City Car Driving vs Sinking Simulator
City Car Driving is a horror open-world game from Forward Development, Ltd. (2016) while Sinking Simulator is a horror sandbox game from Wicpar (2019).
What each one is
Steam files City Car Driving under Horror and Open-World. In contrast, it files Sinking Simulator under Horror and Sandbox.
City Car Driving – realistic car driving simulator, which will help you master the basic skills of the car driving in various traffic conditions, with plunging into the environment most closely resembling the real one.
The sequel to the unfinished Sinking Simulator, now with a lot more POWER!!!! Witness your witty love of chaos and destruction sinking 2D ships and everything else on board!
At a glance
| City Car Driving | Sinking Simulator | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.4/10 | 7.0/10 |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (83%, 36,073) | Very Positive (85%, 4,411) |
| Critic aggregate | No aggregate | No aggregate |
| Price | $24.99 | $0.99 |
| Install size | 10 GB | 1 GB |
| Steam Deck | playable | playable |
| Released | 2016 | 2019 |
| Developer | Forward Development, Ltd. | Wicpar |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
City Car Driving vs Sinking Simulator, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
City Car DrivingHorror open-world gameSinking SimulatorHorror sandbox gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
City Car DrivingSimulation, Driving, Automobile SimSinking SimulatorSimulation, Sandbox, IndieThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
City Car Driving ✓Score 7.4 · 83% on SteamSinking SimulatorScore 7.0 · 85% on SteamThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
City Car Driving36,073 reviews · 1 add-on · 10 GBSinking Simulator4,411 reviews · 1 add-on · 1 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
City Car Driving$24.99Sinking Simulator ✓$0.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
City Car DrivingPlayableSinking SimulatorPlayableValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 1 each. Which one is "better" is the part no figure decides, so we leave it to what you want from the two.
The two on the grid
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2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
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How positions are decided
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Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: City Car Driving (GamingPickz Score 7.4)
- The cheaper right now: Sinking Simulator ($0.99)
- Lighter on storage: Sinking Simulator (1 GB)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: City Car Driving (36,073 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
SimulationMultiplayerSingleplayerPhysicsIndiePsychological HorrorCasual
Where they differ
DrivingAutomobile SimOpen WorldRealisticSurvival HorrorRacing
SandboxDestruction2DFree to PlayNaval
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, City Car Driving is relaxed, easy to pick up. Sinking Simulator is relaxed, easy to pick up.
System requirements, side by side
| City Car Driving | Sinking Simulator | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | AMD Radeon R7 240 / nVidia GeForce GT 740 | — |
| Minimum CPU | Intel Pentium Dual Core 3.2 GHz / AMD Athlon II X4 3.1 GHz | — |
| Minimum RAM | 4 GB | — |
| Install size | 10 GB | 1 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: City Car Driving · Sinking Simulator.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for City Car Driving and 0 for Sinking Simulator. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are City Car Driving and Sinking Simulator in scope?
City Car Driving has drawn 36,073 Steam reviews, ships 1 add-on and installs in 10 GB. Sinking Simulator has drawn 4,411 Steam reviews, ships 1 add-on and installs in 1 GB.
Is City Car Driving or Sinking Simulator better?
By the GamingPickz Score, City Car Driving rates higher (7.4 to 7.0). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, City Car Driving or Sinking Simulator?
Sinking Simulator is cheaper right now at $0.99, against $24.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.