Car Mechanic Simulator 2014

Car Mechanic Simulator 2014

Fair · Strategy · 2014

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 0 of 8 sales

Fair at $0.83. Buy it if you want it.

Cost per hourS
$0.07/hr
Reviews▼
83% of 5,149
Genre rank
Top 6% Strategy

Holding it back: Reviews

Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
11.2h
To 100%
20.1h 1.8x the story

Price and sales

Sales
70 on record
Typical cut
90% off
Steam low
$0.69 September 2016
Sale every
36d last November 2026
All-time low $0.48 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
2 now
Cheaper than
49% of its genre
Better reviewed
85% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

It has never been cheaper than $0.69. That was September 2016. Across all 70 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 90 percent, about 5 weeks apart.

Its score sits in the top 6 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 85 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 ($1.39, scores 88) beats it on value, while it beats Construction Simulator ($24.99, scores 58).

More about Car Mechanic Simulator 2014

Of the 446 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 8 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 8 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 2,604 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 568 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 70 percent of the 1,527 reviews written there were positive, against 83 percent overall, and those are 38 percent of everything written about it.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hour$0.07/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set. That is today's sale price. Normally $0.62/hr
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Refunds8 of 446 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

Euro and American Truck Simulator had an undeniable effect on how I perceive video games. Had I not given that open-road lifestyle a chance, I never would have bothered with a grease-monkey simulator. But that experience opened my mind, and now I am actively expanding my gaming horizons. My history with this specific franchise is a bit backward. A few months ago, the 2018 installmen, which I believe is the third...
ChristianRecommendedafter 15hJul 2026Read on Steam
1 more review
I kind of started playing this on a whim because it was sitting in my library and I wanted something requiring low attention and focus to chip away at in between meetings at work. I have a background in working on cars, as it was my previous career and I am an enthusiast car owner, so this should appeal to me in a very big way but it kind of was just.... okay and oddly disappointing for the type of game I should...
SpellbookRecommendedafter 14hApr 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Now you can own and operate your own auto repair service with PlayWay’s Car Mechanic Simulator 2014. Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 gives you the behind the scenes view of the daily dealings at local garages and dealership repair shops.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, GeForce 9800GT or better w /512MB VRAM, 1.2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 scores 66/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/270850/car-mechanic-simulator-2014
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperRed Dot Games
PublisherPlayWay S.A.
GenreStrategy
Released2014
Players750Kowners, SteamSpy estimate