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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 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

82.5%positive3,373 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Tricky one to review. The underlying game is actually very good and the early-mid gameplay loop is excellent with upgrades to the equipment, research and so on. Where the game fails is in the mid-late part, the UI is too clunky to handle that much info on the screen, upgrades…”

— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Absolutely love this game - totally addicting. Upgrading/refactoring your existing line can be a pain in the ass because you have to repurchase all of the robotic arms for each module. It's nice that there's a "purchase for all modules" button, but it would be nice if there was…”

— a player, Steam review · 79 hrs played
Not recommended · 2 found this helpful

“UI has issues. Basic functionality like conveyer cant figure out proper direction or joining. Menus are confusing.”

— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:26 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

10playing at last check
1424-hour peak
631all-time peak
0 100 200 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 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 2026-07-25.

32achievements
19.4%median completion
3.5%rarest: Industry Veteran
68.8% of players 62.2% of players 59.1% of players 45.9% of players 43.2% of players 41.8% of players 39.5% of players 37.8% of players 34.6% of players 34.1% of players 33.7% of players 29.9% of players 24.3% of players 24.2% of players 24.1% of players 21.8% of players 19.4% of players 17.5% of players 16.2% of players 14.8% of players 13.7% of players 12.9% 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 68.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
68.8%Millionized revenue — A proud day for the car factory, you have taken one million dollars in revenue. Keep firing on all cylinders.
62.2%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?
59.1%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 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$24.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
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 (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

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

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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 2026-05-20.

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
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
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