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Production Line : Car factory simulation

Production Line : Car factory simulation

Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?

Released Mar 7, 2019 Developer Positech Games Platforms Windows ManagementSimulationStrategyEconomyAutomation
View on Steam ↗ $24.99 (US · as of 2026-10-20)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.

82.1%positive3,484 reviews
Recommended · 432 found this helpful

“There are two aspects of this game, I want to highlight: 1. Realism 2. Gameplay Realism As someone who literally worked on optimizing the production process in the automotive industry for several years, I was appalled by the inefficiency of the first few production lines you can…”

— a player, Steam review · 40 hrs played
Recommended · 68 found this helpful

“One term sums up this game perfectly: Precedence Diagram Method (Netzplantechnik). That method is the most fun you'll ever encounter when you study anything related to production planning. This game is incredibly fun to play if and only if you enjoy these kind of things. This is…”

— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played
Not recommended · 157 found this helpful

“I will preface this by saying I have 1800+ hours in Factorio. I love conveyer belts, production chains, managing for efficiency, and maximizing material production. This game has this, and if it is your thing you may enjoy it. For me, the game seems to be more of a "Fast…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

631all-time peak
0 100 200 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 No data collected for this period 174 avg · Mar 2019

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-20.

32achievements
19.4%median completion
3.5%rarest: Industry Veteran
68.6% of players 62.0% of players 58.9% of players 45.7% of players 43.1% of players 41.7% of players 39.4% of players 37.7% of players 34.5% of players 34.0% of players 33.6% of players 29.9% of players 24.2% of players 24.2% of players 24.1% of players 21.7% of players 19.4% of players 17.5% of players 16.2% of players 14.8% of players 13.7% of players 12.8% of players 12.7% of players 10.6% of players 10.1% of players 9.4% of players 8.7% of players 7.8% of players 7.1% of players 5.9% of players 5.7% of players 3.5% of players 68.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
68.6%Millionized revenue — A proud day for the car factory, you have taken one million dollars in revenue. Keep firing on all cylinders.
62.0%Start-up Production — Well done, you have a functional production line and your start-up business has produced its first century run of vehicles! Do you have the drive to take production all the way?
58.9%Efficiency Awareness — Good work, you have achieved the Efficiency Awareness Award and your business is gearing up for greatness. Don’t let poor efficiency stall further progress.
Rarest badges of honor
3.5%Industry Veteran — In this ever-evolving industry, there is no such thing as 'enough' experience
5.7%Rapid Assembly: We’re on a deadline — Does your production line have traction? Get a grip and produce 500 cars in a single 10 hour shift.
5.9%Job Creator — Recruit as if human labour is going out of fashion! You've got the robots but employees are the oil that keeps the lines running and the profits rolling in

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$24.99current · sampled 2026-10-20 11:41 UTC
$6.24lowest since tracking began2026-10-01
US24.99 USD
EU24.50 EUR
UK20.99 GBP
Australia36.50 AUD
Canada32.50 CAD
Japan2,800 JPY
Brazil73.99 BRL
China92.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$14 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$28

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-20). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-30 08-19 09-08 09-28 10-20

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 20, 2025
Ridiculous Space Battles is coming soon

If you enjoyed Production Line: Car Factory simulation, you may well be interested in our upcoming game: RIDICULOUS SPACE BATTLES. 15 years ago, Positech Games released 'Gratuitous Space Battles', the

Oct 07, 2020
Democracy 4 is now in Early Access!

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Sep 29, 2020
Democracy 4 is just ONE WEEK away from Early Access

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Sep 03, 2020
Democracy 4 is coming soon. Add to your wishlist :D

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Oct 23, 2019
Production Line: Design Variety pack released!

At last! our DLC containing varieties of car models is now on sale. The design variety pack contains a new car design for each of the existing cat categories in the base game (Sedan, Compact, SUV, Spo

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsManagement · Simulation · Strategy · Economy · Automation · Building · Resource Management · Sandbox · Indie · 2D · Base-Building · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , German, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, Portuguese - Portugal, Czech, Dutch, Polish *
Achievements32
Official sitehttp://www.positech.co.uk/productionline/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7,8,10 Processor: intel i5 1.6GHZ Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: intel HD3000 DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: any