Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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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.

Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 is a simulation, automobile sim and driving game developed by Red Dot Games and published by PlayWay S.A..
Released on July 28th 2017 is available on Windows and MacOS in 17 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese - Portugal, Greek, Portuguese - Brazil, Finnish and Korean.

It has received 51,521 reviews of which 47,065 were positive and 4,456 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.72€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 into these genres:

Simulation Automobile Sim Driving Building Realistic Racing Multiplayer Singleplayer First-Person Sandbox Education Crafting Moddable Open World Physics Management Strategy Great Soundtrack Co-op Memes

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows(64-bit) 7 or Newer
Processor: Intel Core i3 3.0 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 20 GB available space

MacOS

OS: Mac OS X 10.9 (64 bit)
Processor: Intel Core 3.0 GHz (Intel Only)
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVidia GeForce GTX 660 2 GB or ATI Radeon HD 7870 2GB
Storage: 20 GB available space
Additional Notes: GAME DOES NOT SUPPORT Intel Integrated Graphics Cards and Apple Silicon M chips!

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May 2025

It's cool, but it's not very realistic (technical inaccuracies, oversimplifications, lack of physical behaviours of certain things, rudimentary driving, tycoon/management game mechanics (a lot of old cars are reworked/renovated and sold at a loss — ask my IRL car mechanic friend), etc.). Still, relatively useful for IRL car mechanic noobs. It's moddable, which is awesome. Still, there are weird limitations, e.g. a Fiat 126p mod (very old car, the last one was produced in 1991) has an OBD port (which is nonsense). I very much doubt that this is done by the modder non-deliberately, which means that there are some modding limitations that necessitate introducing nonsensical stuff, which isn't cool for games with the word "simulator" in their title. Another thing that isn't cool is that there are some cars that are NOT reintroduced from older versions of the "game" (e.g. CMS2015). A significant example for me is the Fiat 126 (I wanted to own a 126p when I was in highschool 17 years ago). The weirder thing is that it isn't even licensed (named "Youngtimer"): https://store.steampowered.com/app/361820/Car_Mechanic_Simulator_2015__Youngtimer/ Thus, if you want to play with a vanilla 126, you need CMS2015, which is sad. I recently purchased CMS2021 with almost all the DLCs (still haven't tried it), but I'll probably skip on upcoming versions. While not as complex and offering much less freedom, it still has the Kerbal Space Program vibe I've been chasing for years. P.S. The intro cinematic (more precisely, the movement of the humans) reminded me the game cinematic technology of Diablo 2 (2000).

Nov. 2024

Was surprisingly fun and relaxing, even if you don't know much about cars. The game strikes a nice balance between realism and accessibility. It's definitely simplified to keep things fun so you're not drowning in overly complicated mechanics. It's realistic enough to teach you the basics, but not so much that you need to be a real-life mechanic to enjoy it. 10/10, would lose sleep again to rebuild an engine that purrs like a kitten.

Sept. 2024

The car was making a ratting noise, so I disassembled the entire engine for an hour only to find out it was the muffler...

July 2024

The game was 90% off I have no idea how cars work or what my objective was, so I just stripped the two cars in the garage, sold the parts and called it a day :)

July 2024

Just spent 30 minutes disassembling an entire engine, only to figure out the problem was the Radiator fan housing. Then spend another 30 minutes re-assembling the engine 10/10 would recommend XD Autism brains will be happy, also OCD ones.

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Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.

Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.

Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 received 47,065 positive votes out of a total of 51,521 achieving a rating of 8.98.

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Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 was developed by Red Dot Games and published by PlayWay S.A..

Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 is not playable on Linux.

Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 is a single-player game.

There are 21 DLCs available for Car Mechanic Simulator 2018. Explore additional content available for Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 on Steam.

Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 does not support Steam Remote Play.

Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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19.50€

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Developer

Red Dot Games

Publisher

PlayWay S.A.

Release 28 Jul 2017

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