PDR SIMULATORPAINTLESS DENT REPAIR

The paintless dent repair simulator

Read the board.
Push it straight.

Read the line board, pick the right rod or glue tab, and push dents out without touching the paint. Learn the craft step by step, practice on endless dents, and grow a home garage into your own dent shop.

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  • PC · Steam
  • Single-player
  • Arcade & Realistic
Dent
Paint

The same dent type and seed always makes the same dent, so you can share it.

Auto technician
Speed
Deepest low−0.00 mm
Highest high+0.00 mm
Straight0%
Pushes · taps0 · 0

Made for everyone who loves PDR

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.

01

The satisfying part, done by you

Every ring that shrinks and every stripe that snaps straight is yours. No skipping ahead to the reveal: you read it, you push it, you watch it come up.

  • Live line board reflections
  • Rings that shrink
  • Stripes that snap straight

The main skill

Read the board

Just like the real thing, the line board's stripes reflect in the paint and bend around the damage. Reading that pattern is the main skill of the game, and it gets sharper the more you play.

Drag the slider and watch the same spot go from high to deep low.

  • HighStripes bulge outward around it. Tap it down with the knockdown.
  • StraightLines run clean and parallel. That's the goal.
  • LowLines pull in toward the dent. Push it up from behind.
  • Deep lowThe reflection folds and swirls into rings. Start at the edges.

Real tools, real technique

Push. Tap. Pull. Heat.

From rods behind the panel to a full glue-pull setup, every tool works the way a technician uses it, and every one can make things worse in the wrong hands.

Rods

Push from behind the panel. You control the pressure, and you feel it when you push too far.

Knockdown

Taps down the highs you made. Light, precise strikes, one at a time.

Glue pulling

Clean, 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. Warm the panel so it moves instead of cracking.

Trim tools

Get access. Pop the clips and trim off to reach the back of the dent.

PAINT SIDE BEHIND THE PANEL
Watch the metal: flex, set, overpush, knock down
FLEX
springs back SET
0.00 mm

The panel sits 1.00 mm low.

Simulated metal

Every panel is simulated

The metal flexes while you push and keeps only what goes past its limit, so pressure and patience matter.

  • 01
    Flex. A light push bends the panel, then it springs right back.
  • 02
    Set. Push past the limit and the metal moves for good. That's the repair.
  • 03
    Overpush. Too far and you leave a high, stretch the metal or crack the paint, and the customer will see it.

Glue pulling, start to finish

When you can't get behind it, pull it

Learn it step by step

Training in three chapters

Every lesson is a real repair on the bench. Then practice on free-play dents as often as you like.

CHAPTER 01

The tools

Rods, knockdowns, glue tabs, lifters, slide hammer, heat gun and trim tools: what each one does and when to reach for it.

CHAPTER 02

The materials

Mild steel, high-strength steel, aluminum and plastic. Same dent, four different ways to get it wrong.

CHAPTER 03

The dents

Dings, creases, large soft dents, hail, body lines and braces. Learn the order of work for each.

Stuck? Press "Show me"

A technician demonstrates the move on the same dent, then hands the tools back to you.

TRAINING
In the game · Mode

Arcade

  • The metal gets a helping hand when you push in the right direction.
  • Great for learning and for a relaxing session.
In the game · Mode

Realistic

  • Nothing but your eyes and your tools.
  • Overpush is on you. So is cracked paint.

A dent for every day

The job board never runs dry

Every job is a new combination of damage, panel, metal, paint and weather, so there's always another dent waiting.

Damage

  • Door dings
  • Creases
  • Large soft dents
  • Hail damage
  • On body lines
  • Behind braces

Metal

Panels

  • Doors
  • Roofs
  • Hoods
  • Fenders
  • Bumpers
  • Every paint color

Conditions

  • Hot days
  • Cold mornings
  • Flickering lights
  • Picky owners
  • Bargain hunters
  • The clock

From the garage to your own shop

Start small. Get paid for quality.

  1. Home garage

    A budget kit, flickering lights and a cold floor. Everyone starts somewhere.

  2. Take the work

    Pick 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.

  3. Grow the business

    Upgrade to pro and master tools, service them before they wear out, keep up with rent and bills, and move into bigger, better shops.

  • Tool wear & servicing
  • Rent & bills
  • Tips & haggling
  • Reputation
Job boardTODAY

Example jobs for illustration. In the game the board fills itself every day.

Hall of Fame

The best shops, ranked

Every shop that chooses to share its numbers lands on two public boards at pdrsimulator.com, and the very best garages can be visited from inside the game.

  • Overall repair scoreThe average across every repair a shop has done. It takes 50 repairs to qualify, so one lucky dent won't do it.
  • Richest shopThe cash a career has earned. Each technician is ranked by their best shop.
  • Private until you shareScores, your garage and a public profile page are all off until you switch them on.
Open the Hall of Fame Top 10
Top 5

    The boards fill up as soon as the game is out. Your shop could be the first name here.

    See the top 100 →

    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 color. Try a finish on the left.

    Some props do real work:

    • LED stripsStop the flicker that hides your lows.
    • Space heaterFights the cold so the paint doesn't crack.
    • Line boardsThe board on your wall can become your working board.

    See it move

    Straight from the bench

    Trailer coming soon
    Clip coming soon
    01Read the board
    Clip coming soon
    02Rod push, live
    Clip coming soon
    03Job to payday
    Clip coming soon
    04Decorate your shop

    Features

    What's in the box

    • 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
    • A public Hall of Fame: overall repair score and richest shop
    • Visit the garages of the top shops
    • Advertising to bring in more and better-paying customers

    PDR Simulator: Paintless Dent Repair

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    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.

    Questions

    FAQ

    What is PDR?

    Paintless dent repair: pushing dents out from behind the panel, or pulling them with glue tabs, so the factory paint never needs touching. Technicians read the dent in the reflection of a striped line board.

    Do I need to know anything about dent repair?

    No. The training course starts from zero, with a "Show me" button in every lesson. Arcade mode gives the metal a helping hand while you learn.

    I'm a working tech. Is it accurate?

    The line board reflection and the metal behavior are simulated, not animated, so highs, stretch and cracked paint come from what you actually did. It's still a game, and feedback from real technicians is very welcome: get in touch.

    Can it replace real training?

    No. 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.

    Where can I learn the controls?

    The How to play page covers the repair loop, every tool, the career and the decorating editor.

    How does the Hall of Fame work?

    Shops that share their scores appear on two boards: the overall repair score (the average over every repair, from 50 repairs up) and the richest shop. Sharing is off until you turn it on in the game, and you can turn it off again at any time. See the Hall of Fame.

    What platforms?

    PC, on Steam.