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Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 cover art

Car Mechanic Simulator 2018

Red Dot Games · PlayWay S.A. · 2017-07-28

SteamEpic Games Store

RacingSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 25, 2019 (Xbox One), Jul 28, 2017 (Mac), Jul 28, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 25, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Jun 25, 2019 (Xbox Series X|S), Feb 15, 2019 (Nintendo Switch)

Build and expand your repair service empire in this incredibly detailed and highly realistic simulation game, where attention to car detail is astonishing. Find classic, unique cars in the new Barn Find module and Junkyard module. You can even add your self-made car in the Car Editor.

305
playing now
91%
positive of 57k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
twitch viewers (latest)
1.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
67/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (35 ratings)
44
Nexus mods (92k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

305 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 is a simulation video game developed by Polish studio Red Dot Games depicting the work of an automotive mechanic. It was released on July 28, 2017, for Microsoft Windows; in 2019 on February 15 for Nintendo Switch and June 25 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. A simplified version for mobile platforms was released in June 2018. It is the third game in the Car Mechanic Simulator series and was followed up by Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 in August 2021.

Trailer

Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 trailer thumbnail

Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 - Official Trailer

≈439,783 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 305 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,105 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~138/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 2,397 Racing games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4M–3.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 56,899 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.79 at Steam (2026-08-13) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 13 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.7k1.7k20182026Week of 2018-02-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 704 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 591 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 727 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,692 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,347 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,534 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 803 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,351 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,057 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,091 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 913 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,088 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 747 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 841 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 637 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,219 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 999 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,176 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 956 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 848 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 743 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 949 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 649 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 817 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 845 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 515 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8391942026-09-16 04:00 — 241 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 407 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 633 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 317 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 337 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 597 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 293 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 309 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 682 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 372 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 294 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 514 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 367 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 297 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 679 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 363 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 194 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 575 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 686 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 410 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 454 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 654 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 305 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.4k0Jun 2017Aug 2026Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 0Sep 2017 — avg 1,992 · peak 3,969Dec 2017 — avg 1,503 · peak 2,679Mar 2018 — avg 1,405 · peak 2,986Jun 2018 — avg 1,296 · peak 2,359Sep 2018 — avg 1,416 · peak 3,651Dec 2018 — avg 1,683 · peak 3,273Mar 2019 — avg 1,930 · peak 4,114Jun 2019 — avg 1,437 · peak 2,633Sep 2019 — avg 1,683 · peak 3,449Dec 2019 — avg 1,538 · peak 3,121Mar 2020 — avg 1,960 · peak 3,702Jun 2020 — avg 1,574 · peak 3,469Sep 2020 — avg 1,434 · peak 2,597Dec 2020 — avg 1,421 · peak 3,239Mar 2021 — avg 1,527 · peak 2,953Jun 2021 — avg 1,375 · peak 2,860Sep 2021 — avg 696 · peak 1,300Dec 2021 — avg 486 · peak 884Mar 2022 — avg 513 · peak 977Jun 2022 — avg 501 · peak 1,045Sep 2022 — avg 411 · peak 792Dec 2022 — avg 371 · peak 700Mar 2023 — avg 393 · peak 937Jun 2023 — avg 331 · peak 564Sep 2023 — avg 296 · peak 633Dec 2023 — avg 479 · peak 1,018Mar 2024 — avg 406 · peak 841Jun 2024 — avg 363 · peak 700Sep 2024 — avg 361 · peak 791Dec 2024 — avg 352 · peak 655Mar 2025 — avg 298 · peak 672Jun 2025 — avg 260 · peak 514Sep 2025 — avg 230 · peak 467Dec 2025 — avg 253 · peak 453Mar 2026 — avg 218 · peak 440Jun 2026 — avg 1,805 · peak 6,113Aug 2026 — avg 586 · peak 1,062
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
32322026-09-212026-10-152026-09-21: 32 new positive2026-09-21: 5 new negative2026-09-22: 6 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 2 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 5 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 3 new positive2026-09-25: 4 new negative2026-09-26: 5 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 9 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 5 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 6 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 10 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new negative2026-10-01: 8 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-02: 9 new positive2026-10-03: 8 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 1 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 2 new positive2026-10-06: 6 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 19 new positive2026-10-07: 8 new negative2026-10-08: 2 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 2 new positive2026-10-10: 5 new positive2026-10-11: 4 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 8 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 4 new positive2026-10-15: 3 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$0.002017-07-292026-08-142017-07-29 — best price $17.992017-12-11 — best price $15.992018-03-12 — best price $19.992018-07-17 — best price $15.992018-11-01 — best price $19.992019-01-04 — best price $19.992019-03-15 — best price $19.992019-07-18 — best price $9.002019-10-28 — best price $7.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-01-31 — best price $15.192020-06-29 — best price $19.592020-08-28 — best price $8.992020-11-06 — best price $7.992020-12-24 — best price $7.992021-03-01 — best price $19.992021-04-19 — best price $17.192021-06-24 — best price $7.592021-09-20 — best price $19.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-03-28 — best price $5.992022-06-23 — best price $4.992022-10-07 — best price $4.592022-12-22 — best price $3.992023-04-03 — best price $19.992023-08-18 — best price $2.992023-12-15 — best price $19.992024-03-04 — best price $1.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-10-27 — best price $1.992025-01-18 — best price $1.992025-06-27 — best price $1.992025-12-03 — best price $1.992026-04-15 — best price $1.992026-08-13 — best price $1.792026-08-14 — best price $1.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

176102026-05-13 — 23 pageviews2026-05-17 — 29 pageviews2026-05-21 — 134 pageviews2026-05-25 — 107 pageviews2026-05-29 — 82 pageviews2026-06-02 — 43 pageviews2026-06-06 — 48 pageviews2026-06-10 — 22 pageviews2026-06-14 — 29 pageviews2026-06-18 — 30 pageviews2026-06-22 — 33 pageviews2026-06-26 — 30 pageviews2026-06-30 — 21 pageviews2026-07-04 — 30 pageviews2026-07-08 — 26 pageviews2026-07-12 — 28 pageviews2026-07-16 — 22 pageviews2026-07-20 — 32 pageviews2026-07-24 — 26 pageviews2026-07-28 — 24 pageviews2026-08-01 — 22 pageviews2026-08-05 — 40 pageviews2026-08-09 — 27 pageviews2026-08-13 — 26 pageviews2026-08-17 — 38 pageviews2026-08-21 — 40 pageviews2026-08-25 — 18 pageviews2026-08-29 — 29 pageviews2026-09-02 — 19 pageviews2026-09-06 — 33 pageviews2026-09-10 — 19 pageviews2026-09-14 — 26 pageviews2026-09-18 — 13 pageviews2026-09-22 — 21 pageviews2026-09-26 — 24 pageviews2026-09-30 — 10 pageviews2026-10-04 — 15 pageviews2026-10-08 — 11 pageviews2026-10-12 — 13 pageviews2026-10-13 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

8002026-10-01 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 28 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-15 13:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
52.3%
earned "More than enough is too much"
7.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing21 DLC

17 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish…

Post-launch support: 21 DLC released, first 2017-07-28, latest 2022-05-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)24,0351%60

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RacingDrivingPhysicsSandboxBuildingCraftingModdableEducationRealisticOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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