Car Mechanic Simulator 2018
Worth it · Strategy · 2017
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $1.39, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Jul 2017.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.05/hr
- ReviewsS
- 91% of 57,056
- Genre rank
- Top 1% Strategy
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 27.9h
- To 100%
- 88.3h 3.2x the story
- Achievements
- 60
Price and sales
- Sales
- 103 on record
- Typical cut
- 67% off
- Steam low
- $1.39 November 2026
- Sale every
- 31d last November 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 394 now
- Recent reviews
- 84% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 7% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 96% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
52% start to <1% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 103 discounts in the 9 years tracked, the median cut is 67 percent, about 4 weeks apart. Today's $1.39 at 93 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
Its score sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 ($1.39, scores 88) beats it on value, while it beats My Summer Car ($14.99, scores 80).
More about Car Mechanic Simulator 2018
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 33 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written July 2023 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 54 percent of the 3,124 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 6 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 27.9 hours. Doing everything runs 88, 3.2 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
What players say
A customer wanted me to replace tire. I replaced his entire engine bc it was inline 4. He has a v8 now.
1 more review
car mechanic simulator 2018 is a great game and I would recommend it to everyone by the way if you ever planning on getting a community Bugatti Veyron Chiron a Bugatti at all or any want any car with a V12 engine from the community Workshop just know you'll probably need to Pagani DLC which is not free
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About the game
Build and expand your repair service empire in this incredibly detailed and highly realistic simulation game, where attention to car detail is astonishing. Find classic, unique cars in the new Barn Find module and Junkyard module. You can even add your self-made car in the Car Editor.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB, 20 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 scores 84/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/645630/car-mechanic-simulator-2018Reviews 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 Nov 5, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.