Games like Wrench
If Wrench is your kind of game, the closest matches are Virtual Driving School, Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game and Forklift Driving Simulator VR — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its learning real world skills, writing quality is exceptional and challenging. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Wrench from Missing Digit, released in 2018, is a mechanic simulation focused on preparing and maintaining race cars. The game models parts in fine detail, down to thread pitch and install torque on fasteners, asking players to disassemble, diagnose, and rebuild vehicles with real-world accuracy through diagnostic procedures and inventory management. The indie, simulation, Early Access, and racing title is rated Playable on Steam Deck and priced at 29.99 USD. It holds an 85% positive rating across 1,441 Steam reviews. Reviewers describe its depth and authenticity, noting educational value for car enthusiasts. The game supports single-player and online co-op, with VR support, and its component-level interaction sits at the heart of the experience.
About Wrench: Wrench is a mechanic simulator where players prepare and maintain race cars. The parts in Wrench are the most detailed of any game in the genre. Extreme attention has been paid to even the smallest components, including fasteners which are accurate to the thread pitch and install torque.
Players who liked Wrench also play
Steam players who put hours into Wrench also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Virtual Driving School
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Top pick for Wrench fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wrench.
Learn to drive at home. Master real‑world road rules in bite‑size lessons, pass your driving test, then take on taxi, delivery, and bus routes across living cities and motorways. Realistic handling, dynamic weather, Left Hand/Right Hand drive, full wheel support.
Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Wrench.
Second-strongest match for Wrench fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wrench.
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?
Forklift Driving Simulator VR
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Third-strongest match for Wrench fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wrench.
Forklift Driving Simulator VR offers a realistic, immersive forklift experience in an open warehouse environment. Master loading, unloading, and warehouse navigation with advanced physics. Hone your skills and enjoy the ultimate forklift operation simulation.
Construction Simulator
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Ranked #4 for Wrench fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Wrench.
Construction Simulator has returned – larger and more impressive than ever! Fulfil your ambition to become a successful construction entrepreneur by establishing your business from scratch, assisted by your mentor Hape.
MarineVerse Sailing Club
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Wrench.
Ranked #5 for Wrench fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Racing with Wrench.
Try sailing, relax, learn & race in iconic sailing locations. Master various sailboats. Join a community and connect with other sailors. When you are ready, test your skills in a competitive setting. After the race, enjoy Free Sailing mode and watch a sunset in VR. Happy Sailing!
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
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Ranked #6 for Wrench fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Racing with Wrench.
Work your way to a service empire. Get your hands dirty in a highly realistic simulation game that pays major attention to details. Pay a visit to a new Auction house and buy cars in various conditions. Expand your range of services by investing in a new work space and equipment.
Motor Town: Behind The Wheel
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Shares an immersive mood with Wrench.
Ranked #7 for Wrench fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wrench.
Enjoy realistic driving in the open world. Relaxing cargo deliveries or driving buses and taxis will give you enough money to buy new cars and parts. You can test your driving skills at the race track. It's all about pure driving pleasure!
Diesel Brothers: Truck Building Simulator
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Ranked #8 for Wrench fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Wrench.
Enter the World of Diesel! Grab some of the biggest four-wheelers. Trick these trucks, flip them for a profit or race against your friends online. This can go hard or this can go diesel!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Wrench at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~83% under Wrench on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wrench.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
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Priced ~50% under Wrench on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wrench.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
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Priced ~67% under Wrench on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Early Access with Wrench.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wrench on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wrench.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
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Priced ~67% under Wrench on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wrench.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~83% under Wrench on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wrench.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wrench.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wrench.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wrench.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wrench.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wrench.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wrench.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wrench.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wrench.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Frequently asked about Wrench
- Does Wrench run on Steam Deck?
- Wrench is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Wrench cost?
- Wrench is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Wrench have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Wrench supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Wrench?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wrench are Virtual Driving School, Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game, Forklift Driving Simulator VR.
- Who developed Wrench?
- Wrench was developed by Missing Digit.
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