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About the Game
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 is a detailed garage simulator about growing a small workshop into a service empire.
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 is a simulation game with racing tags, but its heart is hands-on garage work rather than driving. You start as the owner of a fresh car garage and work your way up to a service empire. The store description stresses a highly realistic simulation with a lot of attention to detail, and the actions it lists are repairing, fixing, testing, painting, tuning and rebuilding cars.
The core loop is taking jobs and reinvesting in your shop. An infinitely generated stream of orders keeps the workload coming, and specially crafted story missions offer a bigger challenge, each with its own requirements. Between jobs you invest in a new work space and equipment, and a skills and garage upgrade system helps you expand the services you can offer.
The setting is a garage environment that the developers describe as crazy-real, with a spacious open plan layout. Sourcing cars is part of the fun. A new Auction house lets you buy cars in various conditions, barn finds and junkyard hunts may hide gems, and salvage auctions add another route. The long-term goal is a project car, starting from a rusty shell and ending as a top vehicle in perfect condition.
What stands out is the amount of content on offer. The game lists 72 cars and over 4000 unique parts, along with car tuning, minigames, a race track with time trial and endless gameplay for when you want to keep working.
Feature Highlights
- The game offers 72 cars to fix, with over 4000 unique parts to work on.
- An infinite number of randomly generated orders keeps the workload coming, alongside handcrafted story missions.
- Car Auctions, barn finds, junkyard hunts and salvage auctions give you several ways to source cars.
- A race track with time trial and car tuning add a sporty side to the simulation.
- New additions include car fluids, a grime-removing car wash, paintable mechanical parts and a brake lathe tool.
- A car configurator, visual body customization and a level editor let you personalize your builds.
Who It Is (and Is Not) For
Recommended For
Fans of hands-on repair games who enjoy realistic detail will get the most out of Car Mechanic Simulator 2021. Players who like slowly building a business, from a first workshop up to a full service empire, will find plenty of long-term progression. Racing fans who enjoy tuning and time trials may also find something to like here.
Not Recommended For
If you want fast arcade driving, this is the wrong game, because the focus is on workshop tasks rather than racing. Players who find slow, methodical work tedious, or who need Traditional Chinese text, will likely be frustrated.
What the Steam Reviews Say
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 holds an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam, shown as 壓倒性好評 on the Taiwan store, with 96 percent of its reviews positive. The review volume runs to tens of thousands of reviews, which is a substantial sample.
On Steam, the label reflects the share of positive reviews across the game's history. A figure in the mid-90s backed by a large sample usually signals that most players are happy with the game's realism and depth. Smaller review counts would make the percentage swing more, so a score like this is more dependable.
Price History & Historical Low
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| Date | Price | Discount |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 | NT$408 | — |
| 2026-08-28 | NT$408 | — |
| 2026-08-14 | NT$53 | -87% |
| 2026-07-14 | NT$40 | -90% |
All prices here are Taiwan Steam store prices in NT$. Right now Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 costs NT$ 408, which is also its regular price, so there is no discount at the moment.
Our price record is still short, so this verdict is tentative. The lowest price we have logged is NT$ 40, on the first day we tracked it, and the deepest discount we recorded was 90 percent. The game is discounted often, and we have not recorded it as free to keep.
If you can wait, the history suggests sales are common, so watching for a drop is a reasonable approach, though we cannot promise when one will arrive. If you want it now, NT$ 408 is the full price for a game with strong reviews.
Analysis written 10/27/2026 from our recorded prices; the chart above is live. Taiwan-region Steam prices.
How to Buy
- Open the Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 page on the Steam store, either in the Steam client or on the Steam website.
- Check the current price, which is NT$ 408 in Taiwan at the moment, and decide whether to buy now.
- If you would rather wait, click Add to Wishlist so the game stays in one place for later.
- Turn on wishlist notifications in Steam so you are alerted when the price drops.
- Check back here for the price trend before you buy, since our record is still short.
Things to Know
Traditional Chinese is not among the supported languages for this game, but Simplified Chinese is, and English has full audio support. The game is not flagged for adult content. Prices quoted here are Taiwan-region Steam prices in NT$ and may differ in other regions. Free and discounted offers can end at any time, so check the official Steam page before you buy.
