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WHAT THE CAR? cover art

WHAT THE CAR?

Triband · 2024-09-09

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRacing

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 04, 2023 (iOS), Sep 09, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 04, 2023 (Mac)

Race through hundreds of silly levels as a shapeshifting car in strange worlds populated by …bears? Run, roll, jump, fly and sneeze your way to victory! Join the community and make your own chaotic levels!

85%
positive of 901 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
10h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 15h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)
What the Car? is a 2023 video game developed and published by Triband. It was originally released for iOS, macOS and tvOS via Apple Arcade in 2023 and in September 2024 for Windows. Players control a car to guide it the end of a series of levels in parodies of multiple genres, with its methods of movement and control changing in unexpected and comic ways.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (151 reviews).
  • · Top 35% of 11,286 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 901 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13213220242026Week of 2024-09-09: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-09-09: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-09-16: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-09-16: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-23: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-09-23: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-30: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-30: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-07: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-21: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-28: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-04: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-11: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-11: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-18: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-25: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-11-25: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-02: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-09: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-16: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-06: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-05: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-07: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-24: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
98.1%
earned "Training Wheels Off"
11.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsIncludes level editor

18 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,5587%35

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

Player tags

3DCuteFunnyIndieMemesComedyRacingParody PhysicsColorful

Census log

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

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