The Game Census
Wrench cover art

Wrench

Missing Digit · 2018-12-19

Steam

IndieRacingSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Dec 19, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Wrench is a mechanic simulator where players prepare and maintain race cars. The parts in Wrench are the most detailed of any game in the genre. Extreme attention has been paid to even the smallest components, including fasteners which are accurate to the thread pitch and install torque.

13
playing now
85%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5,253
twitch viewers (latest)
5253.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 184 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~23/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 49,670 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 51k–123k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,054 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2020-07-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
787820182026Week of 2018-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4102026-09-15 06:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 18 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 12 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 17 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 10 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 15 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 19 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 13 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 31 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 23 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 21 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 18 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 23 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
662Dec 2018Aug 2026Dec 2018 — avg 37 · peak 104Mar 2019 — avg 6 · peak 18Jun 2019 — avg 3 · peak 15Sep 2019 — avg 5 · peak 19Dec 2019 — avg 8 · peak 25Mar 2020 — avg 10 · peak 28Jun 2020 — avg 11 · peak 32Sep 2020 — avg 15 · peak 32Dec 2020 — avg 13 · peak 38Mar 2021 — avg 16 · peak 45Jun 2021 — avg 14 · peak 42Sep 2021 — avg 21 · peak 69Dec 2021 — avg 16 · peak 47Mar 2022 — avg 10 · peak 26Jun 2022 — avg 9 · peak 25Sep 2022 — avg 10 · peak 31Dec 2022 — avg 11 · peak 29Mar 2023 — avg 10 · peak 30Jun 2023 — avg 7 · peak 19Sep 2023 — avg 8 · peak 20Dec 2023 — avg 14 · peak 50Mar 2024 — avg 11 · peak 29Jun 2024 — avg 66 · peak 360Sep 2024 — avg 36 · peak 92Dec 2024 — avg 24 · peak 66Mar 2025 — avg 17 · peak 42Jun 2025 — avg 25 · peak 76Sep 2025 — avg 34 · peak 92Dec 2025 — avg 19 · peak 48Mar 2026 — avg 13 · peak 43Jun 2026 — avg 23 · peak 64Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 42
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$14.992018-12-202026-08-032018-12-20 — best price $19.992019-12-19 — best price $16.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-07-20 — best price $14.992020-10-29 — best price $24.892020-11-16 — best price $29.992020-12-22 — best price $24.892021-02-15 — best price $29.992021-06-28 — best price $25.492021-09-13 — best price $29.992021-11-24 — best price $24.892022-01-05 — best price $29.992022-01-27 — best price $26.992022-04-11 — best price $29.992022-07-18 — best price $23.992022-09-05 — best price $29.992022-11-07 — best price $23.992022-11-29 — best price $29.992023-02-20 — best price $23.992023-03-23 — best price $29.992023-05-22 — best price $23.992023-07-13 — best price $29.992023-11-22 — best price $25.492023-12-11 — best price $29.992024-01-29 — best price $25.492024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-06-15 — best price $22.492024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-11-11 — best price $25.492024-12-04 — best price $29.992025-02-17 — best price $23.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-06-27 — best price $25.492025-08-30 — best price $29.992025-12-18 — best price $23.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-07-27 — best price $25.492026-08-03 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedFamily Sharing

Where its players are

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

Player tags

VRIndieRacingSandboxBuildingRelaxingEducationNonlinearRealisticSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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