Games Like My Summer Car

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

Why similar: Automobile Sim 33.3%, Driving 15.1%, Open World 10.5%, Racing 8.7%, Realistic 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its biggest appeal is the same hands-on part-by-part assembly and maintenance loop that makes putting together a car in My Summer Car so satisfying.

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 34.6%, Driving 23.5%, Racing 10.2%, Open World 10%, Building 8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same scrappy rural project-car vibe, mixing tuning, driving, odd jobs, and low-budget life-sim chaos around a lovable beater.

Junkyard Truck is an open-world off road driving and mechanic simulator. Build, upgrade, and maintain your old off road truck. Make money using your skills in driving, scavenging, gambling, or moonshine brewing. Try to build a truck capable of taking on the difficult challenges around the map.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 42.9%, Driving 26.5%, Open World 15.7%, Simulation 8.6%, First-Person 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: You rebuild and maintain a rough truck from scavenged parts while surviving in an open world, making it one of the closest matches in tone and structure.

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

Why similar: Automobile Sim 28%, Driving 21%, Open World 11.1%, Survival 8.5%, Racing 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Like My Summer Car, it turns keeping a junky vehicle alive on a lonely first-person trip into the core survival experience.

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: Automobile Sim 36.8%, Driving 25.1%, Open World 9.7%, Survival 7.8%, Simulation 6%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same feeling of caring for a flimsy old car through fuel management, repairs, breakdowns, and road-trip improvisation.

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

Why similar: Automobile Sim 30.4%, Driving 23.8%, Open World 10%, Realistic 8.6%, Racing 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its unmatched vehicle physics and believable driving damage make it a great fit for players who love My Summer Car's realistic, tactile driving feel.

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 43.8%, Driving 17.5%, Simulation 8.5%, Realistic 7.8%, Racing 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of My Summer Car is wrenching on engines and replacing parts, this is the most polished pure mechanic alternative.

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 43.1%, Driving 17.7%, Simulation 8.6%, Building 7%, Racing 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is still a strong option for detailed repair and restoration if you primarily want the workshop side of My Summer Car.

Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.

Why similar: Driving 46.2%, Survival 19%, Building 10.4%, Sandbox 8%, First-Person 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is another first-person survival game built around maintaining, repairing, and upgrading a single car you depend on for every run.

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 41.7%, Building 11.9%, Driving 11.1%, Racing 9.5%, Realistic 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers extremely detailed car assembly and repair for players who want an even more authentic nuts-and-bolts mechanical experience.

You. Your car. And world under the sand.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 32.8%, Driving 22.9%, Open World 10.9%, Racing 9.3%, Survival 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its road-trip structure, vehicle upkeep, and harsh open-world travel hit a lot of the same car-survival notes as My Summer Car.

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 40%, Racing 14.7%, Open World 12.8%, Driving 11.1%, Simulation 8%

Why You'll Like It: It blends open-world driving with project-car tuning and progression, appealing to the same players who enjoy building a car they actually live with.

City Car Driving – realistic car driving simulator, which will help you master the basic skills of the car driving in various traffic conditions, with plunging into the environment most closely resembling the real one.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 35.1%, Driving 30.1%, Open World 9.4%, Simulation 8.2%, Realistic 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its serious, realistic first-person driving makes it a good fit if you value the believable road feel more than the life-sim elements.

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: Automobile Sim 34%, Driving 25.8%, Open World 13.7%, Racing 8.2%, Realistic 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world driving sim has a chill work-and-drive rhythm that scratches some of the same everyday vehicle-ownership appeal.

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 33.1%, Driving 21.6%, Open World 11.1%, Racing 10.3%, Building 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines project-car building, tuning, and driving in an open-world Australian setting that feels close to My Summer Car's DIY garage spirit.

Design your car from scratch: from the frame to the suspension and race it!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 42.7%, Driving 17.3%, Racing 11.4%, Building 11.3%, Sandbox 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: If assembling vehicles from the ground up is your favorite part of My Summer Car, this leans hard into creative mechanical construction.

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: Automobile Sim 38.4%, Driving 25.7%, Open World 9.1%, Simulation 7.4%, Realistic 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers an even rougher, more stripped-down version of vehicle hardship where every trip feels like surviving with your machine.

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 34.5%, Driving 21.3%, Open World 9.9%, Realistic 7.4%, Simulation 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: While less about assembly, it shares the slow, punishing vehicle-focused problem solving and respect for terrain, planning, and machine limits.

Service off-road vehicles and take them for a drive! Offroad Mechanic Simulator lets you modify many classic off-road vehicles and prepare them for daunting tasks that no normal car could ever hope to complete. Test your work and climb steep cliffs or drive through rivers and deep layers of mud.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 39.5%, Driving 26.1%, Realistic 9.1%, Survival 8.7%, Building 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Repairing worn-out off-road vehicles in first person gives you that same dirty, practical mechanic-sim satisfaction.

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: Automobile Sim 37.4%, Driving 29%, Open World 10.8%, Simulation 6.8%, Realistic 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Buying, repairing, cleaning, and flipping beat-up cars taps into the same rough-edged car ownership fantasy from a different angle.

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 54.5%, Driving 14.7%, Simulation 9.6%, Building 6.3%, Racing 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: This older entry is still worthwhile if you want a simpler, workshop-heavy fix for tearing down and rebuilding cars.

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 43.6%, Building 14.4%, Simulation 12.4%, Realistic 9.6%, Racing 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is less personal and more design-focused, but it strongly appeals to players who love engineering, tuning, and obsessing over car details.

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 30.4%, Driving 19.3%, Racing 10.9%, Open World 8%, Realistic 6.9%

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 76.5%, Simulation 13.3%, Realistic 3.6%, Racing 2.4%, First-Person 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is the most stripped-down version of the mechanic-sim formula, but still scratches the basic fix-and-replace itch.

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: Automobile Sim 31.9%, Driving 21.5%, Open World 11.3%, Survival 8.7%, Realistic 8%

Why You'll Like It: Its long-haul driving, truck upkeep, and survival-lite structure echo the 'live with your vehicle' side of My Summer Car.

Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.

Why similar: Driving 28.2%, Open World 16.1%, Simulation 15.5%, Building 13.4%, Realistic 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same appeal of restoring and running a run-down place with lots of hands-on mechanical chores and grime.

Embark on scientific expeditions with this new off-road adventure game. Lead research missions as you drive a variety of all-terrain vehicles, using high-tech tools and managing your camp and crew to ensure your success in the wild.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 29.8%, Driving 22.1%, Open World 10.8%, Racing 9.8%, Building 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its prep-heavy off-road journeys and vehicle management emphasize the same satisfaction of overcoming the world with the right setup.

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 39.4%, Driving 22.1%, Racing 11.2%, Building 8.1%, Realistic 8%

Why You'll Like It: It brings the familiar repair loop into a more immersive first-person format that pairs well with My Summer Car's hands-on feel.

Your quintessential construction simulator is here. Take a dodgy loan, restore a property, move in the locals, attend to their grievances, then celebrate with a pint in this fully-simulated, open-world 1980's Britain.

Why similar: Driving 29.4%, Open World 17.8%, Building 13.8%, Realistic 11%, Simulation 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Though not car-centric, its grubby DIY life-sim jank and low-budget day-to-day immersion feel spiritually close to My Summer Car.

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

Why similar: Automobile Sim 43.1%, Driving 26.5%, Open World 10.9%, Simulation 8.6%, Racing 5.8%

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 37.2%, Driving 23.8%, Open World 12%, Survival 7.2%, Simulation 7.2%

Finnish Cottage Simulator is the ultimate cottage experience. Relax and enjoy the Finnish summer nature, go to the sauna, get drunk, grill food or play games with others!

Why similar: Open World 27.4%, Realistic 19.5%, Simulation 18%, First-Person 12.4%, Multiplayer 10.5%

Become a motorbike mechanic and build your empire. Buy, repair, renovate, and create your own dreamed custom motorcycle.

Why similar: Driving 29%, Realistic 15.1%, Racing 12.6%, Building 12.4%, Simulation 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: It swaps cars for bikes, yet keeps the same satisfying teardown, rebuild, tuning, and restoration loop that My Summer Car fans often enjoy.

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: Driving 26.6%, Open World 18.5%, Building 14.4%, Sandbox 12.1%, Racing 7.7%

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 36.2%, Driving 24.3%, Building 9.6%, Racing 8.3%, Sandbox 7.1%

Rev up your engines and venture into the unknown with Drive Beyond Horizons! Conquer dynamic landscapes, customize your ride, and unearth hidden treasures. Get ready for heart-pounding challenges and endless excitement. Your adventure starts now !

Why similar: Automobile Sim 35.6%, Driving 22.3%, Open World 8.7%, Survival 7%, Racing 6.3%

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 32.3%, Driving 18.5%, Open World 12.2%, Realistic 8%, Simulation 8%

My Village Life is an open world village simulator vehicle driving game.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 33.6%, Driving 20.5%, Open World 12.5%, Racing 11.8%, Simulation 6.6%

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

Why similar: Automobile Sim 31.6%, Racing 23.9%, Driving 16.3%, Simulation 11.5%, Realistic 5.3%

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 32.7%, Driving 22.3%, Open World 13.3%, Racing 12.7%, Sandbox 5.8%

Used Cars Simulator - trade used or stolen cars, fix and customize them, drive around, and explore the open world! Grow your business, complete quests, and have fun with a physics-based sandbox!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 33.9%, Driving 23.8%, Open World 11.6%, Racing 11.3%, Realistic 7.1%

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 35.3%, Driving 25.1%, Racing 10%, Open World 9.5%, Realistic 9%

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 38.9%, Driving 19.6%, Racing 11.3%, Realistic 9.7%, Building 7.4%

Become a gold miner. Work hard, dig deep, explore the world, and you’ll become the wealthiest person in Alaska. Use a variety of specialist machines to find as much gold as you can.

Why similar: Driving 18.6%, Simulation 18%, Open World 17.3%, Realistic 13.7%, Automobile Sim 12.9%

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 34.8%, Driving 19.7%, Open World 11%, Racing 10.9%, Realistic 7%

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 46.3%, Driving 19.5%, Racing 13.9%, Simulation 6.7%, Building 6.7%

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 37.3%, Driving 22.9%, Racing 11.9%, Building 10.7%, Simulation 6.3%

You inherit your dad’s beaten up car and rebuild it piece by piece, swapping engine parts, upgrading the suspension, fitting new wheels and more until it becomes a high performance race car. Beat your opponents and earn revenge for your dad.

Why similar: Racing 45.6%, Open World 23.5%, Sandbox 17.2%, Simulation 9.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%

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 34.8%, Driving 20.4%, Open World 10%, Racing 9.3%, Realistic 7.3%

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 33.6%, Driving 22.5%, Open World 12.8%, Racing 11.7%, Realistic 6.9%

Physics based, off road truck and bus simulation.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 38.2%, Driving 33.1%, Sandbox 10.4%, Simulation 9.6%, Realistic 7.7%

Take control of a Soviet locomotive and embark on a dangerous journey along the world's longest railway line. Face mafia rivals, bandits, wild animals, constant breakdowns, severe frosts, hunger, and... a hangover. How far will you get before your supplies run out?

Why similar: Driving 33.4%, Open World 16.4%, Survival 13.8%, Realistic 11.5%, Simulation 9%

Uncover a goldmine in the used car market! Sniff out deals, buy low, modify, and sell high. Your journey from amateur grease monkey to car dealer magnate awaits. How fast will you rise in this lucrative venture?

Why similar: Automobile Sim 37.8%, Driving 26.9%, Open World 12.4%, Realistic 8.5%, Simulation 7.4%

Car Service Simulator is a car service business simulation game where you start from scratch and work your way up. Take the chance to successfully run your own service center, offering a wide range of services from car repair to painting and modification.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 36.3%, Driving 21.5%, Racing 13%, Realistic 8.4%, Simulation 7.8%

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: Open World 29.6%, Building 22.3%, Survival 19.3%, Sandbox 18.9%, First-Person 9.8%

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: Open World 22.2%, Building 20%, Survival 17.9%, Sandbox 12.5%, Multiplayer 7.2%

Step into the world of rally car mechanics with Rally Mechanic Simulator: Prologue, a free introduction to the full game. Take your first steps as a rally mechanic, facing the challenges of fixing and tuning a rally car.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 47.4%, Racing 13.6%, Simulation 10.1%, Realistic 8.2%, Open World 6.9%

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 41.9%, Driving 20.4%, Racing 20%, Simulation 5.9%, Multiplayer 3.6%