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Disney•Pixar Cars cover art

Disney•Pixar Cars

Beenox · THQ · 2015-02-24

Steam

AdventureRacing

Franchise: Cars · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 16, 2006 (Mac), Jun 06, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Play as Lightning McQueen, a rookie racecar looking to win fame and fortune at the Piston Cup Championship, in the video game adaptation of Disney•Pixar's Cars.

Disney•Pixar Cars is an Adventure and Racing game released in 2015, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 2910 reviews).

13
playing now
91%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Cars is a 2006 racing game published by THQ. The game is based on the 2006 film of the same name. It was released for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable in June 2006, with versions for the Xbox 360 and Wii released later that year. The Wii version includes functionality geared towards its Wii Remote controller and was a launch game for the system. Taking place after the events of the film, the game follows Lightning McQueen as he participates in the new racing season with his goal set on finally winning the Piston Cup. While doing so, he races and trains with the local community of Radiator Springs.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 187 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~23/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 28,764 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 73k–175k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,910 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 27 of 29 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
606020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3512026-09-15 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 12 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 22 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 13 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 13 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 35 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 21 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 24 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 14 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 15 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
210Mar 2015Aug 2026Mar 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 7Mar 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2016 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 11Mar 2017 — avg 2 · peak 11Jul 2017 — avg 4 · peak 15Nov 2017 — avg 2 · peak 12Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2018 — avg 2 · peak 14Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2019 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 16Mar 2020 — avg 7 · peak 24Jul 2020 — avg 7 · peak 17Nov 2020 — avg 10 · peak 41Mar 2021 — avg 11 · peak 38Jul 2021 — avg 12 · peak 39Nov 2021 — avg 11 · peak 42Mar 2022 — avg 10 · peak 34Jul 2022 — avg 12 · peak 41Nov 2022 — avg 10 · peak 32Mar 2023 — avg 13 · peak 38Jul 2023 — avg 12 · peak 40Nov 2023 — avg 11 · peak 37Mar 2024 — avg 16 · peak 54Jul 2024 — avg 15 · peak 39Nov 2024 — avg 10 · peak 33Mar 2025 — avg 12 · peak 39Jul 2025 — avg 12 · peak 30Nov 2025 — avg 9 · peak 23Mar 2026 — avg 13 · peak 35Jul 2026 — avg 13 · peak 42Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 27
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$3.562015-02-242026-07-092015-02-24 — best price $17.992016-02-05 — best price $4.992017-01-02 — best price $19.992017-08-08 — best price $19.992017-10-05 — best price $16.752018-02-27 — best price $16.592018-10-01 — best price $20.892019-01-03 — best price $19.992019-10-27 — best price $19.992020-05-05 — best price $31.912020-10-16 — best price $4.992021-01-30 — best price $19.992021-11-29 — best price $3.742022-01-27 — best price $5.992022-07-20 — best price $39.992022-11-11 — best price $4.392022-12-22 — best price $5.992023-02-26 — best price $17.992023-06-05 — best price $17.992023-08-07 — best price $4.192023-10-19 — best price $17.992023-12-21 — best price $4.192024-02-06 — best price $4.992024-03-15 — best price $39.992024-04-25 — best price $15.952024-05-31 — best price $4.022024-06-29 — best price $4.072024-08-30 — best price $15.952024-09-27 — best price $5.002024-11-01 — best price $4.392024-12-15 — best price $17.992025-01-22 — best price $5.002025-02-20 — best price $3.902025-04-17 — best price $17.992025-06-08 — best price $17.992025-07-28 — best price $15.952025-09-29 — best price $4.992025-11-20 — best price $39.992026-06-25 — best price $6.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k1902026-05-30 — 199 pageviews2026-06-03 — 301 pageviews2026-06-07 — 341 pageviews2026-06-11 — 229 pageviews2026-06-15 — 321 pageviews2026-06-19 — 339 pageviews2026-06-23 — 281 pageviews2026-06-27 — 387 pageviews2026-07-01 — 237 pageviews2026-07-05 — 304 pageviews2026-07-09 — 232 pageviews2026-07-13 — 240 pageviews2026-07-17 — 285 pageviews2026-07-21 — 234 pageviews2026-07-25 — 279 pageviews2026-07-29 — 218 pageviews2026-08-02 — 247 pageviews2026-08-06 — 224 pageviews2026-08-10 — 281 pageviews2026-08-14 — 214 pageviews2026-08-18 — 226 pageviews2026-08-22 — 218 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1,052 pageviews2026-08-30 — 330 pageviews2026-09-03 — 286 pageviews2026-09-07 — 441 pageviews2026-09-11 — 306 pageviews2026-09-15 — 250 pageviews2026-09-19 — 275 pageviews2026-09-23 — 254 pageviews2026-09-27 — 276 pageviews2026-10-01 — 210 pageviews2026-10-05 — 201 pageviews2026-10-09 — 190 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal

Where its players are

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

Player tags

CuteFunnyActionCombatRacingAdventureOpen WorldStory RichAtmosphericMultiplayer

Census log

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

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