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WHAT THE CAR?

Triband · 2024-09-09

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRacing

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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!

WHAT THE CAR? is a 2024 Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (85% of 907 reviews).

5
playing now
85%
positive of 907 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-16 05:00 UTC (census sample)

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
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 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 16% of 28,471 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 907 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.79 at Steam (2026-04-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

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.

Players online

1512026-09-16 15:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 11 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 13 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 15 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-15 13:00 — 7 players2026-10-16 05:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
916Sep 2024Aug 2026Sep 2024 — avg 91 · peak 257Oct 2024 — avg 30 · peak 89Nov 2024 — avg 26 · peak 83Dec 2024 — avg 21 · peak 47Jan 2025 — avg 16 · peak 43Feb 2025 — avg 16 · peak 36Mar 2025 — avg 11 · peak 23Apr 2025 — avg 13 · peak 34May 2025 — avg 21 · peak 92Jun 2025 — avg 15 · peak 36Jul 2025 — avg 17 · peak 41Aug 2025 — avg 14 · peak 38Sep 2025 — avg 10 · peak 29Oct 2025 — avg 10 · peak 34Nov 2025 — avg 9 · peak 22Dec 2025 — avg 9 · peak 31Jan 2026 — avg 12 · peak 28Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 20Mar 2026 — avg 9 · peak 30Apr 2026 — avg 12 · peak 40May 2026 — avg 9 · peak 22Jun 2026 — avg 7 · peak 20Jul 2026 — avg 8 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$6.792024-09-092026-07-092024-09-09 — best price $9.992024-10-09 — best price $19.992024-11-08 — best price $13.992024-11-22 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $13.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $13.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-02 — best price $13.992025-02-16 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $13.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-03-31 — best price $10.992025-04-03 — best price $19.992025-05-03 — best price $9.992025-05-10 — best price $19.992025-06-12 — best price $11.992025-06-27 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-07-28 — best price $9.992025-08-11 — best price $19.992025-09-10 — best price $9.992025-09-24 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-10-24 — best price $9.992025-11-07 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $7.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-01-16 — best price $9.992026-01-25 — best price $19.992026-02-24 — best price $9.992026-03-03 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-09 — best price $6.792026-04-16 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3152026-06-03 — 17 pageviews2026-06-07 — 26 pageviews2026-06-11 — 11 pageviews2026-06-15 — 17 pageviews2026-06-19 — 21 pageviews2026-06-23 — 18 pageviews2026-06-27 — 22 pageviews2026-07-01 — 17 pageviews2026-07-05 — 29 pageviews2026-07-09 — 31 pageviews2026-07-13 — 20 pageviews2026-07-17 — 24 pageviews2026-07-21 — 12 pageviews2026-07-25 — 25 pageviews2026-07-29 — 14 pageviews2026-08-02 — 21 pageviews2026-08-06 — 18 pageviews2026-08-10 — 13 pageviews2026-08-14 — 19 pageviews2026-08-18 — 17 pageviews2026-08-22 — 23 pageviews2026-08-26 — 15 pageviews2026-08-30 — 20 pageviews2026-09-03 — 9 pageviews2026-09-07 — 14 pageviews2026-09-11 — 18 pageviews2026-09-15 — 14 pageviews2026-09-19 — 21 pageviews2026-09-23 — 12 pageviews2026-09-27 — 13 pageviews2026-10-01 — 11 pageviews2026-10-05 — 11 pageviews2026-10-09 — 22 pageviews2026-10-12 — 10 pageviews
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.

Recent updates

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