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; 94% of 18K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 91% of 168 in 30 days
Playing now: 295; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 3 weeks ago; Aug 31, 2026

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

94% of 18,022 reviews are positive · 91% of 168 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.

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Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game system requirements

As published by the developer.

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.

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

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

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

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Indonesian.