct 9, 2026 · 1.1.12 - New customer achievements and fixes
- Sep 3, 2026 · 1.1.9 - Design room and fixes
- Aug 6, 2026 · Fixes v1.1.8
- Aug 3, 2026 · ECMP number of paths choice, VLAN DENY as default choice v1.1.7
- Jul 30, 2026 · Evaluation real improvements, Co-op fixes, MacOS cloud sync v1.1.6
1 DLC available.