Games Like Dream Car Builder

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

Why similar: Automobile Sim 28.6%, Destruction 18%, Driving 16.1%, Racing 12.6%, Sandbox 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is the gold standard for soft-body physics, offering the most realistic vehicle destruction and handling simulation available.

Make your dream cars a reality with Automation’s unparalleled car and engine design tools. Gain a competitive edge through smart engineering and business decisions to help you build an automotive empire. Will you become an industry leader, or just a footnote in automotive history?

Why similar: Automobile Sim 34.5%, Building 21.3%, Sandbox 16.4%, Racing 12.2%, Simulation 11%

Why You'll Like It: It provides an unparalleled level of depth in engine and chassis design, perfect for those who want to engineer cars from the ground up.

Build your own vehicles or download one of the more than 200,000 creations already uploaded to the Workshop and experience the dynamic driving and destruction physics of Brick Rigs!

Why similar: Destruction 24%, Sandbox 20.2%, Building 19.9%, Driving 13.9%, Racing 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It features a highly accessible building system combined with a robust physics engine that makes crashing and driving custom vehicles incredibly fun.

Explore a world of creative building, interactive machines, and gears - lots of gears. Build all things mechanical: cars, trucks, cranes, tanks, gearboxes, engines, clocks, anything you can think of. Test your creations to destruction in challenging scenarios, and share them in the workshop!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 25.4%, Building 18.8%, Destruction 16.1%, Sandbox 14.6%, Driving 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on mechanical engineering and physics, allowing you to build intricate machines and vehicles with functional moving parts.

Crazy physics and high-speed races! Craft vehicles cleverly by combining building blocks and mechanical parts to create powerful drivetrains. Unlock new parts, race for the gold, and challenge your friends in multiplayer.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 28.7%, Racing 15.6%, Building 15.5%, Destruction 14.7%, Driving 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based building game that emphasizes creative vehicle design and competitive racing in a sandbox setting.

Build the ultimate vehicle and explore a vast open world filled with challenges and adventure. Play solo or team up with friends in multiplayer to conquer the toughest obstacles. With a thrilling campaign mode and endless creative possibilities, Trailmakers is the ultimate sandbox for adventurers.

Why similar: Racing 30.9%, Building 30.1%, Sandbox 26.6%, Physics 8.8%, Multiplayer 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: This sandbox game allows you to build complex vehicles from modular blocks and test them in diverse environments with realistic physics.

Build airplanes by snapping parts together, designing wing sections, and attaching engines. At any time, you can strap yourself into the cockpit and see how it flies with realistic physics. If you're not in the mood for building, over 100,000 airplanes are available to download for free.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 35.9%, Building 20.1%, Racing 19.8%, Sandbox 18.3%, Physics 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: While focused on aircraft, its deep part-based construction and aerodynamic physics make it a must-play for fans of engineering-focused vehicle design.

Wreckfest is a demolition derby themed racing game with soft-body damage modeling, sophisticated driving dynamics and in-depth vehicle upgrading, featuring both demolition derbies and more traditional track races. It’s all about fun, breakneck racing and over-the-top crashes.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 31.3%, Racing 25.2%, Destruction 19.9%, Driving 10.9%, Simulation 5%

Why You'll Like It: It features excellent soft-body physics and destruction mechanics that make every race feel visceral and impactful.

The most popular vehicle mechanic simulator in the world got a second life in the new Steam version! Build cars, tune them, crash, repair and race against other racers!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 42.3%, Racing 21.4%, Driving 12.8%, Building 11.4%, Simulation 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic title that offers deep car customization and mechanical repair mechanics for those who enjoy the technical side of automotive simulation.

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 42.7%, Driving 17.3%, Racing 11.4%, Building 11.3%, Sandbox 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a hyper-realistic approach to building and maintaining a car, requiring you to assemble almost every individual part.

Join a world where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service. Release your inner hero as you battle fierce storms out at sea to rescue those in need.

Why similar: Sandbox 44.9%, Building 43.6%, Physics 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers deep engineering challenges where you must design functional vehicles and systems to survive and perform rescue missions.

You’re the designer, engineer and architect if you can imagine it you can create it! Construct robots of any shape or size from eight-legged spider bots to eerie UFO contraptions.

Why similar: Building 37.1%, Sandbox 33.1%, Simulation 14.9%, Physics 10.5%, Multiplayer 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers advanced robotics and vehicle building tools that give you complete control over every aspect of your creation's design and functionality.

TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.

Why similar: Building 49.6%, Sandbox 38.8%, Physics 4.8%, Multiplayer 4.5%, Indie 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A creative sandbox game where you build vehicles from scavenged parts to explore and battle in an open world.

Crash through walls and tear down buildings in Instruments of Destruction, a vehicle-action game featuring advanced physics-based demolition. Pilot 130+ unique vehicles across scores of challenge-packed missions or design your own contraptions and wreck highly-interactive sandbox worlds.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 30.1%, Destruction 24.6%, Driving 16.6%, Racing 14.8%, Simulation 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on physics-based construction and destruction, allowing you to build massive machines to demolish environments.

Rover Builder is a 3D engineering sim tasking you to create the right rover to complete the job. Unleash your creativity in the garage, building vehicles using an impressive array of parts, materials and machinery. Or try your hand at level editor - creating entire missions and levels from scratch!

Why similar: Building 38%, Sandbox 34.4%, Simulation 14.4%, Physics 10.6%, Indie 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game tasks you with building rovers to traverse challenging terrain, emphasizing suspension and drivetrain engineering.

Create, Collect, and Crash in Autocraft, a physics destruction sandbox. Create your own cars, rockets, tanks, planes, boats, and more.

Why similar: Sandbox 36.3%, Building 33.2%, Simulation 16.2%, Physics 9%, Indie 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox game that lets you build anything from cars to planes, focusing on physics and creative freedom.

Car racing game with soft-body damage, race track builder, track database and multiplayer

Why similar: Automobile Sim 25.9%, Racing 15.7%, Destruction 14.6%, Driving 12%, Building 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: It combines vehicle building with a level editor, allowing you to create both the car and the track for a complete racing experience.

Drive all kinds of RC Cars, Boats, Rock Crawlers, Planes or Quadcopters on any of the 250+ Workshop Tracks. The game includes an in-game Track Editor and Vehicle Painter to create tons of scenarios and Paint schemes. RC Sim is made by a solo developer and still is in development.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 45.3%, Racing 22.2%, Driving 11.5%, Sandbox 10%, Simulation 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a realistic physics simulation for remote-controlled vehicles, focusing on handling and terrain navigation.

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.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 37.3%, Building 20%, Racing 14.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Driving 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed mechanical simulator that focuses on the realistic assembly and maintenance of high-performance vehicles.

Car Constructor will allow you to build, repair and paint your own car, then check it out on the race track!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 34.7%, Racing 27.2%, Sandbox 14.1%, Driving 10.7%, Simulation 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a streamlined approach to building and racing custom cars, focusing on the core loop of design and performance.

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

Why similar: Racing 36.5%, Automobile Sim 28.5%, Simulation 11.8%, Driving 10.6%, Building 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the technical aspects of drift car building and performance tuning for competitive drifting.

Besiege is a physics building game about constructing medieval machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer!

Why similar: Destruction 29.8%, Building 25.7%, Sandbox 23.3%, Simulation 10.7%, Physics 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: While medieval-themed, its core gameplay revolves around building physics-based machines to solve puzzles and destroy targets.

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 44.5%, Building 13.6%, Driving 13%, Racing 11.4%, Simulation 10%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep dive into the mechanical components of cars, perfect for players interested in how vehicles are put together.

AUTOMOBILISTA places you in the driving seat of an advanced racing simulator, featuring elite brazilian racing series along with a wide range of racing vehicles and international tracks for a uniquely diverse motorsports experience.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 51.5%, Racing 32.6%, Simulation 10.7%, Driving 4.2%, Multiplayer 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: A top-tier racing simulator that emphasizes realistic driving dynamics and vehicle behavior on the track.

Crossout - the postapocalyptic MMO action game where you can create a unique design for an armoured vehicle from dozens of parts and then drive it into multiplayer battles raging on land and in the skies alike.

Why similar: Building 49.2%, Sandbox 44.5%, Multiplayer 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features a highly detailed vehicle construction system specifically designed for competitive vehicular combat.

Car Service Together is a 1-4 co-op & single player simulation game where you and/or with your friends start from scratch and build your way up. Work together to successfully run your own service center. Team up, manage your business, and create the ultimate car service !

Why similar: Automobile Sim 32.4%, Building 16.2%, Driving 15.5%, Sandbox 14.6%, Racing 12.5%

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

Why similar: Automobile Sim 35.9%, Racing 15.9%, Sandbox 12.8%, Driving 11.7%, Building 11.2%

Unleash your creativity and craft anything from flying cars to jet-powered toilets.Fair warning: there's a learning curve. But once you've got it, the sky's the limit for your creations!While active development is paused, we focus preserving the game and keeping it accessible.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 33.7%, Racing 17.6%, Driving 16.3%, Building 12.6%, Sandbox 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: It allows for extensive vehicle design and testing, with a focus on physics-based movement and modular construction.

Revhead is a car racing simulation game, where you have to build your own race car. You start your journey somewhere in a small village in Australia. You have to think as a real Revhead! You can buy or sell cars and components, fix and tweak your car to make it the fastest around.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 34.6%, Racing 18.1%, Building 17.4%, Driving 16.1%, Simulation 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of car building and racing that requires you to manage parts and mechanics to stay competitive.

Build your crappy vehicle into a race car, install the parts yourself. Make money by cutting wood, racing at night or delivering pizza. Maybe you want to manage a sugar shack or build yourself a big garage?

Why similar: Automobile Sim 32.6%, Racing 16.2%, Driving 15.9%, Sandbox 14.4%, Building 14.2%

drift,jump,crash,shortcut,park, map editor

Why similar: Automobile Sim 36.2%, Racing 31.9%, Driving 15.5%, Simulation 9.3%, Physics 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a strong emphasis on physics-based driving and racing, challenging you to master vehicle control.

CAR TUNE: Project is a detailed car tuning simulator where every bolt, screw, and gear matters. Build your dream machine, fine-tune every parameter, and test it on the track.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 32.6%, Driving 16.6%, Racing 15.6%, Sandbox 13.2%, Destruction 12.8%

Rise as a drift master and missile car mechanic! DRIFT ISLAND is an open-world drift build-and-drive game. Create unique 'missile cars,' tune them, shred sideways, and test your skills! Earn cash, upgrade parts, and become a true drifting legend!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 38.7%, Racing 20.5%, Driving 15.7%, Sandbox 13%, Simulation 5.6%

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: Automobile Sim 34.6%, Racing 22.6%, Driving 16.9%, Sandbox 14%, Simulation 6.3%

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 47.4%, Racing 29.6%, Simulation 10.7%, Driving 9.5%, Multiplayer 1.9%

Choose from one of two different car models! Customize it in your own way, then try it on the track!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 46%, Racing 34.7%, Simulation 14.3%, Indie 3.7%, Multiplayer 1.3%

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 54.7%, Building 12%, Simulation 10.9%, Driving 10.5%, Racing 9.7%

The city at night, the roar of the engine, nitrous, neon, a tuning... What else do you need for a street race? Burn rubber and become the king of the streets!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 52%, Racing 22.5%, Driving 9.1%, Simulation 7.5%, Sandbox 5.6%

Build the car of your dreams to compete in intense drag races, featuring detailed mechanics, advanced customization, and realistic physics. Tune every part of the engine, control the revs with precision, and win through reaction and skill.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 46.3%, Racing 31.7%, Driving 13.9%, Simulation 8%

D Series is an off road driving simulation with custom track editor built into the Steam Workshop. It was originally released in 2015 and completely rebuilt for 2017 with all new vehicles and a new controller input system.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 45.9%, Racing 25.6%, Driving 9.7%, Simulation 9.3%, Sandbox 6.8%

Welcome to the world of high-stakes tuning and street racing! Welcome to Underground Garage! It's your playground where you can unleash your creativity and mechanical prowess. Fix cars, tune them up, and hit the road.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 38%, Racing 22.4%, Driving 18.2%, Simulation 8.8%, Building 6.7%

EV3 is built by real life drag racers. The fun of drag racing is driving, not just pushing buttons. In EV3 you actually drive the car using realistic variable gas pedal, steering, braking, realistic suspension and engine/torque response... It's all there.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 51.1%, Racing 34.8%, Simulation 10.2%, Indie 2.7%, Multiplayer 1.2%

Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!

Why similar: Building 42.7%, Sandbox 32.4%, Physics 10%, Simulation 8.2%, Multiplayer 4.5%

Choose a car, perform amazing stunts and drifts, collect as many points you can get and buy the rest of the cars.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 68.2%, Simulation 13.3%, Driving 12.8%, Indie 4%, Multiplayer 1.7%

Become a builder and renovator of garages and car repair shops. Your task is to complete jobs and build up your empire by buying and restoring old facilities. Grab your hammer, your mortar, and get to work!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 35.9%, Sandbox 16.1%, Driving 15.1%, Building 12.9%, Racing 10.2%

Climb aboard your vehicle and become the master of the track!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 47.3%, Racing 36.1%, Simulation 12.6%, Indie 4%

Demolish & Build 3: Excavator Playground is a playable sneak peek at the driving and demolition physics from the upcoming Demolition & Build 3. In the game, you take control of a modern excavator and drive around a small test track or demolish structures.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 33.4%, Destruction 22.8%, Sandbox 16.8%, Simulation 12.6%, Driving 10.9%

Build your own buggy. Obtain, maintain and tune your OHV car. A game set in Poland in the 90s.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 52.1%, Driving 22.9%, Racing 11.8%, Simulation 11.7%, Indie 1.5%

Drive!Drive!Drive! is a racing game unlike any other, where players must drive their cars to victory across multiple tracks at the same time.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 51.1%, Racing 29%, Driving 15.7%, Indie 2.8%, Multiplayer 1.5%

Water Physics Simulation & Sandbox! Build ships and let them sink! Build cars and let them sink! Use bombs and destroy ragdolls. Play with natural disasters or create towns.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 23.6%, Destruction 21%, Sandbox 20.7%, Building 16%, Simulation 11.4%

Ready for mayhem? Wreckfest is back, offering the best in full-contact racing with unrivaled destruction! Witness head-to-head battles as you tear apart rival vehicles bit by bit. Powered by the enhanced physics engine, developed by the creators of Wreckfest & FlatOut!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 30.1%, Racing 28.7%, Destruction 18.2%, Driving 10.8%, Simulation 7.6%

Clown For Speed is your chance to immerse yourself in the real world of ultimate drifting experience. Pick your perfect ride and get ready to burn some tires!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 33.9%, Racing 30.4%, Sandbox 13.8%, Simulation 10.3%, Driving 9%

Your company is going global. Use big machines to demolish huge buildings or go close and personal and use your hammer. Buy land properties, upgrade your machines and hire workers in different parts of the world.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 28.7%, Destruction 21.4%, Building 17.3%, Simulation 14.3%, Driving 5.6%

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: Automobile Sim 40.4%, Racing 19.8%, Driving 14.5%, Building 14.5%, Simulation 8.6%

VRC Pro takes you deep into the world of cutting edge, modern RC cars. You can race up to 15 different RC cars on real existing mini race tracks all around the world; all fully customizable & tunable.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 41.6%, Racing 40%, Simulation 14%, Indie 3.6%, Multiplayer 0.8%

The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version. Garage Flipper: Prologue is a game where you get to be a builder and renovator of garages and car repair shops. Your task is to complete jobs and build up your empire by buying and restoring old facilities.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 36.6%, Building 17.5%, Sandbox 16%, Racing 14.1%, Simulation 8.8%

Did you ever wish to work in a junkyard? Now you can, with Junkyard Simulator. They are many roads leading to success - whichever you take depends on your decisions.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 36.8%, Sandbox 17.2%, Building 16.5%, Driving 15%, Simulation 10.3%

Race across global licensed series and build your own racing team to secure your motorsport legacy in this third person arcade racer.

Why similar: Racing 38.1%, Automobile Sim 36.9%, Driving 20.4%, Physics 3.3%, Multiplayer 1.4%