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Disney•Pixar Cars 2: The Video Game cover art

Disney•Pixar Cars 2: The Video Game

Avalanche Software · Disney · 2014-10-06

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ActionAdventureRacing

Franchise: Cars, Disney, Pixar · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Jul 22, 2011 (Wii), Jun 21, 2011 (iOS), Jun 21, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 21, 2011 (Mac), Jul 22, 2011 (PlayStation 3), Jun 23, 2011 (Xbox 360)

Inspired by the Disney•Pixar animated film, Cars 2: The Video Game lets players jump into the Cars 2 universe with some of their favorite Cars personalities in exotic locations around the globe.

Disney•Pixar Cars 2: The Video Game is a 2014 Action, Adventure and Racing game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 1384 reviews).

14
playing now
78%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Cars 2 is a 2011 racing game based on the 2011 film of the same name. It is the sixth video game in the Cars franchise, following Cars Race-O-Rama (2009). Originally announced at E3 2011, the game was released by Disney Interactive Studios on all major platforms in North America on June 21, 2011, three days before the film itself released nationwide and internationally, and in Australia two days later. The game was released in Europe on July 22, 2011. Versions for the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Portable were released later that year on November 1 and November 11, respectively. The game features an array of Cars characters competing in spy adventures, as well as racing. The game received positive reviews from critics.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 144 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 35k–83k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,384 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.56 at AllYouPlay (2020-11-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 16 of 29 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
434320172026Week of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2622026-09-15 00:00 — 11 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 14 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 18 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 26 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 11 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 14 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 18 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
162Oct 2014Aug 2026Oct 2014 — avg 2 · peak 10Feb 2015 — avg 3 · peak 13Jun 2015 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2015 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2016 — avg 3 · peak 12Jun 2016 — avg 2 · peak 10Oct 2016 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2017 — avg 3 · peak 14Jun 2017 — avg 4 · peak 15Oct 2017 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2018 — avg 6 · peak 18Jun 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2018 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2019 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2019 — avg 4 · peak 11Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 11Feb 2020 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2020 — avg 7 · peak 16Oct 2020 — avg 5 · peak 15Feb 2021 — avg 8 · peak 22Jun 2021 — avg 6 · peak 21Oct 2021 — avg 6 · peak 17Feb 2022 — avg 8 · peak 22Jun 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Oct 2022 — avg 6 · peak 17Feb 2023 — avg 14 · peak 54Jun 2023 — avg 8 · peak 21Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Feb 2024 — avg 8 · peak 23Jun 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21Oct 2024 — avg 9 · peak 20Feb 2025 — avg 14 · peak 48Jun 2025 — avg 9 · peak 26Oct 2025 — avg 10 · peak 28Feb 2026 — avg 16 · peak 60Jun 2026 — avg 9 · peak 25Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 24
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$23.31$3.872015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $12.142015-07-05 — best price $19.742016-02-12 — best price $19.992017-01-09 — best price $16.532017-10-07 — best price $4.902018-02-27 — best price $16.592018-10-04 — best price $20.832019-06-27 — best price $4.952020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-10-12 — best price $4.442021-04-01 — best price $4.342021-12-28 — best price $4.992022-06-09 — best price $15.952022-08-24 — best price $4.192022-10-08 — best price $15.952022-12-06 — best price $15.952023-01-24 — best price $17.592023-04-17 — best price $17.992023-06-23 — best price $4.192023-10-12 — best price $4.182023-12-21 — best price $4.192024-02-25 — best price $15.952024-04-20 — best price $4.152024-06-14 — best price $15.952024-08-19 — best price $4.092024-10-08 — best price $15.952024-12-16 — best price $17.992025-02-12 — best price $15.952025-04-08 — best price $15.952025-05-14 — best price $15.952025-07-13 — best price $15.952025-08-27 — best price $15.952025-10-27 — best price $19.992026-02-02 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

138572026-05-31 — 76 pageviews2026-06-04 — 99 pageviews2026-06-08 — 69 pageviews2026-06-12 — 88 pageviews2026-06-16 — 101 pageviews2026-06-20 — 107 pageviews2026-06-24 — 110 pageviews2026-06-28 — 98 pageviews2026-07-02 — 78 pageviews2026-07-06 — 93 pageviews2026-07-10 — 84 pageviews2026-07-14 — 63 pageviews2026-07-18 — 87 pageviews2026-07-22 — 97 pageviews2026-07-26 — 98 pageviews2026-07-30 — 72 pageviews2026-08-03 — 94 pageviews2026-08-07 — 83 pageviews2026-08-11 — 80 pageviews2026-08-15 — 68 pageviews2026-08-19 — 57 pageviews2026-08-23 — 86 pageviews2026-08-27 — 92 pageviews2026-08-31 — 84 pageviews2026-09-04 — 100 pageviews2026-09-08 — 114 pageviews2026-09-12 — 112 pageviews2026-09-16 — 85 pageviews2026-09-20 — 109 pageviews2026-09-24 — 74 pageviews2026-09-28 — 92 pageviews2026-10-02 — 85 pageviews2026-10-06 — 78 pageviews2026-10-09 — 75 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Danish, Finnish…

Player tags

FunnyActionRacingAdventureDifficultPoliticalConspiracyOpen WorldStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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