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Disney•Pixar Cars Mater-National Championship cover art

Disney•Pixar Cars Mater-National Championship

Rainbow Studios · THQ · 2015-02-24

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Racing

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

Releases: Oct 29, 2007 (PlayStation 3), Oct 29, 2007 (Xbox 360), Oct 29, 2007 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Mater is holding a national race festival allowing racers from all around the world to challenge Lightning McQueen. Along with racing against the new characters, players can explore the world of Radiator Springs and Lightning McQueen's racing headquarters.

Disney•Pixar Cars Mater-National Championship is a Racing game released in 2015 for $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 611 reviews).

2
playing now
91%
positive of 611 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (0 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
5
Nexus mods (3.5k downloads)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Cars Mater-National Championship, or Cars Mater-National for short, is a 2007 racing game published by THQ for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance, and Wii. The game is the sequel to the Cars movie tie-in video game.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 40 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 2,371 Racing games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–37k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 611 total reviews — how this is computed.

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 13 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620172026Week of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
70Mar 2015Aug 2026Mar 2015 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2015 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2015 — avg 0 · peak 5Mar 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 13Nov 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 14Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 11Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$67.00$3.982015-02-242025-12-132015-02-24 — best price $17.992016-02-05 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $4.992017-08-07 — best price $19.992017-09-26 — best price $19.992018-02-19 — best price $19.992018-09-14 — best price $4.892018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-09-04 — best price $16.592020-01-30 — best price $17.192020-10-12 — best price $4.442021-01-22 — best price $4.372021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-04-15 — best price $4.982022-07-14 — best price $15.952022-08-24 — best price $4.192022-10-02 — best price $15.952022-10-27 — best price $17.992022-12-21 — best price $3.982023-03-03 — best price $15.952023-05-25 — best price $17.992023-07-24 — best price $19.992023-11-30 — best price $15.952024-01-25 — best price $3.992024-03-19 — best price $4.802024-05-09 — best price $15.952024-06-21 — best price $15.952024-08-12 — best price $4.802024-09-26 — best price $19.992024-11-24 — best price $4.902025-02-19 — best price $19.992025-06-10 — best price $15.952025-08-27 — best price $17.992025-11-10 — best price $4.082025-12-13 — best price $15.95
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

143512026-06-01 — 51 pageviews2026-06-05 — 62 pageviews2026-06-09 — 74 pageviews2026-06-13 — 79 pageviews2026-06-17 — 96 pageviews2026-06-21 — 122 pageviews2026-06-25 — 92 pageviews2026-06-29 — 95 pageviews2026-07-03 — 86 pageviews2026-07-07 — 73 pageviews2026-07-11 — 79 pageviews2026-07-15 — 81 pageviews2026-07-19 — 82 pageviews2026-07-23 — 88 pageviews2026-07-27 — 69 pageviews2026-07-31 — 76 pageviews2026-08-04 — 65 pageviews2026-08-08 — 93 pageviews2026-08-12 — 53 pageviews2026-08-16 — 75 pageviews2026-08-20 — 93 pageviews2026-08-24 — 86 pageviews2026-08-28 — 85 pageviews2026-09-01 — 84 pageviews2026-09-05 — 120 pageviews2026-09-09 — 72 pageviews2026-09-13 — 89 pageviews2026-09-17 — 61 pageviews2026-09-21 — 68 pageviews2026-09-25 — 90 pageviews2026-09-29 — 101 pageviews2026-10-03 — 89 pageviews2026-10-07 — 51 pageviews2026-10-10 — 70 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

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

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Polish

Player tags

CuteDarkFunnyActionRacingAdventureStory RichAtmosphericMultiplayerDark Fantasy

Census log

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