Wrench
Skip · Strategy · 2018 · Early Access
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 39, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Reviews
- 85% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GTX 1060, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.
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.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
- How long it takes to beat isn't in our data. The score is docked for the missing length.
The value story
July 2020 is where it bottomed out, at $14.99. Its cuts run 17 percent off as a rule. There have been 53 in the 8 years tracked, about 6 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 30 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 87 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game ($29.99, scores 77) beats it on value, while it beats Car Detailing Simulator ($15.99, scores 35).
25 of the 555 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 9 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 2,725 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 204 have a larger share. The typical game sits near 5 in 1,000, so the score docks it. 8 of the 25 refunded reviewers were past Valve's two-hour window when they wrote the review. Inside the two-hour refund window, 63 percent of the 309 reviews written there were positive, against 85 percent overall, and those are 16 percent of everything written about it.
Players
7 players online when we last checked, on Sep 29, 06:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Wrench scores 39/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. Length is not in our data, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/936720/wrenchReviews set the ceiling. With no length in our data, value sits at a neutral middle whatever the price, and the BANG Score is docked until a real length is known. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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