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Car Manufacture

STEREO GAMES S.A. · PlayWay S.A. · 2024-08-01

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 01, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Car Manufacture is an automotive tycoon game. Start in the beginning of the XX century and create thriving business. Build cars, manage people, expand your plant and research new technology. Make tons of money and stay on top.

Car Manufacture is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy, and Early Access game released in 2024, priced at $11.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and Mixed sentiment (66% of 1415 reviews).

16
playing now
66%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 191 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~24/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (587 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 49,476 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 28k–64k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,415 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
45245220242026Week of 2024-08-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3352026-09-15 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 13 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 18 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 16 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 10 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 13 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 21 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 14 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 20 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 16 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 20 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 26 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 31 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
60111Aug 2024Aug 2026Aug 2024 — avg 601 · peak 2,536Sep 2024 — avg 142 · peak 392Oct 2024 — avg 73 · peak 221Nov 2024 — avg 82 · peak 190Dec 2024 — avg 124 · peak 268Jan 2025 — avg 82 · peak 194Feb 2025 — avg 97 · peak 459Mar 2025 — avg 41 · peak 109Apr 2025 — avg 30 · peak 67May 2025 — avg 26 · peak 73Jun 2025 — avg 29 · peak 80Jul 2025 — avg 35 · peak 106Aug 2025 — avg 29 · peak 93Sep 2025 — avg 24 · peak 72Oct 2025 — avg 20 · peak 53Nov 2025 — avg 19 · peak 117Dec 2025 — avg 29 · peak 110Jan 2026 — avg 21 · peak 60Feb 2026 — avg 15 · peak 39Mar 2026 — avg 14 · peak 32Apr 2026 — avg 11 · peak 41May 2026 — avg 12 · peak 27Jun 2026 — avg 30 · peak 86Jul 2026 — avg 29 · peak 66Aug 2026 — avg 27 · peak 69
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$11.992024-08-012026-08-272024-08-01 — best price $17.992024-08-15 — best price $19.992024-09-16 — best price $15.992024-09-23 — best price $19.992024-10-23 — best price $15.992024-11-06 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $15.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-06 — best price $15.992024-12-19 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-07 — best price $14.992025-02-21 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-10 — best price $13.992025-06-16 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $13.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-07-24 — best price $13.992025-08-07 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $13.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $11.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-20 — best price $11.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $11.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-13 — best price $11.992026-08-27 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

27 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch…

Player tags

3DFunnyRetroEconomySandboxBuildingRelaxingStrategyAutomationHistorical

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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