Comparison

Construction Simulator 3 vs Construction Excavator Game 3d

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Construction Simulator 3

Experience realistic construction work in a charming European setting. Take on diverse contracts, build and repair structures, and expand your fleet with officially licensed vehicles from top brands. Explore a new map and master challenging missions.

Highlights
  • Over 50 licensed vehicles
  • New cockpit view
  • Over 70 challenging contracts
  • Bridge construction missions
  • Explore a 3.2km² European map
  • Build and repair roads and houses
Features
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Discover an idyllic European town in the sequel to the popular Construction Simulator 2 and Construction Simulator 2014 with officially licensed vehicles by famous brands: Caterpillar, Liebherr, CASE, Bobcat, Palfinger, STILL, MAN, ATLAS, Bell, BOMAG, WIRTGEN GmbH, JOSEPH VÖGELE AG, HAMM AG and MEILLER Kipper. Take on diverse and challenging contracts. Build and repair roads and houses. Shape the skyline of your city and expand your vehicle fleet. Discover a completely new map and unlock new contracts and vehicles with your growing company. CONSTRUCTION SIMULATOR GOES EUROPE Explore a 3,2km² map, lovingly designed to resemble the idyllic Alpine foothills and play in three different districts: The village where you establish your company, a spacious industrial area and a modern town. Use the time between jobs to explore the freely drivable open world. BRAND NEW FEATURES: LIEBHERR LB28 & COCKPIT VIEW Enjoy the Liebherr LB28 drilling rig for bridge construction for stable and deep foundations during bridge construction and other exciting missions! Another feature long-awaited by many fans is the cockpit view. Now you can enjoy Construction Simulator 3 from the inside of every vehicle and get a first hand feel of what it's like to take control of epic machines! OVER 50 VEHICLES BY 14 BRANDS A huge amount of vehicles is waiting for you! Choose the right machine for every job: Take on the challenges of road works and refurbishments with machines by Caterpillar, BOMAG or WIRTGEN GmbH, VÖGELE AG and HAMM AG. Available for the first time: The E55 compact excavator or the T590 compact track loader from Bobcat will make earth moving a walk in the park! Get behind the wheel of the MAN TGX truck to visit your local gravel pit or supply store and discover new heights with the Liebherr 150 EC-B 8 tower crane. OVER 70 NEW CONTRACTS Prove your skills on the job: From small Bavarian style family homes to industry warehouses and skyscrapers - more than 70 challenging contracts demand all your skills and precision in Construction Simulator 3. Refurbish crumbling roads and use your large vehicle fleet to master every challenge. Shape the skyline of Neustein through your unique work! - Over 50 vehicles by 14 brands - New Cockpit view - Over 70 different contracts - Liebherr LB28 for e.g. bridge construction

About

Construction Excavator Game 3d

Operate heavy construction machinery like excavators and dump trucks in challenging off-road and steep hill climb environments. Experience realistic driving and rescue missions, testing your skills with various construction vehicles.

Highlights
  • Operate heavy machinery
  • Off-road and steep hill climb environments
  • Realistic driving controls
  • Rescue missions
  • Multiple camera angles
  • Realistic weather conditions
Features
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Welcome to the excavator games 2020 . It's Time to work with loader ops to become a real excavator operator and a construction worker on steep hill climb areas. This heavy excavator crane game will bring you real off-road challenging game play. In this game you have to operate heavy machinery in steep hill climb areas. Excavator game 2019 will offer you to drive your loader excavator and dumper truck to carry mud and stones from one place to another in order to clear road. In this heavy excavator crane game you will have to play role of crane operator or a loader and a dump truck driver in hilly off-road area. You may have played truck games, trailer driving games and loader simulator, but this excavator simulator is really challenging and really daring for the beginners. Use your pro skills of operating heavy machinery and enjoy amazing drive of excavator trailer rescue simulator on sharp hilly paths. Every child dreams about controlling heavy excavators and cranes. So this excavator simulator 2020 is best driver and parking simulator game for youngster, teenager, and mature people who love to play and controlling such machines. Sometimes we often come across natural catastrophes happening every now and then, there will always be casualties, effecties and also survivors. Why don’t you become a part of rescue excavator team off road drive adventure in this extreme dump truck driver. So get ready and use your unique skills of operating heavy machines to help some survivors in this excavator games 2020. It’s not some ordinary dump truck games , But you actually have to work on construction sites with huge construction machines like excavator crane and dumper truck. In truck driving simulator 2020 game you will have to test your driving and excavator operating skills on off-road construction areas if you can handle all kinds of construction machines and drive heavy machines with care, then this loader simulator game is for you. Features: • Amazing off road landscapes. • Smooth real trucks driving games controls. • sand excavator and loader extremely easy to handle. • Realistic weather condition, sunny day or raining. • Detailed interior. • Different camera angles, makes trailer parking a lot easier.

Screenshots

Construction Simulator 34 screens
Construction Excavator Game 3d4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Construction Excavator Game 3d at Free against Construction Simulator 3's $3.99. Construction Excavator Game 3d also leads on ratings volume (9.6K vs 1.1K). Construction Simulator 3's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 17 months). On rating, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Construction Excavator Game 3d is free to download; Construction Simulator 3 costs $3.99 up front. Construction Simulator 3 sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Construction Excavator Game 3d sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Construction Simulator 3 against 4.5 for Construction Excavator Game 3d. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Construction Excavator Game 3d has 9.6K ratings behind it against 1.1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Construction Simulator 3's written reviews are positive against 42% of Construction Excavator Game 3d's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Construction Simulator 3 ships an update fortnightly, Construction Excavator Game 3d every 17 months. Both last shipped on September 25, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Construction Simulator 3 versus Construction Excavator Game 3d: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConstruction Simulator 3Construction Excavator Game 3d
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (1.1K ratings)4.5 (9.6K ratings)
Positive reviews71.8% of reviews — better42.4% of reviews
Number of ratings1.1K9.6K — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 17 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#189 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.6 GB203 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerastragon Entertainment GmbHAsphalt Crack Studio Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Construction Simulator 3

All ratings1,107 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative8.4%
Written reviews869 reviews
Positive71.8%
Neutral12.4%
Negative15.8%

Construction Excavator Game 3d

All ratings9,577 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral6.1%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews85 reviews
Positive42.4%
Neutral8.2%
Negative49.4%

User reviews

Construction Simulator 3

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Best game
  • 🚀 Awesome and fun
  • 🚀 Great gameplay
  • 🚀 Realistic graphics
  • 🚀 Lots of content

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🔋 Drains battery
  • 🔒 No controller support
  • 🔒 Repetitive jobs

Construction Excavator Game 3d

From 9.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Best excavator game ever
  • 👍 Game is good
  • 😊 Fun
  • 👍 Nice skills game to play
  • 👍 The best game

Room to improve

  • 🤔 Not very realistic
  • 🐛 Bugs
  • 🤬 Terrible game
  • 🤯 Locks up my phone
  • 👎 Bad game to pay

Bugs and requests

Construction Simulator 3

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Vehicles getting stuck or flying into the air
  • Inability to load/unload materials properly
  • Missions not completing due to glitches
  • Saved game progress getting lost
  • In-app purchases not working

Requested features

9 requests
  • Multiplayer mode
  • More vehicles and equipment
  • Ability to get out of vehicles
  • Customization options
  • Larger map with more areas
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  • Demolition and mining jobs
  • Trailer for transporting smaller equipment
  • Weather effects like snow and rain
  • Traffic and road rules

Construction Excavator Game 3d

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Stuck on manual excavator level 5, can't get close enough to the lorry to drop the rocks
  • Invisible barrier in the way so you can't get loaded up

Requested features

2 requests
  • Interior camera and horn
  • Ability to listen to music while playing

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Construction Simulator 3

One-time5
  • Coin Pack 01$0.99
  • Coin Pack 02$1.99
  • Coin Pack 03$3.99
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  • Coin Pack 04$6.99
  • Coin Pack 05$22.99
7 purchases

Construction Excavator Game 3d

One-time7
  • 5,000 Coins$0.99
  • 10,000 Coins$1.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
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  • 20,000 Coins$2.99
  • Unlock All Levels$3.99
  • Unlock All Trucks$3.99
  • Unlock All Levels & Trucks$6.99

Questions

Is Construction Simulator 3 free?
Construction Simulator 3 costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Construction Excavator Game 3d free?
Construction Excavator Game 3d is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Construction Simulator 3 or Construction Excavator Game 3d?
Construction Simulator 3 and Construction Excavator Game 3d are both rated 4.5 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1.1K and 9.6K ratings respectively.
Do Construction Simulator 3 or Construction Excavator Game 3d have ads?
Construction Excavator Game 3d shows ads; Construction Simulator 3 does not.
Which is updated more often, Construction Simulator 3 or Construction Excavator Game 3d?
Construction Simulator 3 ships an update fortnightly, and Construction Excavator Game 3d every 17 months. Most recently, Construction Simulator 3 was updated on September 25, 2026 and Construction Excavator Game 3d on September 25, 2026.

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