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Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 cover art

Car Mechanic Simulator 2014

Red Dot Games · PlayWay S.A. · 2014-01-24

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 24, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 24, 2014 (Mac)

Now you can own and operate your own auto repair service with PlayWay’s Car Mechanic Simulator 2014. Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 gives you the behind the scenes view of the daily dealings at local garages and dealership repair shops.

2
playing now
83%
positive of 5.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.83
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 is a simulation video game depicting the work of an automotive mechanic. It was released in January 2014 on for Windows and macOS, and for iOS and Android. The game has three sequels, Car Mechanic Simulator 2015, Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 and Car Mechanic Simulator 2021.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 75 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 129k–309k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,150 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$0.69-90%
Steam$0.83-88%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.48 at GamersGate (2021-12-26) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 18 of 42 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
464620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-08-06 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.502015-01-012026-08-212015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-03-28 — best price $11.402015-06-01 — best price $2.742015-08-07 — best price $3.492016-01-19 — best price $6.642016-02-13 — best price $6.642016-05-09 — best price $1.392016-10-28 — best price $0.692017-02-23 — best price $0.692017-07-17 — best price $6.992018-01-26 — best price $0.692018-10-15 — best price $0.692019-02-18 — best price $6.992019-08-22 — best price $0.702019-11-29 — best price $6.992020-01-27 — best price $6.992020-04-14 — best price $6.192020-07-09 — best price $6.992020-08-23 — best price $6.192020-10-24 — best price $6.992020-12-04 — best price $0.692021-01-28 — best price $6.192021-03-16 — best price $6.192021-05-04 — best price $6.992021-07-06 — best price $6.192021-10-11 — best price $6.192022-02-28 — best price $6.992022-09-24 — best price $4.772023-03-17 — best price $0.522023-12-13 — best price $0.582024-07-22 — best price $6.292025-05-01 — best price $0.692026-04-25 — best price $6.192026-08-21 — best price $0.69
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2302026-05-17 — 10 pageviews2026-05-20 — 1 pageviews2026-05-23 — 23 pageviews2026-05-26 — 12 pageviews2026-05-29 — 10 pageviews2026-06-01 — 8 pageviews2026-06-04 — 8 pageviews2026-06-07 — 14 pageviews2026-06-10 — 5 pageviews2026-06-13 — 2 pageviews2026-06-16 — 5 pageviews2026-06-19 — 4 pageviews2026-06-22 — 5 pageviews2026-06-25 — 11 pageviews2026-06-28 — 8 pageviews2026-07-01 — 10 pageviews2026-07-04 — 5 pageviews2026-07-07 — 10 pageviews2026-07-10 — 8 pageviews2026-07-13 — 7 pageviews2026-07-16 — 6 pageviews2026-07-19 — 6 pageviews2026-07-22 — 7 pageviews2026-07-25 — 2 pageviews2026-07-28 — 6 pageviews2026-07-31 — 3 pageviews2026-08-03 — 2 pageviews2026-08-06 — 4 pageviews2026-08-09 — 5 pageviews2026-08-12 — 0 pageviews2026-08-15 — 5 pageviews2026-08-18 — 10 pageviews2026-08-21 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, French, Dutch, Russian, Italian, German

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGIndieCasualPuzzleRacingStrategyEducationRealisticManagementSimulation

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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