Forza Horizon 4 vs My Summer Car
Forza Horizon 4 is an open-world racing game from Playground Games (2021) while My Summer Car is a horror open-world game from Amistech Games (2025).
What each one is
Steam files Forza Horizon 4 under Open-World and Racing. In contrast, it files My Summer Car under Horror and Open-World.
Dynamic seasons change everything at the world’s greatest automotive festival. Go it alone or team up with others to explore beautiful and historic Britain in a shared open world.
My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.
At a glance
| Forza Horizon 4 | My Summer Car | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 8.4/10 | 8.4/10 |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (91%, 303,167) | Overwhelmingly Positive (95%, 117,158) |
| Critic aggregate | No aggregate | No aggregate |
| Price | Not listed | $14.99 |
| Install size | 80 GB | 1 GB |
| Steam Deck | playable | playable |
| Released | 2021 | 2025 |
| Developer | Playground Games | Amistech Games |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Forza Horizon 4 vs My Summer Car, 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
Forza Horizon 4Open-world racing gameMy Summer CarHorror open-world gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Forza Horizon 4Racing, Open World, DrivingMy Summer CarAutomobile Sim, Simulation, DrivingThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Forza Horizon 4Score 8.4 · 91% on SteamMy Summer CarScore 8.4 · 95% on SteamThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Forza Horizon 4303,167 reviews · 80 GBMy Summer Car117,158 reviews · 1 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Forza Horizon 4Not listedMy Summer Car$14.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Forza Horizon 4PlayableMy Summer CarPlayableValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 0 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
Compare the whole catalogueForza Horizon 4 and My Summer Car on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
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.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
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- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- Lighter on storage: My Summer Car (1 GB)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: Forza Horizon 4 (303,167 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
RacingOpen WorldDrivingMultiplayerAutomobile SimRealisticSingleplayerSimulation
Where they differ
Online Co-OpControllerPvPExplorationArcadeAtmospheric
SurvivalBuildingSandboxDifficultEarly AccessPerma Death
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Forza Horizon 4 is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. My Summer Car is demanding, for players who want a challenge.
System requirements, side by side
| Forza Horizon 4 | My Summer Car | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | NVidia 650TI | Nvidia GTX 960 |
| Minimum CPU | Intel i3-4170 @ 3.7Ghz | +3 GHZ dual core processor |
| Minimum RAM | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Install size | 80 GB | 1 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Forza Horizon 4 · My Summer Car.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Forza Horizon 4 and 1 for My Summer Car. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Forza Horizon 4 and My Summer Car in scope?
Forza Horizon 4 has drawn 303,167 Steam reviews and installs in 80 GB. My Summer Car has drawn 117,158 Steam reviews and installs in 1 GB.
Is Forza Horizon 4 or My Summer Car better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Forza Horizon 4 rates higher (8.4 to 8.4). 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, Forza Horizon 4 or My Summer Car?
One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.
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.