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WHAT THE CAR?

WHAT THE CAR?

Race through hundreds of silly levels as a shapeshifting car in strange worlds populated by …bears? Run, roll, jump, fly and sneeze your way to victory! Join the community and make your own chaotic levels!

Released Sep 9, 2024 Developer Triband Platforms Windows · Mac FunnyIndiePhysicsComedyAction-Adventure
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (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.

87.0%positive655 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“I enjoyed this one a little less than I enjoyed 'What the Golf' since this one was less about wacky ideas and more about trying to make a legitimate platformer of sorts. There were also a lot of levels that felt like they did not really need to be part of the game.”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Only Danish cars can run this fast. I see a couple of prominent review on here are comparing WHAT THE CAR? disfavorably to the studio's previous outing WHAT THE GOLF?. I don't think that's quite fair; no only is Car significantly cheaper while containing even more content and no…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Not recommended · 6 found this helpful

“I desperately want to enjoy this game, and for the first several hours I did. However, I'm not sure any game I've ever played has so thoroughly outstayed its welcome. I'm not sure exactly when my enthusiasm started to wane. By the time the beach and sandstorm levels arrived,…”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:29 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

6playing at last check
924-hour peak
257all-time peak
0 50 100 2025 2026 91 avg · Sep 2024

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.

35achievements
11.3%median completion
3.3%rarest: Vent Master
98.1% of players 94.8% of players 60.3% of players 55.5% of players 39.9% of players 32.1% of players 28.7% of players 26.5% of players 22.5% of players 21.5% of players 20.7% of players 19.5% of players 16.6% of players 15.8% of players 15.0% of players 11.9% of players 11.5% of players 11.3% of players 9.4% of players 9.4% of players 9.1% of players 8.9% of players 8.3% of players 8.0% of players 7.7% of players 7.0% of players 6.7% of players 6.4% of players 6.4% of players 6.0% of players 6.0% of players 5.7% of players 5.7% of players 5.3% of players 3.3% of players 98.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
98.1%Training Wheels Off — Tutorial completed
94.8%Deck Builder — Collected a card
60.3%Everyone Makes Games — Won a player level
Rarest badges of honor
3.3%Vent Master — Got all golden crowns and cards in Episode CAR-MONG US
5.3%The Gang’s All Here — Collected 8 characters
5.7%Witness Me — Got all golden crowns and cards in Episode SANDSTORM

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US19.99 USD
EU16.79 EUR
UK15.49 GBP
Australia29.50 AUD
Canada25.99 CAD
Japan1,999 JPY
Brazil59.99 BRL
China69.00 CNY

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

China≈$10 Brazil Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$21

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

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 09, 2026
🌞 JULY EVENTS 🌴

Try out these splash-tastic levels! 💦 JULY OVERVIEW Dreams of Vacation July 9th - August 5th Dreaming of vacation? Take a break and try out these... relaxing… levels! We've picked our fave chaotic bea

Jun 11, 2026
🚀 JUNE EVENTS 🔴

It's time for FUNGLE, everyone! my sus colored water uhhh lavA but it was a sick jump aight JUNE OVERVIEW Best of Car-Mong Us (Return) June 11th - July 8th Oh hey, our friends at Innersloth released a

Apr 30, 2026
👃🏽 MAY EVENTS 🏆

It's gonna be MAY. 🕺🏽 Let's see what's up in the Specials Elevator! MAY OVERVIEW Best of 2025 (Return) April 30th - May 27th Haven't gotten the fancy schmany GOLD and PLATINUM skins yet? Now's your ch

Apr 17, 2026
🎁 APRIL EVENTS 🎂

Another month, another series of happenings in the Specials Elevator! Let's take a look at this month's events! APRIL OVERVIEW Car-azy Wind (Return) April 2nd - 29th Want a car-azy challenge? In this

Mar 05, 2026
🐘 MARCH EVENTS 🐜

Phew, it's been a while, huh guys? We have actually been updating WHAT THE CAR? since October, even if we didn't post about it here... Sorry about that! Prepare to be informed 🧠 Without further ado, l

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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.

GenresAction, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Racing
Player tagsFunny · Indie · Physics · Comedy · Action-Adventure · Racing · Cute · Adventure · 3D · Colorful · Parody · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Stats · Includes level editor · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Catalan
ControllerFull support
Achievements35
Estimated owners20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://whatthegames.com/car
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel Quad Core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M, 2 GB Memory DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space