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Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 vs Phasmophobia

Reviews on Steam

Phasmophobia

19.2× more reviews

Critical reception

Car Mechanic Simulator 2021

1.2pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Phasmophobia

$5.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Phasmophobia

18.0× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Car Mechanic Simulator 2021

1 years apart

A

Car Mechanic Simulator 2021

2021 · Racing

Red Dot Games · PlayWay S.A.

Reviews
35,274
Positive
96%
Launch price
$24.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
2.8M
Net rev
$40.3M
B

Phasmophobia

2020 · Action

Kinetic Games · Kinetic Games

Reviews
676,875
Positive
95%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
50.8M
Net rev
$579.7M

Tag overlap

25% shared , 5 shared tags, 15 only on Car Mechanic Simulator 2021, 15 only on Phasmophobia.

Only Car Mechanic Simulator 2021

SimulationAutomobile SimRealisticSandboxModdableDrivingRacingEducationImmersive SimPuzzleOpen WorldAtmosphericAdventureMinigamesStrategy

Shared

3DSingleplayerFirst-PersonVRIndie

Only Phasmophobia

HorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayerPsychological HorrorCo-opSupernaturalInvestigationDarkDemonsDetectiveMysteryThrillerEarly AccessActionTactical

Sales estimates

Both estimates use the same vv1.0 multi-factor Boxleiter method. Click "How is this calculated?" on either to see the per-factor breakdown.

Sales estimate

vv1.0

1.7M to 4.0M

units (median: 2.8M)

≈ $24.2M to $56.4M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

1.7Mmedian4.0M

Sales estimate

vv1.0

30.5M to 71.1M

units (median: 50.8M)

≈ $347.8M to $811.5M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

30.5Mmedian71.1M

How comparison pages work

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