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Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game

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App ID 293760
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Camshaft Software Ltd
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber 32039620
Last Record Update 2 November 2025 – 21:45:00 UTC ()
Release Date 12 March 2015 – 16:02:44 UTC ()
😍 91.19%
15k reviews
709
In-Game
🖥️ Simulation 💼 Management 🏠 Building 🧱 Sandbox 🚗 Automobile Sim

Make your dream cars a reality with Automation’s unparalleled car and engine design tools. Gain a competitive edge through smart engineering and business decisions to help you build an automotive empire. Will you become an industry leader, or just a footnote in automotive history?

Additional Information

Developer Camshaft Software Ltd
gamedir Automation
metacritic_name Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game
serverbrowsername Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game
workshop_visible Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Camshaft Software Ltd
Store Release Date 12 March 2015 – 16:03:05 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://bsky.app/profile/automationgame.bsky.social
https://discord.com/invite/automationgame
https://www.instagram.com/automationgame/
https://www.threads.net/@automationgame
https://www.tiktok.com/@automationgame_official
https://www.youtube.com/@automationgame/
Primary Genre Simulation (28)
Store Genres Indie (23), Racing (9), Simulation (28), Strategy (2), Early Access (70)
Steam Release Date 12 March 2015 – 16:02:44 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 23 July 2024 – 01:35:23 UTC () (1721698523)
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library_heroen
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height_pct44.899786274044175
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review_score 8
review_percentage 93
Detected Technologies (?) Unreal Engine, CEF SDK, FMOD SDK, Intel_OID SDK, Intel_oneTBB SDK, Lua SDK, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_Ansel SDK, NVIDIA_DLSS SDK, NVIDIA_GeForce_Now SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NvCloth SDK, Ogg SDK, SteamworksNET SDK, Vorbis SDK, XAudio2 SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 11 November 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 8579218
  • configuration:
    supported_inputother
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke1
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs1
    small_text1
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-7.0-5
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 3 April 2014 – 20:29:25 UTC (), in changelist #454772

Supported Languages

13 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes
German Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes
Polish Yes
Italian Yes
Japanese Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes
Portuguese - Portugal Yes
Russian Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes
Turkish Yes
Indonesian Yes

Tags

🖥️ Simulation 💼 Management 🏠 Building 🧱 Sandbox 🚗 Automobile Sim 🌱 Realistic 💡 Strategy 🔧 Crafting 🐤 Early Access 🏫 Education 🛠️ Moddable 🌱 Indie 🏁 Racing 🏦 Economy 🔬 Science 🤖 Automation 👤 Singleplayer 🔋 Physics 🔄 Replay Value 🌎 Immersive Sim

Categories

Single-player Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Family Sharing Early Access Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA) Multi-player

Assets

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Assets
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timestamp30 January 2025 – 02:10:29 UTC

Trailer 185743 ↴

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timestamp 21 June 2023 – 01:05:24 UTC

Trailer 175065 ↴

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timestamp 21 June 2023 – 01:05:19 UTC

User File System

Key Value
quota 9.31 GiB (10000000000)
maxnumfiles 1000
savefiles
0 ↴
rootWinAppDataLocal
pathAutomationGame
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platforms/1Windows
recursive1
1 ↴
rootWinAppDataLocal
pathAutomationGame/Saved/SaveGames
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2 ↴
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pathAutomationGame/Saved/SaveGames
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4 ↴
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5 ↴
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Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
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