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My Summer Car

Amistech Games · 2025-01-08

Steam

IndieRacingSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 24, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.

My Summer Car is an Indie, Racing, and Simulation game released in 2025, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 117,499 reviews).

1,121
playing now
95%
positive of 118k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5
twitch viewers (latest)
5.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
70/100
IGDB user rating (53 ratings)
5,421
Nexus mods (35M downloads)
56h
to beat · rushed 33h · completionist 150h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

1,121 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

My Summer Car (MSC) is a vehicle simulation game developed and published by Amistech Games. It was released in early access on Steam on 24 October 2016. On 8 January 2025, the indie game was officially released from Early Access.

Trailer

My Summer Car trailer thumbnail

My Summer Car Release Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 1,121 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9,319 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,165/week).
  • · Review velocity down 49% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-10-02

Estimated sales: 2.4M–5.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 118,369 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.44 at Steam (2025-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

Featured in Valve's Top Releases of February 2025 (#16)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.5k5.5k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 901 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 494 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 550 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,470 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,076 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 794 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 837 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 900 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 799 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 667 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 585 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 556 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 635 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 876 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 750 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 889 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 755 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 837 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 838 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 685 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 568 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 759 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 645 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 851 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 777 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 682 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 979 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 783 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 707 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 671 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 687 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 720 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 704 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 997 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 902 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 694 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 912 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,196 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,207 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 940 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 830 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 687 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 729 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 787 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 810 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,160 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 921 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 850 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,709 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,083 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,100 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,658 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,542 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,481 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,440 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,364 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,299 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,505 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,547 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,534 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,547 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,788 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3,064 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 269 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,608 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,379 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,042 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,138 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,181 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,630 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,470 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,464 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,295 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5,546 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,945 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,916 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 217 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,379 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,083 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,017 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,083 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,030 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,090 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,191 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 842 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.2k3492026-09-15 11:00 — 983 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1,158 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 448 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 1,559 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 2,127 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 552 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 722 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,890 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 639 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 1,424 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 1,857 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 671 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 465 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 1,695 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1,285 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 504 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 1,490 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1,091 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 422 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 1,872 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 1,852 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 493 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1,121 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.2k354Oct 2016Aug 2026Oct 2016 — avg 917 · peak 5,509Feb 2017 — avg 682 · peak 1,653Jun 2017 — avg 553 · peak 1,182Oct 2017 — avg 645 · peak 1,620Feb 2018 — avg 627 · peak 1,442Jun 2018 — avg 354 · peak 685Oct 2018 — avg 516 · peak 1,334Feb 2019 — avg 497 · peak 1,024Jun 2019 — avg 464 · peak 861Oct 2019 — avg 548 · peak 1,168Feb 2020 — avg 546 · peak 1,180Jun 2020 — avg 672 · peak 1,364Oct 2020 — avg 639 · peak 1,372Feb 2021 — avg 875 · peak 1,761Jun 2021 — avg 657 · peak 1,194Oct 2021 — avg 785 · peak 1,696Feb 2022 — avg 894 · peak 1,849Jun 2022 — avg 726 · peak 1,403Oct 2022 — avg 832 · peak 1,734Feb 2023 — avg 999 · peak 2,309Jun 2023 — avg 879 · peak 1,665Oct 2023 — avg 936 · peak 2,119Feb 2024 — avg 1,643 · peak 3,818Jun 2024 — avg 1,397 · peak 2,833Oct 2024 — avg 1,595 · peak 3,450Feb 2025 — avg 1,734 · peak 4,140Jun 2025 — avg 1,348 · peak 2,956Oct 2025 — avg 1,363 · peak 2,876Feb 2026 — avg 1,601 · peak 3,966Jun 2026 — avg 1,097 · peak 2,035Aug 2026 — avg 1,310 · peak 2,354
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
58582026-09-222026-10-132026-09-22: 23 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 19 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 20 new positive2026-09-25: 5 new negative2026-09-27: 24 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 50 new positive2026-09-28: 8 new negative2026-09-29: 12 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 19 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 33 new positive2026-10-04: 48 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 16 new positive2026-10-06: 31 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 35 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 23 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 24 new positive2026-10-11: 4 new negative2026-10-12: 32 new positive2026-10-13: 58 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$9.442016-10-242025-07-102016-10-24 — best price $13.492016-10-31 — best price $14.992017-06-22 — best price $11.992017-07-05 — best price $14.992025-01-08 — best price $12.292025-01-15 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $9.442025-07-10 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2881562026-05-30 — 163 pageviews2026-06-03 — 167 pageviews2026-06-07 — 163 pageviews2026-06-11 — 187 pageviews2026-06-15 — 226 pageviews2026-06-19 — 223 pageviews2026-06-23 — 226 pageviews2026-06-27 — 172 pageviews2026-07-01 — 246 pageviews2026-07-05 — 209 pageviews2026-07-09 — 228 pageviews2026-07-13 — 288 pageviews2026-07-17 — 278 pageviews2026-07-21 — 200 pageviews2026-07-25 — 195 pageviews2026-07-29 — 190 pageviews2026-08-02 — 204 pageviews2026-08-06 — 213 pageviews2026-08-10 — 262 pageviews2026-08-14 — 240 pageviews2026-08-18 — 242 pageviews2026-08-22 — 184 pageviews2026-08-26 — 212 pageviews2026-08-30 — 230 pageviews2026-09-03 — 201 pageviews2026-09-07 — 217 pageviews2026-09-11 — 206 pageviews2026-09-15 — 187 pageviews2026-09-19 — 213 pageviews2026-09-23 — 201 pageviews2026-09-27 — 182 pageviews2026-10-01 — 190 pageviews2026-10-05 — 186 pageviews2026-10-08 — 182 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.2k02026-09-30 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 91 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 181 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 84 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 122 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 98 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 5 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
73.8%
earned "Proud to be mortal"
5.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)22,1220%77

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

FunnyRacingDrivingSandboxBuildingSurvivalDifficultRealisticOpen WorldSimulation

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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