Games Like City Car Driving

A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.

Why similar: Driving 29.5%, Automobile Sim 25.1%, Simulation 7.7%, Realistic 7.3%, Open World 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its deeply simulated vehicle physics, traffic options, and free-roam urban maps make it a great step up if you want realistic practice driving with more systemic depth.

Driving realistically in a real city for the first time - driving fun & training with CityDriver! ViewApp's newest simulation offers you the opportunity to explore the streets of Munich with various cars.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 30.7%, Driving 30.5%, Simulation 8.3%, Realistic 8.2%, Open World 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is one of the closest matches on Steam, built around realistic city driving, traffic-rule compliance, and everyday car handling rather than competition.

Climb into the driver's seat of your car and your business, transport passengers across Barcelona and grow your company! Can you help relieve the transportation challenges of a city that never sleeps?

Why similar: Driving 36.7%, Automobile Sim 30.1%, Open World 9.8%, Simulation 9.2%, Realistic 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Like City Car Driving, it centers on navigating a living city, obeying road rules, and handling realistic street traffic from the driver's seat.

Enjoy realistic driving in the open world. Relaxing cargo deliveries or driving buses and taxis will give you enough money to buy new cars and parts. You can test your driving skills at the race track. It's all about pure driving pleasure!

Why similar: Driving 33.7%, Automobile Sim 29.3%, Open World 10.4%, Simulation 8%, Realistic 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It blends open-world civilian driving, AI traffic, and varied road jobs in a way that captures the routine, skill-based feel of real driving.

Experience the job of a bus driver in a vast and freely drivable urban area. Drive original licensed city buses from the great brands: Mercedes-Benz, Setra, MAN, and IVECO BUS. Transport your passengers safely and punctually, either solo in single player mode, or in multiplayer mode.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 37.9%, Driving 30.6%, Simulation 10.8%, Open World 6.2%, Multiplayer 6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a slightly more accessible version of realistic city driving, with traffic systems and route management that reward careful control.

Transport passengers in the city bus simulation The Bus along 1:1 scale routes in Berlin, passing landmarks like the Victory Column, Brandenburg Gate, and Alexanderplatz. In the Scania Citywide LF and other licensed buses, sell tickets, handle traffic, and get everyone to their destination safely.

Why similar: Driving 34.2%, Automobile Sim 31%, Simulation 10.1%, Realistic 7.2%, Multiplayer 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is a more serious urban transit sim with dense traffic and detailed road environments, giving a similarly grounded city-driving experience.

The world of coach drivers awaits you! Drive along motorways and country roads to the bus stations in over 40 cities in Germany. Thanks to the cooperation with FlixBus and true-to-the-original MAN buses, you will experience the game world in a realistic way.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 39.4%, Driving 31.3%, Simulation 9.9%, Realistic 6.3%, Open World 6%

Why You'll Like It: If you enjoy the realism and road awareness of City Car Driving, this extends that feel to longer intercity coach routes with traffic and weather.

Bus Simulator 21 Next Stop offers the most comprehensive bus fleet in the history of the series with 30 officially licensed buses. Drive on two vastly different maps, alone or with friend. Play with extended management elements or just enjoy your time on the road.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 34.9%, Driving 30.8%, Simulation 10.9%, Realistic 8%, Open World 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Although bus-focused, it nails urban traffic awareness, signaling, lane discipline, and smooth vehicle control in believable city conditions.

Get behind the wheel of 13 realistic city buses licensed by known city bus manufacturers such as Mercedes-Benz and MAN. Keep an eye on the traffic code and drive your passengers safely to their destinations through five characteristic city districts.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 34.8%, Driving 25.2%, Simulation 9.7%, Open World 7.4%, Moddable 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the stop-and-go rhythm of navigating city streets under realistic traffic conditions, just from a larger vehicle.

Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.

Why similar: Driving 31.8%, Automobile Sim 29.5%, Open World 9.6%, Moddable 9.5%, Realistic 8%

Why You'll Like It: It trades cars for trucks, but its relaxed realistic road driving, traffic systems, and focus on proper control make it a natural fit.

In Bus Driver, your job is to transport passengers around an attractive and realistic city. You must drive to a timetable on a planned route, whilst obeying traffic rules, and taking care not to upset or injure your passengers.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 53.3%, Driving 27%, Simulation 14.9%, Open World 3.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: This older sim still emphasizes safe urban driving, schedule discipline, and traffic-rule awareness over speed.

Experience legendary American trucks and deliver various cargoes across sunny California, sandy Nevada, and the Grand Canyon State of Arizona. American Truck Simulator takes you on a journey through the breathtaking landscapes and widely recognized landmarks around the States.

Why similar: Driving 30.2%, Automobile Sim 30.1%, Open World 9.4%, Moddable 9.1%, Simulation 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This has the same appeal of learning vehicle behavior on public roads, with a strong emphasis on lane discipline, mirrors, and traffic.

The original Euro Truck Simulator - the game which has become the classic of the genre and is still relevant today. The first truck simulation game in a European setting, with European long haul trucks!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 41.1%, Driving 28.9%, Simulation 11.1%, Open World 7%, Multiplayer 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: The original still scratches the same realistic-road-sim itch with slower, methodical driving and traffic-aware navigation.

Bus World is a game about passenger transportations in various conditions, starting from standard days of a bus driver and ending with rescuing people who suffered from disasters.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 31.8%, Driving 27.8%, Open World 8%, Simulation 8%, Realistic 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers more structured road driving under varied conditions, making it a decent fit for players who enjoy realistic transport simulation.

Get behind the wheel of one of the most iconic trucks on the road with this highly detailed Scania R-series truck simulation by SCS Software, developers of Euro Truck Simulator 2.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 51.6%, Driving 26.6%, Simulation 14.5%, Open World 3.8%, Realistic 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: The skill challenges and careful maneuvering here feel very close to the training-oriented side of City Car Driving.

MudRunner is the ultimate off-road experience putting the players in the driver seat and dares them to take charge of incredible all-terrain vehicles, venturing across extreme Siberian landscapes with only a map and compass as guides!

Why similar: Driving 31.2%, Automobile Sim 31.2%, Simulation 8.6%, Multiplayer 6.7%, Open World 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Like SnowRunner, it shifts away from city streets but keeps the satisfying, deliberate vehicle management that City Car Driving players often enjoy.

Assetto Corsa v1.16 introduces the new "Laguna Seca" laser-scanned track, 7 new cars among which the eagerly awaited Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio! Check the changelog for further info!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 33.7%, Driving 21.9%, Racing 18.1%, Simulation 6.5%, Multiplayer 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: While more track-oriented, its realistic road-car handling is excellent if what you want most is believable car behavior.

Assetto Corsa Competizione, the official GT World Challenge videogame. Thanks to the extraordinary quality of simulation, you will experience the atmosphere of the GT3 championship. Compete against official drivers, teams, cars and official circuits reproduced to the highest quality ever seen.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 36%, Driving 24.1%, Racing 10.5%, Simulation 7.8%, VR 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is a pure racing sim, but its serious approach to vehicle dynamics will still appeal if realism matters more to you than road rules.

Put your truck driving skills to the test in Trucks & Trailers! Complete basic training and set on the way to master the wide variety of challenges that lie ahead.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 49.4%, Driving 30.4%, Simulation 18.6%, Indie 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its parking and maneuvering challenges are perfect if you liked City Car Driving as a skills-and-control simulator.

Get ready for the next-generation off-road experience! Drive powerful vehicles and overcome extreme open environments to complete dozens of challenging missions solo or with up to 3 friends!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 31.5%, Driving 29.1%, Simulation 9%, Open World 8%, Realistic 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is much more off-road, but its slow, technical vehicle control and respect for weight, traction, and terrain will appeal to sim-focused drivers.

Transport oversized cargo in a variety of missions across a 175km² open world. Drive customisable, highly detailed trucks through dynamic weather and day and night. The official cooperation with Gruber Logistics allows you to get behind the wheel of real-life heavy cargo transports.

Why similar: Driving 32.8%, Automobile Sim 32.8%, Simulation 10%, Open World 9.9%, Realistic 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Oversized transport missions make vehicle placement, route planning, and smooth driving the main challenge, much like advanced driving exercises.

Explore the vibrant open world landscapes of Mexico with limitless, fun driving action in the world’s greatest cars.

Why similar: Driving 31.5%, Automobile Sim 24.2%, Racing 10.9%, Open World 10.7%, Multiplayer 6%

Why You'll Like It: It is more forgiving than City Car Driving, but the open-road exploration and large car roster make it a fun free-roam alternative.

Random generated open world semi-post apocalyptic survival car driving game.

Why similar: Driving 31.4%, Automobile Sim 27.9%, Open World 9.7%, Multiplayer 6.5%, Simulation 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its appeal comes from first-person road-trip immersion and maintaining a car over long drives, even if it is much more survival-sandbox than driving school.

Apex Point is an open world game that aims to immerge you into the Japanese car culture by providing a huge variety of customizations and race types so you can choose your own path

Why similar: Automobile Sim 37.7%, Driving 15.7%, Racing 11.2%, Simulation 10.9%, Open World 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is a looser fit, but its open-world driving and more simulation-leaning car feel make it worth a look if you want road cars outside formal racing.

My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 35.4%, Driving 29.8%, Open World 9.4%, Simulation 8%, Realistic 6.3%

My Winter Car is the ultimate challenge for project car owning, building, fixing, tuning and maintenance simulator. Sequel to My Summer Car, but with added challenge for those who can master the original game!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 31%, Driving 29.2%, Simulation 9%, Racing 8.8%, Realistic 7.4%

City Car Driving 2.0 is a driving simulator designed to help novice drivers master driving in a setting as close to reality as possible.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 31.8%, Driving 27.1%, Simulation 12.1%, Realistic 7.2%, Racing 6.9%

Brave the challenging conditions of Alaskan life in the definitive trucker simulator. Be the master of your own destiny as you take jobs, transport cargo and experience a sense of freedom on foot and in your cab.

Why similar: Driving 32.3%, Automobile Sim 32.1%, Open World 10%, Realistic 8.3%, Simulation 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It adds trucking career and survival elements, but the core loop still revolves around careful road driving in demanding conditions.

Build, repair, refuel and drive a dilapidated old car on a grand journey through the territories of the former Eastern bloc. Explore Germany, CSFR, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria

Why similar: Driving 36.8%, Automobile Sim 36%, Simulation 8.4%, Open World 8.4%, Realistic 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Like City Car Driving, it treats the car as a physical machine you live with, though it leans much more into road-trip survival and maintenance.

TDUSC is a lifestyle and social experience that redefines what an open-world racing game can be. Explore a fully recreated Hong Kong Island. Take to the road behind the wheel of exceptional cars and live the ultimate life of luxury.

Why similar: Driving 39.2%, Racing 14%, Automobile Sim 13.6%, Open World 13.4%, Realistic 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This emphasizes open-world road cruising in traffic more than most racing games, making it a reasonable bridge between sim driving and freer exploration.

CarX Drift Racing Online is your chance to immerse yourself in the real world of drifting. Get together with friends, tune your car and burn some tires!

Why similar: Driving 24.2%, Automobile Sim 24%, Moddable 10.7%, Simulation 8.9%, Racing 8.5%

MY GARAGE is a car simulation game with main focus being simulating real car repair, maintenance and physics.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 33.6%, Driving 22.5%, Open World 9.2%, Simulation 8.4%, Realistic 7.8%

Work your way to a service empire. Get your hands dirty in a highly realistic simulation game that pays major attention to details. Pay a visit to a new Auction house and buy cars in various conditions. Expand your range of services by investing in a new work space and equipment.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 37.5%, Driving 22.3%, Simulation 10.6%, Moddable 7.4%, Realistic 7%

Assetto Corsa EVO redefines the realism and features of one of the most popular multiplatform driving simulations ever developed. Featuring cars and tracks from different classes spanning across years of motoring history.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 28.5%, Driving 27.3%, Simulation 8.9%, Racing 8.8%, Realistic 6.7%

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.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 39.4%, Driving 24.4%, Simulation 11.4%, Realistic 5.7%, Multiplayer 5%

Car For Sale Simulator 2023 - Developed for car enthusiasts, grow your own car sales business by buying and selling different car models. Drive the purchased cars as you wish, repair them, modify them, and sell them to customers at affordable prices.

Why similar: Driving 36.2%, Automobile Sim 31%, Simulation 8.3%, Open World 7.9%, Multiplayer 7%

Conquer mountain roads, highways, and city streets. Build your dream car with detailed tuning that unleashes the potential of “CarX Technology”© physics. Take part in thrilling races, enjoying realistic gameplay and dynamic driving.

Why similar: Driving 30.8%, Automobile Sim 30.4%, Open World 10.8%, Racing 9.6%, Simulation 7%

Off to the next round! Experience a new omnibus simulator with OMSI 2 and start discovering Spandau while driving the omnibus. OMSI 2 is the successor of the well-known and awarded omnibus simulator "OMSI - The Bus Simulator".

Why similar: Automobile Sim 41.2%, Driving 31.1%, Simulation 10.6%, Realistic 5.9%, Moddable 4.3%

New cars, new tools, new options, more parts and much more fun in the next version of Car Mechanic Simulator! Take your wrench! Create and expand your auto repairs service empire. Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 will take you behind the scenes of daily routine in car workshop.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 52.1%, Driving 20.9%, Simulation 13.3%, Racing 4.4%, Realistic 2.7%

Automobilista 2 is all the racing simulators you ever wanted - in just one. An incredibly diverse collection of cars and tracks cohesively simulated, featuring incredible graphics and audio quality, dynamic weather and track conditions and the best VR support for a racing experience like no other.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 26.2%, Driving 22.1%, Racing 15.2%, Simulation 13.9%, VR 6.1%

Now you can own and operate your own auto repair service with PlayWay’s Car Mechanic Simulator 2014. Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 gives you the behind the scenes view of the daily dealings at local garages and dealership repair shops.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 71.6%, Simulation 17.9%, Realistic 3.4%, Racing 1.8%, Multiplayer 1.5%

Experience what it feels like to be a real bus driver. Simulator featuring realistic physics, a variety of bus models (city buses, electric bus, school bus), three distinct regions to explore (US, Germany, Brazil) and much more. Test your skills in career, drive in freeride or play multiplayer.

Why similar: Driving 29.5%, Automobile Sim 29.1%, Open World 8.8%, Simulation 8.8%, Moddable 7.7%

Become the star on festival of car culture and sports. Drift races and Free Style Drift tours on public roads with traffic. Huge game world, iconic tracks. Unique collection of cars. Wide range of tuning and styling options. Accurate physics: a sense of speed and lateral g-forces.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 30.2%, Driving 26.6%, Open World 9.5%, Racing 8.8%, Simulation 8.4%

Car Detailing Simulator, you get a chance to renew any car and restore its splendor at the request of demanding customers! A nice and well-groomed vehicle can be the pride of every human being! Clean, polish and marvel at your creations in this highly realistic game where every little detail counts!

Why similar: Driving 30%, Simulation 18.8%, Racing 15.9%, Realistic 12.3%, Multiplayer 9.8%

DRİVE 21 is a simulation game. By earning money with job opportunities, by making logistics and taxi driver, by buying and modifying your own vehicle with the money you earn, you can make your own vehicle and you can travel with your own vehicle with open world driving experience.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 35%, Driving 23.2%, Simulation 14.5%, Open World 12.1%, Realistic 6.2%

DiRT Rally 2.0 dares you to carve your way through a selection of iconic rally locations from across the globe, in the most powerful off-road vehicles ever made, knowing that the smallest mistake could end your stage.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 33.3%, Driving 24.6%, Racing 12.7%, Simulation 8.3%, VR 6.4%

Load, drive, and deliver through a huge open world with up to 24 players in cross-platform multiplayer. Join your friends in exciting heavy transport convoys. Jump into the driver's seat of more than 30 unique vehicles and carry out complex loading tasks to deliver a variety of cargo.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 28.2%, Driving 26.5%, Open World 8.8%, Simulation 8.6%, Moddable 7.5%

rFactor 2 is a realistic, easily extendable racing simulation that offers race customization, great graphics, outstanding multiplayer and the height of racing realism. It features mixed class road racing with ultra realistic dynamics, an immersive sound environment and stunning graphics.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 40.6%, Driving 18.3%, Racing 11.7%, Simulation 10.4%, Realistic 6.4%

Buckle up, adjust your mirrors and get ready to put your driving abilities to the test as you prove your skills on the streets! Choose between driving a traditional car, bus, or truck and prepare to navigate city streets, mountain roads, or scenic highways.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 34%, Driving 28.8%, Open World 8.7%, Simulation 8%, Realistic 5.9%

Tune your dream drift car, change parts, boost performance and challenge other players on Japan's legendary EBISU circuits!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 29.5%, Driving 22.8%, Racing 18%, Simulation 15.5%, Realistic 5.1%

This game has the role to simulate real situations and have as aims to prepare future drivers not only in a virtual world but also for the real world!

Why similar: Driving 45.1%, Automobile Sim 33%, Simulation 9.4%, Racing 7.5%, Family Friendly 2.2%

Build your car, earn sponsors, and compete in online multiplayer drift battles!

Why similar: Driving 33.8%, Automobile Sim 27%, Racing 12%, Open World 9.3%, Multiplayer 8.2%

Obtain, maintain and tune your "OHV" car. Build your own buggy. Build your own garage. Race to win trophies. Work to earn money. A Open world game set in Poland in the 90s.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 38.2%, Driving 35.2%, Simulation 10.8%, Open World 8.3%, Racing 4.2%

Become a real car mechanic in a very realistic, highly detailed simulator in a fully VR World. REPAIR, PAINT, TUNING with dozens of different tools and almost thousands of parts. BUY old vehicles, restore them, and SELL them at a profit. DRIVE and test all rebuilt cars.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 31.8%, Driving 26.6%, Simulation 7.7%, VR 7.4%, Racing 7.3%

The Slaverian Trucker is a Survival/Truck/Life simulator game. Make enough money to survive and expand your wealth in the harsh semi-post apocalyptic lands of Slaveria, doing legal and illegal work, while maintaining, fixing, building, repairing, tuning your trucks, cars and other vehicles.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 35.4%, Driving 33.7%, Open World 10.1%, Simulation 9.8%, Realistic 5.4%