Teaches how cars work
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“In just under 10 hours, I learned the entire assembly of cars, down to the cams, chains/belts, suspension assemblies, and common consumables.”
Steam review · 9.3 h played ↗
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%Red Dot Games2021Sandbox · Driving · Simulation
$24.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A relaxing, detailed car-teardown and rebuild sim that teaches real car basics. It gets repetitive, locks much content behind DLC, and has save and crash issues, so skip it if you want depth.
Great for
Car fans and curious beginners who want a chill, music-friendly wrenching game that teaches parts
Main risk
Repetitive bolt-and-unbolt loop, paid DLC for much content, and crashes or lost saves
What players love
Relaxing, stress-relieving gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Something about there being no quick time events makes this game super relaxing to play after work.”
Steam review · 26.2 h played ↗
Satisfying rebuilds of junkyard cars
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“This game is so satisfing seeing a rust bucket brung back to life”
Steam review · 73.4 h played ↗
Good balance of realism and fun
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“I think the devs found a way to make a game that is real enough yet still fun.”
Steam review · 59.3 h played ↗
Mods and Steam Workshop
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“workshop on steam u can get mods like new cars and skins its really fun try it out”
Steam review · 24.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive and shallow gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“it's a time waster, minesweeper for grease monkies.”
Steam review · 107 h played ↗
Poor tutorial and clunky unintuitive UI
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“It only took the tutorial for me to realize this is one of the most unintuitive games I have ever tried.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Crashes, freezes and lost saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“lost all, progress on a build cause game ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ crashed .”
Steam review · 52.2 h played ↗
Feels like a reskin of CMS 2018
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“it feels more like an UI update to CMS 2018 than a new game in its own.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Too much locked behind paid DLC
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“They should rename this game to "PurchaseDLC Simulator 2021", 90% of good content of this game is all DLC.”
Steam review · 59.2 h played ↗
Money softlocks and progression bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“soft locked after spending all my money fixing a car that i cant finish because i don't have the garage extension required for the job.”
Steam review · 18.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified35 GB
Minimum
OSWindows(64-bit) 8.1 / 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5 4690 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB
Storage35 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows(64-bit) 8.1 / 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5 6600K / AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVidia GeForce GTX 1070 8GB
Storage35 GB available space
OSWindows(64-bit) 8.1 / 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5 4690 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB
Storage35 GB available space
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