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Car Mechanic Simulator 2014
Developer Red Dot Games
Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 is a simulation video game depicting the work of an automotive mechanic. It was released in January 2014 on for Windows and macOS, and for iOS and Android. The game has three sequels, Car Mechanic Simulator 2015, Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 and Car Mechanic Simulator 2021. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
154 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Sep 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
76
LovedLoved
115 positive · 37 negative
95% range 68–82%
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| Steam reviews | 115 | 37 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
4,272 of 5,147 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 154 · most liked firstI am a 45 yo father, probably one of the oldest people playing this game. I am a single farther to my Son, who is 14 now. My son got this game for Christmas from his uncle, so we installed it on his computer and he started playing. By the end of the week he had 24 hours on this game. This was horrible for me, as it was already hard for me to find ways to spend time with my son, as he is always out with his friends or just, watching YouTube. So i decided to make a Steam account and get this game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I take good parts off of customer's cars and replace them with bad ones. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So my journey in Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 has come to an end. I want to say that this is the very first game in the series, but it is well executed. Many people say that this is just a "clicker" and not a game. But it is with this game that I recommend starting to get acquainted with the CMS series, especially if you still do not understand the design of cars and their details (there are much fewer of them here than in CMS 2021). However, there is one drawback — learning is not always clear…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Clicked a few too many times and it crashed my game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WOULD U GUYS LIKE TO PLAY THIS GAME
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Poorly made game that WONT improve your mechanical skill (the Developers HAVE NEVER CHANGED A TYRE BEFORE) I suspect these are bot reviews No tutorial (except a WASD left click right click tutorial) Camera has a random drunken wobble (idk why) No clear guidance on how to do anything Disassembled 90% of the customers car before I unlocked the option to remove the wheels to do the brake pads (hint IRL you dont need to dissemble the whole car to do this Camera controls are terrible No way to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun mechanic sim, reminds of the Gearhead Garage days. While I did enjoy this game I felt the game was unnecessarily long. The amount of repair jobs got tedious beyond job 40 out of 76... The offroad DLC was alright but two missions were bugged and I was forced to skip them. The 1/4 DLC was fun and probably the highlight of the game. From what I have seen CMS 2015 is the superior game and the subsequent sequels as well.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →• Old game but good ? ✅ • Kinda expensive ? ✅ • Multiplayer ? ❎ • Simulator of real life ? ✅ • Can teach u something ? ✅ • Expensive at space ? ❎ (700 mb) • Have reallife cars ? ✅ • Does he deserve all the money ? ❎ (6 e) ________________________ • Does it works on really bad pc? ✅ • Can u have lots of fps on a bad pc? ✅ (from 60 to 120)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 is a surprisingly relaxing and enjoyable game, especially if you like cars. It does a good job letting you take apart, fix, and rebuild vehicles in a way that feels satisfying without being overly complicated. There’s something nice about diagnosing problems and seeing a car come back to life. It’s not the most modern or flashy game, but it’s solid for what it is. Great to play when you want something chill and low-stress. A good, relaxing game for car lovers and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I completed the campaign/main part of the game, heres what there is to offer: 2 different engines, 3 different garages and 5-10 different cars. Overall, considering this was made in 2014 and the first game reddot made that is to do with cars/mechanism, this is really good! It introduces you to the basics and is easy to understand/get the hang of it. There is no time limit for any of the jobs, and there is 76 jobs/invoices to do. Overall, i recommend this game if you are looking for a cheap game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had read CMS 2014 was "obsolete" and not worth buying. So I bought CMS 2021 instead, and found it a bit difficult to figure out. I then bought CMS 2014 and am glad I did. It's a lot easier to figure out, the tutorial is better, and on top of that I got it on sale for only $0.98, and the 2 add-ons are included as well. The movement (WASD) is a little wonky, but that's a minor thing. Recommended if you like simulator games. btw, the Demo is not very good, is a bit buggy, and lacks the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Euro and American Truck Simulator had an undeniable effect on how I perceive video games. Had I not given that open-road lifestyle a chance, I never would have bothered with a grease-monkey simulator. But that experience opened my mind, and now I am actively expanding my gaming horizons. My history with this specific franchise is a bit backward. A few months ago, the 2018 installmen, which I believe is the third entry, was free to keep. Being the digital hoarder that I am, I gladly added it to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A surprisingly addictive dive into car repair, where diagnosing and fixing vehicles feels oddly satisfying. However, be aware that the game lacks Steam achievements, which might deter completionists. Despite this, it's a solid choice for simulation enthusiasts.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i might have no playtime in this but here's the legit TRUTH, there is no reason to buy this if you have access to the new versions of CMS. My actual opinion is MEH, not a thumbs up.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My friend who i play CS:GO with said if i post a review on this game and it gets 200 likes and 200 awards that he will buy me a RTX 3060 and 2 kilos of canned ham. So i'm just gonna leave this here. Help a brotha
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →urgh. i bought this when i thought i like simulators. its all about changing the brake disks and stuff. i guess if you are motivated to take engines apart and rebuild them in real life then you will think this is the business. if you don't like changing disk brakes in real life then maybe you wanna miss this one. i wish i could give it 5/10.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →funny game, even it's far from simulator and it seems a puzzle game so don't expect something real or big. but fun to play anyway.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought this game to learn to fix my car. Now my car is complety dismantle, stripped down from the engine down to the metal springs. I realised now that i didnt need to take it all apart to put some new break pads on anymore. 10/10 Fun game, but from now of i drive like flintstone.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →really good learning material for eager players wanting to learn about cars! simplified for entertainments sake but you will still be able to get a good general picture of what part goes where. since this one is the 2014 edition, im sure the most recent editions have improved on the gameplay but the camera work on this one can be a bit clunky to use. btw if you find the music annoying or not to your taste, you could always turn the music down to zero and just play your sounds or youtube in the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →you can’t find fuel filter without watching a video
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →is someone really enjoying playing something like this?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →wheres the oil filter
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I kind of started playing this on a whim because it was sitting in my library and I wanted something requiring low attention and focus to chip away at in between meetings at work. I have a background in working on cars, as it was my previous career and I am an enthusiast car owner, so this should appeal to me in a very big way but it kind of was just.... okay and oddly disappointing for the type of game I should have no expectations for. The word "simulator" is used incredibly loosely here,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Imagine this... BDSM without the sex that's the game. Let me elaborate, you have to remove a part of the exhaust pipe which is screwed into the engine, but to remove it you have to remove every exhaust pipe on the car which are either six or seven... and you cannot remove that specific pipe, no the whole thing which takes you five minutes if you don't have the upgrades for fast unbolting. Not to mention when you don't have any money left and you still need to buy a part to replace it you either…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is more like a class. No not everything functions like in the game, but its basic info on how to work on cars and replace the parts. It'll also help with basic memory.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →every car is the same. which isn't true in real life. i got this game because i thought maybe have a bit of practical knowledge would rub off. that did not happen.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game, check my guide.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has not aged well. It's ten years old made by a small team. Now, the newer versions of this game are fantastic and I highly recommend those- not this though. If you want to save money by not buying 2021, then the oldest I'd go would be CMS 2018. The 2018 version has a ton of detail and plenty of content to play around with. This game is veeery bare bones. The engine itself of a car is all the same on all cars from what i've seen and you can pretty much take the engine apart to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This car mechanic is way more simpler than the other car mechanic versions, its still a bit fun tho its a bit glitchy and it breaks when you have other tabs open on the background. Just be careful with some orders like the 4x4 DLC where you need to SPECIFICALLY put the new parts on the red areas, if you dont then you wont be able to proceed the next mission. but overall good game for those old folks.. but i recommend the other game versions
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recommend this game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Car bomba mechanic
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I guess I'm just not that into simulator games. However, I've tried my hand at a handful recently, and this is by far the best made and quality experience I've had so far. I don't know the first thing about repairing cars, let alone cars in general, but I found this laid out simple enough to enjoy a topic I'm not that interested in.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hey, it's that game they change slightly and rerelease every few years! The main problems with this version (which is the first CMS) is that the mouse is set to move the camera faster than should ever be possible by default. And once you've turned it down to 1; which is still slightly too fast; you discover the game does not keep the cursor in the game, so you constantly click outside and the game minimises. It is actually unplayable if you have more than one monitor, completing ONE order was a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game taught me about some car parts, but it's sometimes difficult to do some things to the cars, overall it's an okay game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The motor oil tastes a bit funky but the game is good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Man merkt, dass das Spiel alt ist. Mit 2 Monitoren bei mir leider nicht spielbar. Sobald ich meine Maus zu weit nach Rechts mache, ist mein Mauszeiger plötzlich beim anderen Monitor. 1 Mal Links oder Rechtsklick drücken, bam das Spiel ist minimiert. So macht das leider alles außer Spaß.. Schade.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The tutorial is bugged and won't let you progress. If you want to waste money, buy this!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can't say I recommend this one... I have this thing happen in the Career campaign where I'm on the 70th job out of 76, and it's just a black screen. I can hear everything that I'm doing in game but I can't see anything... Idk if I'm alone on this or if other people have experienced this. I googled it and nothing really came up for this problem. I feel like I'm going ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. If possible I'm going to be seeking a refund. Y'all are probably better off playing the 2021 version. Or maybe even…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 is a great game for those who want not just an abstract entertainment simulator, but a detailed and well-thought-out experience of working with cars. It offers players not only a game, but also the opportunity to feel like part of the auto industry, where attention to detail is rewarded with real satisfaction from the results.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 is a methodical, hands-on simulation that invites players into the everyday routine of running an automotive repair shop, emphasizing diagnosis, disassembly, and restoration over speed or spectacle. Developed by PlayWay S.A. in collaboration with Red Dot Games and published by PlayWay S.A., the game represents an early but important step in what would become a long-running simulation series. It focuses on the satisfaction of understanding mechanical systems piece by…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The sensitivity and the camera feels pretty weird. Not for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Buggy as absolute Hell. Had to abandon a save during the tutorial because I "examined" the part before the tutorial told me to, so the tutorial wouldn't progress. Tabbed itself out to Windows every time I examined something from under a car. Mouse acceleration was off the charts as well, had to turn it all the way down to be usable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bruh. The sensitivity feels pretty weird and the camera.... Ugh, made my head pretty dizzy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At the time this game was more educational than the entirety of the education system.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game 11 years later still fun to play and simple for people unexperienced with cars, my one gripe is the camera is a bit finicky but you get used to it over time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I didn’t expect to enjoy this as much as I did. You take on repair jobs, inspect parts, replace broken stuff, and gradually unlock more tools and abilities. It’s not super realistic, but it does give you a nice sense of progress. There’s something calming about taking a car apart and figuring out what’s wrong. That said, it can get a bit repetitive after a while—some of the jobs start to feel the same, and the driving/test track section is pretty clunky. Still, for what it is, especially if…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At beginning interesting...You can learn some things, but after ~20 tasks game is very repeatable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What I expected: a modern remake of Hot Rod. What I got: Mouse clicker simulator with zero challenge.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game to know better the car parts.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good casual 'Dad' game. It is what it says on the tin - its about fixing cars. Take jobs to find and fix problems, make profit and then use that profit to improve your workshop and eventually buy and refurbish your own cars. Initially the challenge of finding the problems and learning how to fix them is interesting but eventually becomes a grind. Buying a completely trashed vehicle, stripping it back to the shell and then completely rebuilding it with pristine parts has a certain joy to it,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A surprisingly therapeutic blend of grease, gears, and the joy of bringing clunkers back to life.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →overall a good game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →More like an arcade than a sim.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: Fun Great Simulator (even though its the 2014 one) Cons: Not to much options for the car its self, like customisation When you get stuck there needs to be a Tip or help Button (im not sure if thats in 2015 Game) Overall Opinion Very Good Game 7 / 10 I would Recomment this!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🐊 The Reef Recommends You To Try This! 🐊
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not fun don't play its boring
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the main menu is unnecessarily epic everything else is just as good
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fantastic simulator game, keep noted though this game is much more as a puzzle game than a simulator game. Because you cant really fail anything, you either succeed to the next level or it wont allow you. Having you to check stuff whats missing or still damaged comparing to other simulator games I played where you can finish the contract and fail. But, its a start for those who are totally clueless about cars. It was a interesting experience for me and enjoyed it, recommend it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 is another simulator of quite specific professions, this time it's a car mechanic simulator.
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