Car Mechanic Simulator 2015

Car Mechanic Simulator 2015

BANGER · Strategy · 2015

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

BUY IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

A BANGER at $1.39, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Apr 2015.

Cost per hourS
$0.09/hr
ReviewsS
92% of 14,619
Critics
68 players 24 higher
Genre rank
Top 1% Strategy

Score at full price

Worth it$19.99

Score today

−93%SALE BANGERBANGER
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Time and effort

Main story
15h
To 100%
50.1h 3.3x the story

Price and sales

Sales
118 on record
Typical cut
90% off
Steam low
$1.39 October 2026
Sale every
35d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $1.00 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
14 now
Cheaper than
7% of its genre
Better reviewed
97% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

October 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $1.39. 118 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 90 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart.

Its score sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 ($2.74, scores 96) beats it on value, while it beats Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 ($1.39, scores 84).

$13.09 is where it would stop being a BANGER.

More about Car Mechanic Simulator 2015

Critics scored it 68. Players sit 24 points higher at 92 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.

This site sampled 541 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 6 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 76 percent of the 1,598 reviews written there were positive, against 92 percent overall, and those are 13 percent of everything written about it.

The main story runs 15 hours. Doing everything runs 50, 3.3 times as long.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each 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$0.09/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set. That is today's sale price. Normally $1.33/hr
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
MonetizationNone
No in-game purchases. Paid DLC exists and is not docked
For context
Refunds6 of 541 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

I got this game for next to nothing and originally only bought it because I was interested in the DeLorean from Back to the Future. I ended up enjoying it way more than I expected. I maxed out my skills and eventually got to the point where money basically meant nothing. I definitely recommend this game, especially for anyone who wants to learn about the different parts of a car and how they fit together. It's also...
StawnLee03Recommendedafter 73hSep 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
Moving from the 2014 original straight into Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 feels like stepping out of a cramped, dimly lit workshop and into a proper, state-of-the-art facility. The visual upgrade is immediately striking. The graphics have stepped up quite a bit, shedding the flat, sterile look of the first game in favor of better textures, dynamic lighting, and a much cleaner overall aesthetic. It is no longer just a...
ChristianRecommendedafter 10hJul 2026Read on Steam
Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 literally made me go into automotive classes. No, I did not graduate. Lmao. But honestly, that says a lot about this game. It got me interested enough in cars, repairs, parts, and the whole process of taking something broken and making it work again that I actually tried to bring that curiosity into real life. The game itself is weirdly satisfying. Taking cars apart, diagnosing problems...
KasybaraRecommendedafter 43hJun 2026Read on Steam

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

About the game

New cars, new tools, new options, more parts and much more fun in the next version of Car Mechanic Simulator! Take your wrench! Create and expand your auto repairs service empire. Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 will take you behind the scenes of daily routine in car workshop.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 560 or Radeon HD6870 with 2GB VRAM, 8 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 scores 88/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/320300/car-mechanic-simulator-2015
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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 8. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+24
Critics68
Players92
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 14,619 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperRed Dot Games
PublisherPlayWay S.A.
GenreStrategy
Released2015
Players750Kowners, SteamSpy estimate