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Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game

Car company simulation combining detailed vehicle design with business management

Camshaft Software Ltd · Released Mar 12, 2015 · Early Access

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Reviews
Very Positive
93% of 18K
Recent reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
97% of 137 in 30 days
Players
442
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
2 months ago
Aug 31, 2026
Minimum PC
HD4000
8 GB RAM · 30 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game?

An automotive design and management simulation spanning vehicle technologies from 1946 to 2020. Build and tune engines, shape car bodies, and use your designs in a sandbox or a campaign where you construct factories, research technology, and market vehicles to simulated customer groups.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy detailed engine tuning and car design
  • +you want a sandbox for unusual automotive experiments
  • +you want to export custom cars into BeamNG.drive

Not for you if...

  • −you expect a guided, well-explained management campaign
  • −you dislike complex interfaces and manual design work
  • −you want a finished game outside Early Access

What players say

93% of 17,898 reviews are positive · 97% of 137 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the detailed engine and car design tools, especially creating unusual vehicles and exporting them to BeamNG.drive. Common complaints target the campaign’s confusing interface and weak explanations, along with bugs, save problems, and prolonged Early Access development.

Players over time

▼ -30% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 567 players on Sep 21, 2026.

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Screenshots and trailer

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Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game system requirements

Minimum: HD4000, 8 GB RAM, 30 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 7, 8, 10 - 64 bit
Processor
Dual Core
Graphics
Support Shader Model 5.0 (Intel HD4000 Integrated, Geforce 400 Series, Radeon HD2000 Series)
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
30 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11
Notes
Requirements for Ultra Low Settings. Framerate may be poor in some situations.

Recommended

OS
Windows 10 64 Bit
Processor
Recent Intel i5/i7 or AMD 6 core or better
Graphics
AMD 290x or nVidia 970GTX or Better
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
30 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12
Notes
System requirements for good frame rate Epic Settings. Solid State Drive highly recommended for best loading performance

Does Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: PvP online. It also has a single-player mode.

Does Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Indonesian.

Does Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

3 DLC available.

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